95. Navigating Holiday Eating

Today’s episode of Balance WIth Sam is a recording of a recent group coaching call with my girls! We talk about one of the most important parts of finding freedom from food, how to become more intune with your body and the parallels between your bank account and your body!

Top Takeaways

The only purpose of food is to satiate hunger and for our health. That’s it. If we’re not eating for these reasons, we’re using it as a way to fill our lives when something is missing. Whether it be something in a relationship or in our work, we use food to fill a void. Start practicing, listening, turning, inwards, asking yourself why you are eating. Are you really hungry? Or is it something else?

Focus on and trust your intuition. Our bodies already have cues we need. It has the fullness cue that knows when it’s had enough. It has the hunger cue to let us know when it needs fuel. But sometimes we're just so disconnected from our bodies because we've been in our heads for so long that we have no idea. We make decisions based on what we've been told or what we believe. “I don’t deserve this” or “I’m not worthy”. But when you listen to our body, you open yourself up to being able to hear people when they say that you are enough and know that it’s true.

Notice when you are avoiding and challenge it. One of the areas of my life that always caused a lot of anxiety was my bank account and I see this a lot in my clients. It’s the avoidance attachment pattern. For example, when your relationship with money is not as healthy as you would want it to be, it's easier to not look at it. It’s easier to not deal.  But it's not going to get any better if we don't face it. It's the same with what you put in your body. It’s easier to not observe and be mindful of what we eat but it doesn’t make us feel good. When you avoid, you don't fail but you can't make it better.

One thing is how you do everything. If you are intentional with your eating, you're going to be intentional with your spending, with your communication, with your relationship, the sex you have and the clothes you buy. You're just going to be intentional. Remember, you have the power. You can take it one little baby step at a time.

You’ve got the choice. Choose the woman you want to be over the woman you were.