eating disorders weight loss and grocery shoppingOne of the biggest challenges when becoming an intuitive eater is deciding what exactly you should buy when grocery shopping, whether you should read labels and exactly what the “right” thing is to buy… and whether there even is such thing as the “right” or most “beneficial” thing?

Can you relate to this dilemma? I know it certainly bugged me during my early days of intuitive eating – and even further along in recovery would pop up to be an unexpected trigger.

I know how triggering this topic may be and how difficult it is to navigate grocery stores, shopping for food and deciding what exactly you should or should not be eating as an “intuitive eater”.

Navigating the new way of recovery – without externally imposed diets, eating plans and similar is new territory that comes with new freedom as well as new challenges.

 

Do you struggle with grocery shopping, being stuck in black and white thinking around food, reading nutrition labels and perhaps facing a lot of confusion about what food to buy as you enter into a phase of recovery? [click to continue…]

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