Before you can work to improve your relationship with food<\/a>, you need to understand what an unhealthy relationship with food looks like. By unhealthy, I don’t mean that you’re eating junk food (although that could be part of it). Instead, I mean feeling guilt, fear, or shame surrounding what you eat and how much you eat. <\/p>\n\n\n Here are some signs<\/a> that you might have an unhealthy relationship with food: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, it is common to have mixed attitudes toward food. Some days, you might catch yourself feeling more shame regarding food than other days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The goal is to treat your body with kindness and to experience more and more positive feelings toward your diet. :) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Having a healthy relationship with food has to do with your motivation for why and what you eat. Like other “relationships,” this can take time and patience to develop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As people, we don’t just eat to survive (although that’s important of course!). Sometimes, we eat to have fun, to celebrate, to learn more about our culture, to learn more about another person’s culture, or to sustain our health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s OK to want to eat a variety of different types of food for a variety of different types of reasons. People with a healthy relationship<\/a> towards food recognise this, and they don’t feel shame over what and how they eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some signs that you have a healthy relationship with food: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Getting healthier takes time. You don’t expect fitness changes to happen overnight, and you shouldn’t expect your relationship with food to change right away either. :) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your goal in all of this should be to treat yourself with more compassion and understanding. This is something most of us can always work on! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some things that can help you improve your relationship with food: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your body is smart. It knows when it is hungry and when it has had enough to eat. Pay attention to how you’re feeling<\/a> as you eat your food. Stop when you feel full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness during a meal can be tricky, especially if you’ve relied on calorie trackers in the past. It’s a skill that can take some patience to develop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I suggest trying to eat food that you enjoy. Savor your meals, and eat them slowly when you can. Often, we eat in front of our phones or television. This distraction can make us miss our body’s natural cues so try to avoid it as much as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RELATED POST: MINDFUL EATING TIPS TO HELP IN WEIGHT LOSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Orthorexia<\/a> is a condition in which a person obsesses over eating only food they consider to be healthy while avoiding food that doesn’t meet their standard for health. Unfortunately, this eating disorder is on the rise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, obsessing over eating only certain types of food can often cause deficiencies and micronutrient imbalances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than this, though, forbidding yourself from eating certain foods is not healthy behavior. Food isn’t inherently good or bad<\/a>, and people who have a healthy relationship with food recognise this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"unhealthy](\"https:\/\/www.rachaelattard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Signs-of-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-food.jpg\")
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WHAT IS A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD?
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TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD
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