Feeling More at Ease Around Food Is Real Progress

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Episode Description

How do you know when your relationship with food is actually changing?

You may not wake up one day and suddenly feel completely different. A lot of the progress you make with food noise is going to be much more subtle than that.

In this episode, I talk about what progress can actually look like when you are working to get the upper hand on your thoughts and feelings around food.

You may notice that you feel more at ease with yourself. You may feel more comfortable with the decisions you make before, during, and after eating. Thoughts that once created immediate anxiety, guilt, or shame may still show up, but you may start responding to them differently.

That is progress.

The goal is not to completely eliminate every thought or feeling around food. Some of those thoughts are useful cues. They can tell you when you are hungry, what sounds good, or what your body may need.

What we are really working toward is a stronger connection with yourself and more trust in your ability to navigate what comes up.

I also want you to revisit the picture you have in your head of what getting the upper hand on food noise looks like.

Has it changed since you started this process?

Maybe you originally imagined a life where food noise disappeared completely. Now you may be starting to see that the better outcome is becoming more equipped to experience those thoughts without immediately needing to escape them.

Over the weeks and months, you may start noticing less guilt, less shame, more confidence, and a greater ability to move forward after the choices you make.

Some days you may feel like you have everything under control. Other days something may catch you completely off guard.

That does not erase your progress.

You deal with what is in front of you as best you can, dust yourself off, and keep going.

You are not waiting until you are perfect to say this is working.

You are learning how to trust yourself more than you did before.