How to Incorporate NUTRITION into INTUITIVE EATING & How to Not Just Crave "JUNK"!

you should totally do a podcast!

Italian here 💁‍♀️ usually we eat pasta at every lunch ( pasta with veggies like pasta with broccoli is a staple of the Mediterranean diet) and we eat pizza once a week ( usually Friday night ). Oh and we eat a whole pizza per person! Well Italian traditional pizza is really Not like American pizza. We use whole wheat flour, fresh tomato sauce ( no sugar added!) and REAL mozzarella ( made with only milk, rennet and salt)

thank you for talking about mental restriction!!! This was a concept I had to really understand in order to intuitive eat. I wasn't physically restricting but my mindset was still not there!!

I love you Abbey but as an American living in France for the past 6 years, France is definitely not a shinning example of a country we should look to for balanced eating😅😅😅.Eating disorders among young women are rampant here, especially here in Paris, and there is the pressure to constantly look skinny/ underweight. I’ve never felt more self -conscious of my weight and body image than when I moved to France. Once you get out of Paris, attitudes towards weight and balanced eating generally seem to get better, but it’s still a huge problem here.

“They don’t eat in front of the TV” me watching this as I eat a bagel with avocado.

“North Americans tend to eat food very quickly, and usually try to multitask” Me: *frowns as I eat my breakfast while watching this video so I can get both done before work

This content is great, Abbey. It's so important to understand what is going on mentally and physically because society today really adds in so much complexity when it comes to how, what, when, why you eat your food! Intuitive eating sounds so simple, eat when you want/when you're hungry, and stop when you're full but when there are so many other variables coming in, how do you decipher when you are satiated? It takes so much practice!

For many, learning about nutrition is so intertwined with the effort to lose weight. It takes a shift in perspective to learn about foods and nutrition for the joy and appreciation of food. Nutrition learning can include notes on taste, culture and interesting preparation or menus. Thank you so much for your videos Abbey. I’m a lifetime WWer from my 30s (now in my 50s) and I’m not keen on counting for the rest of my life anymore. I appreciate you!

This channel has been so uplifting for me. I’ve naturally been an intuitive eater but everything I’ve been thought told me to have rules and structure with my food. I’ve been doing everything you’ve been teaching and feel an enormous positive change in my relationship with food.

Abbey, you shed light in world of mixed messages. Mental restriction is STRESSFUL and stress plays a huge huge huge role in our wellbeing. Viewing food as a pleasurable experience is key. There is also something to be said about practicing gratitude. Personally, I haven’t been working as much and therefore have had to cut back on my grocery spending. While I find myself feeling limited, I definitely notice the influence of a simple prayer when I am eating that “I am grateful for what I am able provide for myself.” It helps shift my mindset - from oh god I wish I could’ve afforded avocados this week as this meal would’ve been more nutritious to what I have in front of me is a glorious privilege and my body thanks me for making the time to make xyz. Our thoughts are important.

This series totally changed my life! Thank you Abbie! You don't know how badly I have battle with my weight since I was 12 (I'm 30😭). But this has been an eye opener for me, and I finally feel free! Thank you sooooo much!!

I really cannot explain how much this has changed my life.

I'm so glad I found your channel. Ive been bingewatching. I am totally at the same place in life regarding food. Adding variety has really helped me nutritionally and Im developing a healthy new relationship with food for the first time in my life.

omg thank you so this is so helpful. I've had an eating disorder this past year and your videos have been helping me significantly. The past few weeks I've been intuitively eating and just naturally I've been feeling and sleeping a lot better and I haven't gained any weight.

THANK you for showing us the Intuitive Eating Bill of Rights. I always feel so pressured to eat so much at social events or dinner with friends, and I always feel terrible. That really helped!

Thank you so much for this series Abbey, it has helped me more than I can say 🖤

i really needed this! i have been binging recently, even though ive been eating intuitively for months after dealing with orthorexia. i realized ive still been mentally restricting myself this whole time. thank you abbey 😭❤️

"You wanna eat leftover pizza for breakfast? Go for it!" Me eating my leftover pizza for breakfast while watching this video: 😃 I feel seen

You are so thorough, balanced, wise and interesting all wrapped into one kick-ass burrito of knowledge and I just want to say thank you for all the effort you go to, to make such excellent and high quality videos!

Oh nice, I’ve been looking forward to this one. 🙂