Amanda Darby

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Intuitive Eating

3 days ago
1 min

Principle 10: Honor Your Health - Gentle Nutrition

The science is quite easy, but the problem is humans are highly complex social creatures who do not follow strict diets well (nor should we)

Principle 9: Movement - Feel the Difference

Amanda Darby

Apr 28
3 min

Principle 9: Movement - Feel the Difference

Movement should be for you and something you enjoy.

Amanda Darby

Apr 26
2 min

Principle 8: Respect Your Body

Nourish your mind and body with self-care, gratitude, and self-esteem building practices.

Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

Amanda Darby

Apr 25
3 min

Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

You can learn to control food, versus food controlling you. You can learn to use food to your advantage.

Amanda Darby

Apr 22
2 min

Principle 6: Feel Your Fullness

What I teach you to identify is the “just right feeling.” You will learn when to stop eating. You will learn it’s NOT about control.

Principle 5: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

Amanda Darby

Apr 22
2 min

Principle 5: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

How do you learn Intuitive Eating and feel you are being successful at it if we don’t measure weight loss? By how you feel.

Amanda Darby

Apr 19
3 min

Principle 4: Challenge The Food Police

A comment I hear from clients all the time: "I know what to do, but don’t do it." Well my friends, let’s talk about that.

Amanda Darby

Apr 18
2 min

It's Just Toast

Food is the needle that threads us all together. Even in the simplest, most mundane form. Like a simple slice of toast with melted butter...

Amanda Darby

Apr 16
3 min

Principle 3: Make Peace with Food

Dieting is exactly why you can’t be trusted around food. It’s your beliefs about food that is causing you to eat the way you do.

Amanda Darby

Apr 14
2 min

Principle 2: Honor Your Hunger

Hunger is complex and at the heart of it is believing you are important enough, your needs are important (like feeding yourself).

Amanda Darby

Apr 14
3 min

Principle 1: Reject Diet Mentality

Rejecting the Diet Mentality means to stop trying to lose weight because it’s creating an unhealthy relationship to food and causes you to b

Amanda Darby

Apr 12
2 min

What is Intuitive Eating?

Most people believe intuitive eating is only about eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are full. It’s much more nuanced...

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