I Tried Intuitive Eating For A Week 🍓 | Lucy Moon
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- I tried intuitive eating for a week... here's my honest thoughts. Enjoy this food diary/what i eat in a week/intuitive eating video!
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diet culture really made us think eating normally is a specific lifestyle.
I know I am a very privileged person to have never been on a diet, but my first thought was, haven't we all tried this at one point or another? Diet culture is so damaging to all of us
I'm asking this question openly out of pure curiosity because I'd like to understand others:
Why is 'intuitive eating' treated as "something to give a go" when it feels natural for the human body to stop eating when you already feel full? What are the conflicts that stop people from 'intuitive eating'?
For me, the concept of intuitive eating is what I thought is the regular way to consume food - as you like but in moderation without making yourself feel sickly. Would like to know how others think though!
A lot of people, especially those who have restricted in the past often have messy hunger cues, and truly feeling full is difficult. Also a lot of our heads are so full of the idea of “good food” and “bad food” and intuitive eating is kind of about forgetting about that and just eating what your body is asking you for. I’m absolutely no expert at all lol and this probably doesn’t explain a lot but I tried haha
@@emmairwin581 Awe thank you for the insight! I'm sincerely intrigued 😊
To add to this conversation if you grew up around a lack of food you can have the habit of clearing your plate no matter when you feel full due to early learning around the scarcity mindset of "famine or feast", also many people grow up with caregivers that equate food with love and so to not eat their food would be seen as an emotional rejection - in an ideal world where food had no moral or emotional implications then intuitive would, of course, be the norm for people with food stability but unfortunately, it's interwoven with a whole load of other issues that can bypass the normal biological functions of the body.
i felt the same way as you too, but i never really gave it a thought until i heard “intuitive eating” and did more research on it, because i really wanted to find a way to sustainably lose weight and keep it off without restricting and harshly treating my body. i realized how through intuitively eating, your listening to your body and giving it the foods you enjoy while listening to your hunger cues. before i just used to binge eat without listening to my body, and I wouldn’t even realize the effects on my body till much later so that’s how it helped me🥰
I just eat what I want, I've realised through experience that eating a ton of chocolate makes you sick and now i just eat it when I feel like it. Or if I want "comfort food" I'll just have it. I know that another day I'll be craving vegetables and eat those then
that is in general what I understand intuitive eating to be. It's the opposite of diet culture, which has overwhelmed our society. It's eating when you're hungry, what you want, and notthinking about it too much.
Really interesting to see how "intuitive eating" works for someone who has had issues with diet. I've always eaten when I want and how I want, unless I was out of money then it's just what's in the fridge, no new groceries. I have always insisted that I portion out my own food or ask friends if I can take the rest home because my mom taught me to only eat the amount I want, which included paying attention to when I'm on the way to feeling full while I eat. Other adults tried to control my eating, but my mom made sure they stopped because she knew what she was teaching me worked for me. I so appreciate her efforts to make sure I know how to trust myself and be healthy.
I love your mom. I’m so jealous you grew up like that.
at first i thought ofc i do intuitive eating, but as i watched this video i realised how much i unconsciously think about food portions, "good" and "bad" foods, how i will look after eating said foods, what's expected of me to eat when out with people...i also really resonated with what you said about other people cooking for you and not being in control. wow, this video truly opened my eyes about a problem of mine i've never analyzed before
Lucy, I love how this video is about being intuitive and somehow it has shined through even in the way that you interact with the camera. You seem so at ease in this video and completely comfortable in your own skin, which I think is beautiful.
first time commenter (long time silent follower): i was rather hesitant to watch this one - but this was such a healthy/bright/well reflected take on eating habits, i found it extremly comforting and reassuring. thanks lucy :)
Thank you 💕
the food cooking montages in this are so under appreciated
"Food is inherently political" - really appreciated those reflections! Lovely video!
Maybe I’m misunderstanding this but I don’t think it’s INHERENTLY political. Food should be available to everyone as it grows in the wild, and should be shared and not withheld. But western society has caused it to be political!
My tribe has a community garden and food sharing programmes where every single person has access to free healthy foods as well as tinned foods no matter income!
