We want to talk about a question that comes up a lot in the UnDiet community.

Is the way to UnDiet to just eat everything?

Before we get started we do have a worksheet you can download that will help you get curios and figure out how to find wellness without the obsession without feeling like you need to eat EVERYTHING. Get it here.

There is going to be a phase where you just ALLOW, it doesn’t need to be crazy but it definitely is part of the process after years of restriction.

Your body has got to learn to trust you that you will allow yourself to eat the food you want - and that it won’t return to the restrict/ binge cycle / feeling like it’s in a famine. So consider this the “gaining trust” stage. ENJOY!

Once you really get the hang of allowing all food and realizing it’s okay to eat and these foods don’t have power over you - you MAY start to feel like you’re in this place where you are okay with allowing all food but you just don’t feel too great in your body…

and you don’t know how to have a balance between allowing all food and still consider nutrition/ wellness. You may be asking yourself - Do I just ALWAYS have to eat EVERYTHING now because I allow all food?

The answer is NO.

Here are 3 ways you can find yourself still allowing all food without feeling like you always need to eat everything…. Because as we always say- feeling good in your body matters too!

 

1. How to Consider Nutrition without it feeling like a slippery slope into dieting / restriction

When you choose to eat something - tune in - ask your body how it feels. What sounds good? What will honor your body?

Your body is going to be firing off different signals all the time- sometimes you’ll feel very hungry and know that a bigger heartier meal is wanted. Sometimes you may feel not as hungry but know you still want to eat something. Maybe it’s just a snack you want or maybe it’s a meal?

Maybe the day before, you were very hungry and your meals were filled with awesome delicious carbs and they next day your body was feeling like lighter meals? (of course you can still add carbs in any time, any day)

The point is our bodies ebb and flow along the hunger spectrum and it’s our job to connect to our body and get to know our signals.

 

If you are feeling like you haven’t eaten veggies in a while - it’s okay to purposely add more veg into your week - add it to a yummy meal and make sure to pick veggies you actually like.

 

Just because you are choosing veggies doesn’t mean they have to taste bad! Maybe make an epic salad with a bunch of colorful fresh veggies with your favorite dressing and toppings! Maybe it’s adding veggies into a pasta dish?

 

It can be whatever you want- it’s important to eat something you enjoy even if you are eating nutrient dense food. This doesn’t mean you are dieting- it just means you are noticing your body asking for some nutrients- it’s to feel good in your body AND enjoy what you’re eating.





You can always consider nutrition and see what will feel good to you and that doesn't mean you have to be obsessive about getting a veggie in (or whatever it is) every meal or even everyday.

 

It’s allowing yourself to marry nutrient dense foods and pleasurable foods and not making either of them wrong when you eat it - it’s coming from a place of tuning into your body and really having the main intention of feeling good in your body.

 

2. It’s okay to PASS or say NO (check your intention)

Just because you now allow all food doesn’t mean you ALWAYS have to say yes to food (if you don’t want it- if you truly want it go right ahead!)

The point here is we now have the power - we actually can choose to say yes to the dessert or no to the dessert - not because of the diet mentality - because of our own body signals and logic.

If the dessert looks good but you know it wont make you feel good it’s okay to pass and take some home for later or the next day - it doesn’t mean you are dieting.

It means your body just doesn’t wa