#I didn’t think about it at first but I absolutely had been craving a bana milkshake the entire day prior | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shego1142 · 5 months ago

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I super recommend Colleen Christensen for more info on eating without food rules and eating intuitively!

Her videos are helping me unravel a lot of issues I have struggled with regarding food!

Just the simple act of not shaming yourself for craving and or eating specific foods can be so powerful and beneficial to your life/mental health (which in turn affects all of your health)

"craving a food means your body needs something that food can offer" now what the fuck does my body need with an ice cream

#also if you’re craving salty foods or straight up salt #you need salt #lol I love how straightforward that one is #that said this does actually depend on how you grew up and the food you’re used to because your body is craving things based on #the prior experiences it had getting said nutrient #like my grandma would make me a banana milkshake when I didn’t feel too good #I have multiple chronic illnesses and what not #well the other day I had an insanely bad migraine #and I was having like insane muscle cramps and pain #and my friend just so happened to make me a banana milkshake #and the migraine was damn near cured because I was like critically low on potassium #I then downed like 2 more bananas after that #I didn’t think about it at first but I absolutely had been craving a bana milkshake the entire day prior #ur body learns what gives it the things it needs which is why variety it’s important to an intuitive diet #I think I might start a little journal with my cravings and what they might mean my body needs #right now I’m craving natto and chocolate (not together #those are just the two things that sound really good right now #oh also sometimes I think a craving can be for a texture of a food especially for autistic peeps #sensory seeking #there’s this caramel bar that little Debbie makes #and I’m literally not allowed to be near them #not because “sweets are bad or anything but because it’s the exact type of chewy that I crave #I’ve eaten two entire boxes in one sitting #despite the fact that I ar some point very distinctly stopped liking the taste/stopped wanting to eat it #but it’s the only thing I know that gives me that specific sensory input #so I try to avoid them or only have them once and a while #eating intuitively isn’t always ‘what my body wants it gets’#you do have to look at stuff logically too but just don’t shame your body for wanting something #if you go ‘wow I’m craving ice cream’ and shame yourself for it you associate a very legit craving with guilt and restriction #but on the flip side if you go ‘wow I’m craving ice cream’ and eat the entire carton then your body isn’t going to have room

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