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Meal Planning: Is it possible to meal prep AND eat intuitively?

Intuitive Eating, Meal Planning · May 21, 2020

Meal Planning: Is it possible to meal prep AND eat intuitively?

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We've reached Christmas week!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Which l

We've reached Christmas week!⁠⠀
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Which likely brings up all kinds of emotions for you. Navigating 2020 has resulted in an increased baseline of stress and anxiety, and the holidays may amplify that for you. ⁠⠀
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So if you're feeling anxious, first just notice it. Then ask yourself what you need at this moment - how can you show yourself some self-care?⁠⠀
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This is by no means an exhaustive list, but a few ideas I have to offer: ⁠⠀
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🛁 A Hot Shower (or a hot bath). Hit pause. Lather up. Take a break.⁠⠀
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💤 Prioritize Sleep. Late-night scrolling through Tik Tok likely isn't helping you manage your anxiety throughout the day...speaking from personal experience 😉⁠⠀
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💃🏼 Shake it Out. T Swift was on to something here. Take 2 minutes, or 5 minutes, or 10 minutes and give yourself time to be silly and MOVE. You can't go wrong with a power song!
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💆🏼‍♀️ Connect to your breath. Put your feet on the ground and imagine roots growing out of the soles of your feet down into the ground. Breathe into it. Get grounded. ⁠⠀
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☎️ Reach out for help. Talk to someone you trust - a family member, friend, counsellor or therapist. Unpacking anxious thoughts in a safe space can be very supportive. ⁠⠀
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When you're cooking or preparing a meal for yourse

When you're cooking or preparing a meal for yourself, do you take a moment to add some ✨finishing touches✨?⁠⠀
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If you're like me and are often cooking for one, preparing meal after meal can get pretty monotonous and it's easy to view food as purely fuel. ⁠⠀
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Throw it on a plate. Eat it. Move on.⁠⠀
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And while food does provide us with energy, and our bodies need food regularly throughout the day, the experience of eating can also bring us so much more. Taking a few moments to create something more special (even if it's still dining for one!) can be a small way to show ourselves a little kindness.⁠⠀
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My challenge to you this week: take a regular 'ole meal - whether that's a work lunch, quick dinner, or a weekday breakfast - and put a little more focus on the meal presentation and setting than you might normally. ⁠⠀
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Maybe it's a drizzle of sauce for garnish. Or a dash of cinnamon on your latte. Or candles and soft music while you eat your weeknight stir fry. ⁠⠀
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Take care of yourself. Make every day feel special ✨and notice if anything changes with your experience of that food/meal.⁠⠀
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I’ve been having a lot of these conversations wi

I’ve been having a lot of these conversations with clients lately, so I thought it would be timely to create something to share with all of you - I’m thinking it may benefit you too 😉.
While holiday gatherings may look a little different this year, I have no doubt diet culture will still find its way in through the back door (or the front door…depending on the people you’re with!).
Above all else, I want you to remember that you have choice in these conversations. And while all I want for Christmas is a world where we don’t comment on other people’s plates or bodies, we’re not there (yet). You get to control your 50% of the conversation, and how/if you respond will depend on many things, including:
🤔 How you’re feeling that day - are you feeling grounded and ready to engage? Or are you a little more fragile and need to consider firmer boundaries to help you get through conversations?
🤔 Your capacity to deal with difficult conversations - not everyone has done the work that you’re doing to heal your relationship wth food and your body, and not everyone responds to pushback or feedback in the most ✨gracious✨ way. Are you feeling confident in advocating for yourself?
🤔 Who you’re talking to - your response may vary depending on who you’re talking to, and how comfortable you are with that person. Again, you get to choose!
I’d love to hear from you! What other ways do you respond to unsolicited comments about your food and/or body? How do you practice self-care when the conversation turns diet-y? Let me know in the comments below 👇🏼

Quiet Saturdays: Christmas baking edition ✨⁠
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Ginger lemon scones, soft music and a good book. ⁠
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How are you practicing self-care today?⁠
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You don't need to do anything to "earn" your food.

You don't need to do anything to "earn" your food. ⁠
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In fact, just by waking up this morning - you get to (and need to!) eat. ⁠
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Even if you lay in bed all day. ⁠
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Even if you watch Netflix all day. ⁠
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Even if you cry on the couch all day.⁠
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At rest, our bodies still NEED energy in the form of food! Energy from food is needed to fuel our metabolism - part of which we call our Basal Metabolic Rate, which is a sciencey way of saying: ⁠
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even if you stayed in bed all day, you STILL need to eat.⁠
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