193: Fear of Hunger
I’m happy to have you back with me at Thrive Beyond Size. Last week I was truly fatigued, so exhausted, but this week I’m feeling better and reclaiming energy. And today I want to talk to you about something I’ve struggled with along the course of my own intuitive eating journey: a fear of hunger. Hunger can feel uncomfortable and scary and those feelings can stem from experiences in childhood or because we’ve started to feel, through suppression of hunger, that it just feels too big to manage. We develop a fear that we’ll just overeat if we can’t conquer hunger. So today I’m exploring why diet culture teaches us to fear hunger and how ignoring hunger affects us in mind and body.
I’m happy to have you back with me at Thrive Beyond Size. Last week I was truly fatigued, so exhausted, but this week I’m feeling better and reclaiming energy. And today I want to talk to you about something I’ve struggled with along the course of my own intuitive eating journey: a fear of hunger. Hunger can feel uncomfortable and scary and those feelings can stem from experiences in childhood or because we’ve started to feel, through suppression of hunger, that it just feels too big to manage. We develop a fear that we’ll just overeat if we can’t conquer hunger. So today I’m exploring why diet culture teaches us to fear hunger and how ignoring hunger affects us in mind and body.
Diet culture teaches us to fear hunger in many ways. It instructs us that hunger is something we need discipline to move through. Or we find unique ways to ignore hunger just to stick to our diet plan. Or a really low calorie meal plan leaves us constantly unsatisfied and hungry. But every strategy is actually teaching us to ignore our body’s most basic and life-sustaining signal. Believing that hunger is bad is dangerous. So let’s explore how it’s dangerous. What does ignoring hunger actually do to our bodies? How does that then impact our mindset with guilt and blame? And what can we do about it? Well, we can come to terms with our fear through small steps that reclaim hunger as positive. I have advice, tips, and insight to share so we can all learn to embrace hunger as natural and good and learn to not to fear it or fear food.
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About Dr. Michelle Tubman:
Dr. Michelle Tubman is certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine, which means she understands exactly what's happening in your body when you diet. Although she does not provide any medical advice in her coaching programs, this knowledge gives her an edge over most coaches.
She also holds Level 1 and Level 2 Precision Nutrition coaching certifications which make her skilled at coaching nutrition, dietary change, and habit change in general. Realizing that emotional eating and bingeing are complicated for most of us, she also did training in mind-body and intuitive eating. Peace around food is possible.
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Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:
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