I love that weather in your world can be “crumbly”. So
thank you so much for this video Lucy, as a person who’s been struggling with calorie counting and restrictive diets just to lose couple of pounds this video really encouraged me to look back at my dieting habits! lots of love from Istanbul
Unlearning is hard but the extra space in your brain to live your life is so worth it! :)
I'm obvs not a dietitian but I have been practicing intuitive eating for about a year now while/after recovering from OSFED, and relearning, and respecting your hunger and fullness cues is for me, the biggest part of it. It's a habit and a practice but once you get used to noticing 'i'm hungry for x quantity/type of food' followed by 'i'm full even though this is delicious and i /could/ eat more but it would make me uncomfortably full' it's like a puzzle piece gets put in place and it's sooo much easier. Good luck in the future with your eating!!
Lucy I love this new upload day - it’s 1pm here in New York, which is when I’m usually settling in for a nice lazy afternoon of aesthetic content lol.
I would have liked a deeper explanation of intuitive eating and how it works bc I didn't really understand. And also, you could have explained a bit more which parts of diet culture you had to face during your week because a didn't get that either. It could be because have 0 diet culture in my brain (which I doubt) or that it is soo deeply rooted that I dont understant which parts could bring problems when trying this form of eating
As someone who aspires to intuitive eating as well as has a lot of dietary restrictions, I find it interesting when I crave something I can't eat. Whenever I crave cheese I take it to mean I need some more fat or protein.
Obviously I don’t know why you can’t eat cheese but maybe try vegan cheese 😅
@@localabsurdist6661 I don't love all vegan cheese because of how processed some are but that's a great point! Also, a lot of vegan cheeses have nutritional yeast which I love but can't eat because of histamine intolerance. I also never really liked cheese or cheese-related dishes much when I did eat cheese so it's always funny to me when I randomly crave a grilled cheese sandwich - something I never used to eat.
I learned about intuitive eating when I was like 16 I think and I'm so glad I did, because I grew up always being a bit chub, not heavily overweight but definitely not one of the skinny girls and with that came the constant feeling of having to watch what I eat, always trying out the newest diet and, essentially, a really really disordered way of eating and I think reading up about intuitive eating really helped me to wrap my head around the fact that there are no "bad" foods or food that needs to be avoided/cut out. I have to admit, I expected it to be a new form of diet that I could just apply to my life but it truly isn't, it's rather a reality check about what normal and healthy eating really is and how our body naturally knows and tells us what it wants and needs. It was a great start to my jerney of learning to love my very much imperfect body but I don't know how far I would have come without it. What I want to say with that, great video Lucy, really put a smile on my face!
i feel like i’ve been doing intuitive eating without realising? like, if i want chocolate, i’ll go and eat some chocolate-
intuitive eating tends to be what many might consider the "norm" or at least what many consider what our bodies should be doing. eating what whe want when we want. But in society overwhelmed by diet culture, so many people have to make a concious choice not to think about "good "and "bad" foods, and calories, and that sort of thing. That's what the idea of it is. Being purposeful not to care.
Yeah im the same, i think intuitive eating as a term is for people who struggle with dieting and ED's, but I'm lucky enough to not struggle with that so my default is the equivalent to this
@@cottagebirder I would say that it is for anyone who grew up in diet culture who wants to learn to listen to their body again, but it becomes difficult when you say it's for people recovering from ED's. As was mentioned in the video ,it can work for people in that uneasy relationship with food, but they need a bit more rigidity to help them through recovery. In general.
You don’t have eating disorders
Food is (sadly) such a tricky subject for so many, I felt you handled this really well and particularly those last few minutes of reflection on your week were so well put, I'm always hesitant to watch videos like this but I trust you and you showed me why again today.
The only video on food I’ve been able to watch without being triggered. So considered, so chill, so positive. 💜
I loved this! Normalising just, you know, eating what you fancy is so important (and really lovely to see right now, as someone in ED recovery) - would love this to become a series! 🌈
A lot of experts say this too, but intuitive eating has to align with your dietary restrictions and it’s mainly about knowing what makes you feel good. Like if what Jack’s roommates cooked wasn’t going to make you feel great afterwards, it was probably great and in alignment with IE to portion control. IE isn’t about just eating whatever you want, it’s also about gentle nutrition, feeling good physically and emotionally, etc
I will say the number one best habit I developed when recovering from a decade of unhealthy thinking and diet culture was to not watch anything when I eat. At least if I’m alone I don’t watch content, I don’t read, I don't listen to podcasts or music, I don’t do anything else. I just eat quietly and focus on/ enjoy my food as my source of entertainment. I use to eat when distracted and afterwards had no real memory of eating and didn’t feel like I ate (felt like I still needed to eat) even if I was full. It messed up all my hunger signals. It also stopped me from really savoring the flavors and tastes, so that I wasn't fully satisfied and still had cravings. So that’s always my first advice to people, like hey, this might be nice if you want to try it. 🤷♀️😂❤️
Thank you, I needed that reminder
Haven’t watched this yet, is it triggering? I’m ED recovered but hate the idea of more vulnerable people being influenced by bad eating habits and ‘diets’. Intuitive eating should just be eating... agh, why does diet culture have to infiltrate everything?
hi - as someone who's still struggling, i didn't find this to be triggering. congrats on your recovery
I would say the first half of the video isn't triggering, but the second half discusses hunger cues etc which you may find triggering so maybe turn off for that section
@@RebkaSmth i second this !!!!!
