There are 3 things that can happen when approaching your nutrition: you lose weight, you gain weight, or your weight stays the same. The truth is that you cannot manipulate your weight long-term. In fact, 95% of diets do not sustain longterm weight loss and often people actually gain back more weight.
While many people desire weight loss, that is not the goal of Intuitive Eating. Weight loss focus needs to be put on the back burner when working through the principles of Intuitive Eating. The goal is to move towards normalized eating. And as we know from the Health at Every Size (HAES) movement, your health is not determined by a number on the scale. (But we’ll talk more about this in sessions).