In my years of working with people around eating disorders and disordered eating, I can’t tell you the number of times someone describes feeling out of control with chocolate chips and peanut butter. At face value it may seem innocent enough: chocolate and peanut butter are two delicious items, duh. And sure, they are delicious! But for all the unique people with unique and individual tastes I’ve seen, I find it hard to believe so many favor a spoonful of peanut butter with chocolate chips thrown on top as their treat of choice.
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We’re coming up to the time when we’re going to be extra bombarded with messages about our eating. More specifically, messages about our bodies wrapped up in messages about our eating. When we start wading into the waters of Intuitive Eating, it’s hard enough saying no to regular old diets (the ones we’ve been on/off since we were teenagers, the ones with commercials featuring celebrities, the ones that don’t try to hide they’re diets). It’s even harder to stay the course of turning inward for direction on how/what/when to eat when there are diets that don’t identify as diets around every corner (those sneaky sneaks!)
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