Hi lovely, I’m in ED recovery too and personally I found this not triggering at all - no mention of calories, weighing, anything like that 💛💕
Oo ok actually from 13 minutes on I wouldn’t recommend watching xx
to anyone who is hesitant about watching the video to avoid triggers!! please make sure you are in a good place to listen to someone talk about their eating habits before 🤍 i think lucy has a really incredible relationship with her body and it’s very nice to see someone not punish themselves by having only a few almonds as a snack, but if you’re hesitant i would recommend maybe reading through what intuitive eating is (i did before watching, gave me a better grasp of what she was doing) and then watching the video. she’s not dieting.
DEFINITELY feel you on the alcohol habit during lockdown/trying to kick it with sparkling water, dessert, etc... not drinking and not treating myself to super fancy foods (broke grad student lol) are the only cravings I make myself fight through these days. IE is especially good if you're forming an exercise habit, too, since your food needs will fluctuate!
2:31 you should have a much bigger knife. It's too small. sword or something like that.
Omg I laughed aloud 😂
I really recommend reading "Just Eat It" by Laura Thomas (a qualified Nutritionist) if you want to educate yourself around intuitive eating and diet culture in general. Just please don't buy the audiobook like I did this book is better read as a hard copy. She really steps you through it, emphasizing the importance of intuitive eating to stop binge eating which is a common bi-product of restrictive diet culture. It's great. I genuinely believe every girl has at one point had a complicated relationship with food so it's an important subject to talk about.
Lucy, your content is always forever interesting but more importantly so transparent which I always really appreciate. Look forward to the next! Much love x
Great vid! Intuitive eating is so great! Thanks for talking about privilege surrounding food, that’s so important ❤️❤️❤️
This was so relaxing and gave me some bomb meal ideas! I think you did really well with a nice variety of healthy meals and comfort food as well :)
love this video! I should try intuitive eating more, I often eat out of habit or boredom, for example I literally always eat when I know ill be driving for longer than like 30 minutes ill pack loads of snacks for the car and eat looooads just out of habit... your hair colour is really gorgeous btw!
I loved this video, thank you so much Lucy! I have a long term illness and I have to control it with my diet, which comes with five or six restrictions and it can be very difficult for me to feel ‘free’ when I’m eating. On top of the fact that I find it hard not to be caught up with body image and trying to control that through food. This video was so refreshing and I’m so happy you’ve been open and honest with this topic ❤️
‘Food is political’ is something that we need to be aware of more. The way you assess and learn from your own life experiments is what I respect you about. Thank you for amazing videos!
ahh i live for this editing work! i love how your content brings some very interesting and varied topics to the table, while it creates some space for discussion. Pleasure to watch as always. Thanks for putting so much mind and effort into it, definitely shows x
I'm glad that you acknowlage that one week is not enough to get into intuitive eating! Good luck on your journey! I think you are doing great
Thanks for making this video, I think I really needed to hear about this. Girls (20) my age are so conscious about food and keeping slim, it’s hard to ignore but this has made me realise I need to do a better job of trying!
First of all, loved the video. Second, thank you so much for introducing such a cool concept to me! Will defined be looking more into intuitive eating.
well-made video about a touchy subject. as a 19 yo who has recovered from anorexia, i agree with a lot of the things you've mentioned. sadly, intuitive eating has become a necessary way to normalise a healthy relationship with food, when we should really just eat what we feel without feeling a pressure to name it, but hey, that's diet culture. been in a very good place with food recently but simply eating when i want to, and working hard on not attaching morality to my food choices, especially when they appear unhealthy or not balanced. i choose not to give this a name because i would prefer to break free from categorising my diet and simply eat to fuel the many other things i do in life, but more power to you :)
I reckon intuitive eating shouldn't get in the way of your dietary needs and what makes you feel well or ill xxx if the aim is making you feel good and healthy, then it should be tailored to you ❤️❤️
I had no idea this was a diet choice, I always just eat what I like and go with my gut, crazy!
