I’m So Tired of Fighting Food (You Too?)

I used to think I had “food issues.”

Now I realize I had control issues disguised as health habits.

And the craziest part? Half of those habits were praised by people who were just as miserable as me.

I was constantly dancing between “discipline” and “despair.”

Starve. Binge. Regret. Repeat.

All while pretending it was “self-care.”

Uhm… that ain’t care. That’s war.

The Key Takeaway.

You’re not broken. You’ve just been gaslit by diet culture so hard, you forgot how to trust your own hunger. Intuitive eating isn’t a new thing. It’s your default wiring, before trauma, before body shame, before society turned food into math.

What Even Is Intuitive Eating?

Alright, let me say this loud enough so the control freak in the back can hear: Intuitive eating is NOT giving up. It’s giving your body a voice.

• It’s eating when you’re hungry.
• Stopping when you’re full.
• Not because a chart said so. Not because it’s “intermittent fasting hour 7.3.”
• But because… you feel it.

It’s looking at a plate of food and not seeing calories. You see comfort. Energy. Joy. Or sometimes nothing. And that’s okay too.

Intuitive eating is about unlearning.

• Unlearning every guilt trip that followed you from childhood.
• Unlearning that voice that told you bread = bad, and that eating at night = failure.
• It’s about learning again how to eat like you deserve to eat.

You’re not a machine. You’re not a robot on a schedule.

How Intuitive Eating Helps Your Relationship With Food.

You stop performing wellness for people who don’t even care.

• No more faking “I’m full” when you’re starving.
• No more pretending your plain smoothie “hits different.”
• You don’t owe anyone a flat tummy.
• You owe yourself peace.

It shuts down that fake voice in your head.

You know the one.

• “This is too much rice.”
• “You’ve had sugar today.”
• “You’ll regret this later.”

LOL! Regret what? Fueling your body? Taking up space?Enjoying food without a calculator in your head?

That voice isn’t wisdom. It’s conditioning. Let it rot.

It gives you your life back.

Like actually.

• Imagine eating without guilt and then MOVING ON.
• Imagine not needing to overthink snacks like you’re disarming a bomb.
• Imagine using that brain space for your dreams instead of food math.

You start FEELING again.

You know what’s wild?

Most people don’t even know what real hunger feels like anymore. Because they eat on schedules or rules or vibes. Not instincts.

Intuitive eating brings you back into your body.

• You stop fearing hunger and start honoring it.
• You stop stuffing emotions with Oreos and start listening to what they’re trying to say.

Because sometimes it’s not hunger.

• Sometimes it’s loneliness wearing a sandwich costume.
• Sometimes it’s grief pretending to be sweet cravings.
• Sometimes you’re just tired. Or bored. Or touch-starved.

And you learn to feel that. Without shaming yourself.

You actually start loving your body. Not “body positive” caption type love. Real love.

• The kind that doesn’t depend on your weight.
• The kind that doesn’t start with “I’ll love myself when…”

Because when you stop punishing your body, you stop resenting it.

And when you stop resenting it, you start respecting it. And that, my love, is healing.

Intuitive eating will feel wrong at first. Because trauma feels like safety until you heal.