Intuitive Eating Diet

Posted by stellachiara on May 18th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized |

Having tried and failed just about every diet going, I remember my first ever diet. I was 16 and knew nothing about nutrition. I was not messed up by previous diets. I did not even include excercise, and yet, the diet worked. What was I doing? I did things instinctively, without any “scientific” reasoning which we are sold left, right and centre these days.

I skipped meals, resisted sweets, had one roll instead of two, held the potatoes, cut the fat, said no to seconds, upped the fruit. I still ate meat, sauce, small amounts of sweets, orange juice and other things considered as fattening. I then developed an interest in calories, learnt and counted them. I`d still chose meat over potatoes (possibly cultural, I would not have got away with not having the meat at my parents` German table!), having fat, not carbs, and then gradually cut fat as well.

It worked. I lost loads and achieved my dream weight. Of course, I put it back on (otherwise, I would not have a slimming blog!) but never did a subsequent diet work as well.

I guess I was becoming too - educated. Too much emphasis about low fat, then low carb, low this and high that. I wonder whether all that educationis a good thing. I claim to know quite a bit about nutrition and feel that, for that very reason, I no longer seem to be able to eat intuitively…


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