While intuitive eating has been good for me, the changes to my body have been hard. Here are a few things that have helped me move toward weight-neutrality.
I don't think I have anything to add to your list Kirsti. All I know both personally and professionally that body acceptance is an ongoing practice. Some days it is easier, other days it is just HARD.
I have definitely found that wearing clothes that fit my here and now body truly helps. I had a big clear out last summer, putting away and donating clothes that no longer fitted. Some I could get into but others were way too small.
It is what it is, and the biggest thing I noticed was that I wasn't making this a disastrous situation and filled myself with self-loathing that I used to do in the past. And THAT felt incredibly freeing.
Does the desire for my body to be smaller, ever really go away? I am not sure. But what I do know though is that my experiences of the reflection of my body at the various sizes it has been over the year is actually really fickle. And as I remind myself of this, I also remind myself that the only thing that has worked long term over the years is changing how I *think* about my body.
Thanks again for mentioning my newsletter and for sharing with us another lovely honest piece of writing.
Thank you, Linn! I love hearing your personal perspective, knowing this is what you do professionally. It also helps to hear that even as we're rationally working toward weight-neutrality, we might still struggle with it emotionally, and that ok and totally normal.
Another good piece where you share vulnerability and peel the onion back a little.
I couldn't agree more about being grounded in the now. Those daily walks really help me with that.
I really appreciate this post. Thank you for writing it.
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it!
I don't think I have anything to add to your list Kirsti. All I know both personally and professionally that body acceptance is an ongoing practice. Some days it is easier, other days it is just HARD.
I have definitely found that wearing clothes that fit my here and now body truly helps. I had a big clear out last summer, putting away and donating clothes that no longer fitted. Some I could get into but others were way too small.
It is what it is, and the biggest thing I noticed was that I wasn't making this a disastrous situation and filled myself with self-loathing that I used to do in the past. And THAT felt incredibly freeing.
Does the desire for my body to be smaller, ever really go away? I am not sure. But what I do know though is that my experiences of the reflection of my body at the various sizes it has been over the year is actually really fickle. And as I remind myself of this, I also remind myself that the only thing that has worked long term over the years is changing how I *think* about my body.
Thanks again for mentioning my newsletter and for sharing with us another lovely honest piece of writing.
Thank you, Linn! I love hearing your personal perspective, knowing this is what you do professionally. It also helps to hear that even as we're rationally working toward weight-neutrality, we might still struggle with it emotionally, and that ok and totally normal.