This is just so calming and comforting
Loved this video! Intuitive eating really helped me having a good relationship with food. I’m still learning so x
Lucy keep it up and keep reading up on the philosophy. It’s not something you try for a week. You reject dieting for good! Looks like you enjoyed it and plan to keep it up.
I always bring a snack out with me (usually it's just some nuts) so that if im ever caught short food-wise I know I'll have something I can eat that won't give me the runs, or push me off track on my diet. It's also great for being in town running errands and getting hungry and not risking coffee shops👌
Really enjoyed this video. Would love an update video in a month or whatever if it is something you continue to explore ☺
yay! been waiting for another Lucy vid!
that butternut salad had me drooling 🤤
Amazing content as always! have a great day Lucy 🙂
thank u, moon! ♡
I found out I had a nut allergy last year and now eating out is always stressful. I need to be careful but I get anxious when people make a big deal about my allergy and then I can't enjoy the meal as much.
loved the video and it is really good that you can access and see how your relationship with your food can be a healthy relationship!
My issue with intuitive eating (as in, why I find it difficult) is because here we see Lucy eating fruit, and granola, and curry, and veggies etc. You wanna know what ya girl wants to eat when she is intuitive eating? Pizza. McDonald's. Shawarma. And a list of other completely not so great for you things. My understanding of intuitive eating is to eat what you want, when you want, how much you want - and trust that your body is telling you it wants. But if all I want is cheese, that's got to be a bad idea right? Maybe I don't understand intuitive eating properly 😣
Edit: something this made me think of is the book In Defense of Food. Something interesting is that the book mentions a study where people in France were asked what the first word was that came to mind when they saw a picture of a chocolate cake, and then a group of Americans were asked the same things. The people from France unanimously answered with the words 'celebrate' and 'celebration' while the Americans unanimously answered 'guilt'. Shocking how diet culture affects us. Our perception is our reality. We get to choose our perception. Just some food for thought. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Didn't even mean to do that.
I was worried about that when I first started implementing IE! One of the things that's so freeing about it is that you DO eat the pizza and chocolate and cake - all the things we've been told are 'bad' - and with time, they lose their novelty. Food that's been put on a 'do not touch' pedestal your whole life suddenly isn't a big deal anymore. I definitely found the hardest part about IE is retraining your brain to see all foods as neutral, but with time your hunger cues become much easier to understand and interpret and you crave a bunch of things you thought you'd never eat if given the choice between that and donuts for eg
@@hayleywilson6426 ahh this is so good to know! Thank you for sharing! I do think a lot of the time the reason I want things like pizza etc. is because I 'should'nt' and it's a little bit 'cheeky' and maybe I've had a rough day so 'fuck it'. So good to hear that after a bit of time and retraining of the mind you end up seeing food as neutral. This gives me hope!
Hi Lucy. Really enjoyed this video, the content and aesthetic. I am very much an intuitive eater myself and have been for most of my adult life, so loved watching this! I hope you don't mind me saying, you seem to get through rather a lot of single use plastics in this vid, which surprises me for someone who has talked a lot about sustainability etc. Do you consider alternatives? I know it can be challenging if you're just shopping for yourself. Side note, LOVED the appearance of the Springer 10 mins in. He is a lot like my boy Monty ❤🐾
Hey! I highly recommend the podcast Food Psych to learn some more about intuitive eating. It is hosted by an anti-diet dietician and has great guests :) IE is about so much more than just hunger and fullness cues and thinking about it in this way can easily turn it into another diet!
I feel like I've been following a Lite TM version, as you put it, of this for a little while now, but I think sometimes I use it as an excuse to eat whatever junk food I like haha. Through xp I've really learned what does and doesn't agree with me, and sometimes actually find myself craving fruit and veg over junk, and have really noticed the difference between hunger and thirst - sounds dumb, but so often I used to just grab a snack when in reality I needed a pint of water, and I wondered why my energy was always so low! It's definitely a process and takes time to really learn what your body does and doesn't want. I really enjoyed how you framed this video, such a healthy attitude, and honest about those 'good/bad' feelings you have around food, I definitely feel those too!
Such a good idea! Interested to see how you got on :) ❤️
lucy all of your friends are so lovely and make beautiful meals ahahaha! I loved this video. So good. :)
What a fab video! Thanks Lucy!! 💕
Where is your robe from? Love it!!
