EP52 - The Diet Binge Cycle with Isabel Foxen Duke Intuitive Bites Podcast

What is the diet binge cycle - a period of feeling in control around food followed by a period of feeling out of control around food (the force compels me)
What a diet really is
Why the diet binge cycle using gets worse over time with each consecutive diet
The thought patterns behind behaviors around food
Dieting as a state of mind
How IE can be a diet if you’re approaching it from diet mentality
Looking at food as a thing that I use to try to control my weight
Fear based relationship with food
Why it’s important to get to the root of your anxiety around food rather than just “fix” the behaviors
Dieting is not trendy. What is trendy is “lose weight through this other non-dieting way”
Why the way we approach supporting physical health is super important
How to make choices that support your health that are not rooted in diet mentality
Why it separating weight from health is number one
Why gentle nutrition needs to be on the back burner for the beginning of your journey
Why there is a need for perspective shift in managing chronic disease through an anti-diet approach
Why there is not an easy answer to “how long will it take to heal from the diet/binge cycle?”
How most people have one foot in and one foot out of diet recovery
How eating disorders are really anxiety disorders
Feeling stuck in recovery and why support is so helpful




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