Short answer: NO! Please join me in giving diet culture the middle finger by committing to listen to your body.
Here’s the thing: there is a lot of nutrition garbage thrown around in the health and wellness world (which is a billion-dollar industry that thrives off of getting us to believe the lie that we must change our bodies to be worthy of love) and I refuse to participate in it. Are there ancient yogic texts that make reference to vegetarianism? Yes. Do they also teach you to stick a pipe up your bum and sit in a river to wash out your colon? Also yes.
So to my yoga elitists: you can’t shame people for how they choose to eat because of what’s tradition without following through with all the traditions! Good luck with the pipe LOL!
I want to give you permission to reclaim autonomy over your body in regards to food. The only method I stand behind is Intuitive Eating. I believe that more than any outside authority, your body knows what it needs – and it will tell you, you just need to learn how to listen.
I was vegetarian for almost 18 years when I started craving meat. Honestly, it took me by surprise – but the cravings didn’t go away, so I decided to listen. I was at a 4th of July party a couple summers ago, watching my friend Kenny prepare a hot dog. It looked so good! I told him that I wanted a bite, but that I was nervous. He said “girl! We don’t define ourselves by what we eat. Only hoes do that. Have a bite of my hot dog.”
So (because I’m not a hoe) I had a bite – and I’ve never looked back.
And I feel amazing, btw!
intuitive eating:
- reject diet mentality
- honor your hunger
- make peace with food
- challenge the food police
- discover the satisfaction factor
- feel your fulness
- cope with your emotions with kindness
- respect your body
- movement – feel the difference
- honor your health – gentle nutrition
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Remember: food isn’t morally good or bad – it’s just trying to keep you alive:) And it can be such a fun part of the human experience, if you allow it to be.
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cheers to learning to listen to your body – i’m rooting for you!
xoxo,
brittany
