Intuitive Eating Is an Aspect of Eating Disorder Recovery, But It's Not a Cure.
Long term intuitive eating is a sign of recovery. Between that first intuitive eating moment and being able to eat intuitively as a life style rests the deep and often long term psychological work that leads to solid eating disorder recovery.
We don’t think it wise to listen to our guts. The misconception is, “If I listen to my gut I will weigh 400 pounds!” Well, listening to your gut means stopping when your gut is satisfied and not eating for emotional reasons.
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