#dietsdontwork

You deserve to eat! You deserve to enjoy your food! You deserve to live a life without restriction!

From @redifining_wellness on IG

We don’t do that around here 😆😂

Repost @the_sunkissed_kitchen - I've been thinking a lot about food these past few weeks (well, I always think about food.. But in a different way) . I've become increasingly interested in how your emotional state while eating affects how your body reacts to it...and how a highly strung person drinking a green smoothie differs from a calm and happy person drinking a coke.. (obviously there's all sorts of variables... Such as the coke producing affects in your brain that may counter that calm feeling..but if someone truly believes a coke is healthy for them, how the body reacts in comparison to someone who drinks that coke and feels guilty about it fascinates me..) . I always eat whole plant foods.. But I try to make sure I'm calm and in a good place mentally when I do. . The effects of stress (any type, guilt, shame, urgency, anxiety, etc) on digestion, microbiome, and weight management is something I'm increasingly interested in. . Anyway....heres a rainbow pasta salad, that I didn't feel at all guilty about eating 😂🌈🥗😋 . . #plantbased #vegan #veganfood#whatveganseat #rainbow #salad #dietsdontwork #food #foodie #mentalhealth #nutritarian https://www.instagram.com/p/B58ElkFgy6o/?igshid=854x5iun70mv

First post to Tumblr...might as well make it deep. ;) 

Reposted from @eatfreelynutritiontherapy - The "it's not a diet it's a lifestyle" message can be so damaging. It, like all diets, puts all the responsibility on the person who is following whatever "guidelines" are involved and then all of the blame on said person who stops following it because it's likely too restrictive/rigid....ergo, it's not a lifestyle. #heresyoursign You might not be making a maintainable lifestyle change if: - you can't eat as much as your body is hungry for - you can't eat the foods you're hungry for - you have to eat/stop eating at certain times - you have "cheat days" - you have to avoid certain foods (and not due to allergies) - you can have certain foods only after a period of avoiding or after "earning" it - you have to move your body for a designated amount of time or particular way - you're unable to enjoy meals with others because of the restrictions you're following - you find yourself eating the same foods over and over due to limited choices that are "approved" This is by no means a fully inclusive list but hopefully provides some ways to notice diet culture #youmightbeonadietif #zerochanceitsntadiet #nondietapproach #nondietdietitian #haesdietitian #dietsdontwork #EDRD #intuitiveeating https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt85VK-lPl6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aduk8eqvokqk

Growth is beautiful, but don’t force yourself to change something about yourself just because society (and diet culture) tells you to.