I found this super super interesting! I'm also GF (woop woop) and have always intuitively eaten. I really enjoyed how you talked about this and found the whole video really reflective in the best way
Love this video, it's so nice to see someone who eats meat, but isn't bothered by trying tofu or having veggie meals - made me happy!
I would love your recommendations on UK clothes shops and advice on shopping online and how you tackle it - it can be so overwhelming sometimes - Thank you Lucy! x
This is such a beautiful video 😍
hey lucy!! i'm gluten-intolerant as well, and i think that they might've put oat milk instead of almond milk in your coffee. oats are often stored and transported w wheat, so i know lots of gluten intolerant people who avoid oats bc they might trigger reactions
Yeah that’s what I’ve been thinking too. Maybe they didn’t clean the milk foaming nozzle off after using oat milk or something
unrelated to the video but you're so!!! pretty!!!! 🥺💕
you should try rice cakes sometime instead of toast (not for any other reason other than i think you’d love it with peanut butter) and they’re usually GF!
I loved the video!
I think I do a mix of this while being calorie conscious. I've recovered from both restrictive and binge eating disorder for a few years so it works best for me to keep an eye on my calories and aim for around 2k a day (but not punish myself for more or less a couple of hundred calories) because otherwise I just spiral to either under or over eating 😅
Love all your videos !!!
I loved your meal ideas. I feel like I do eat healthy meals, despite still labelling foods as good and then feeling guilty about all the things that are not. What are your tips on combatting cravings for sugary foods? For me this is the big one. I have always been obsessive about not eating too much of it and then really start to crave it if I try and replace it. I eat a lot of fruit however I still become really paranoid and guilty about it if I give in to a craving. x
With intuitive eating the whole deal is when you crave something you eat it! And then over time as you stop restricting certain foods your cravings become more normal
WHAT was that first veggie you chopped?
Looked like a shallot to me ? Idk I might be wrong haha
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 agree but also assume it was a shallot
do you mind sharing where your is sweater from, please? it is so lovely
Lots of great instagram account that help remind me daily that I can eat what I want!! My top favs are 1. no.food.rules 2. the nutritiontea 3 thebodylovesociety
If anyone is interested in trying to implement intuitive eating but feels like they need some structure to work through I would recommend checking out if any local libraries have 'The intuitive eating workbook' created by the two women in Lucy's first link. :) It really helped me realise the ways dieting was hurting me physically and psychologically: one of the early exercises gets you to list dates of diets and reflect on their long term outcomes and made me realise how much dieting was incrementally messing up my relationship with food. (may not be ideal for those in ED recovery, but sending you lots of hope and strength
Mani life deep roast in porridge is amazing!
Hey Lucy, what's the book you got the salad recipe from? Looks great!
Leon’s happy salads book! 💕
Ah Eton mess the favoured pudding of coeliacs. Those curvies are so morish as well! Sorry to hear you were glutened!
Love your cardigan at the end! Where is it from pls? 💫
this was an interesting video. i wanna try intuitive eating but atm im not in the mindset. i need to unlearn a lot of things first.
Lucy it was so interesting to hear your thoughts on this topic!! Definitely agree that intuitive eating is the way forward! I’ve been hearing more and more people talk about it in passing and it has made me adopt the principals in my life, in a casual way. But now I’ve felt really inspired to go do some proper research. I’m so glad I’ve come across these concepts at a young age, I’m only 21 and it feels good to listen to my body and respect its cravings, instead of letting them consume me. Watched the video while eating peach and whipped cream ~ proper summer treat 🥰 lots of love to you xxx
you're so prettyyyyy
Loved this video (such a difficult topic to manage to pull off!) but on a different note, I’m confused as you don’t appear to be social distancing anymore?
i was thinking... are you drinking or only occassionaly?
You got aesthetic inspo down to a t
Hi Lucy! So I’m subscribed to your channel and I’ve switched on notifications but I literally never ever get notifications for your videos. Also your videos are literally never on my (personalized) RUclips home page. I usually find out from Insta that you’ve posted a video. I’m not sure if it’s just me?
I use RUclips on iPhone if that helps
Oh man that sucks, thanks for seeking them out each week though ❤️
I liked the music in this video ☺️
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What was that spread on toast on the Tuesday?! Looked incredible. Couldn’t work out if it was PB or some form of crunchy Nutella...
I think she said it was peanut butter!
This is a random comment on this video but I keep trying to make curries with coconut milk, and I can't make them without the sauce going slimy? Any cooking tips from anyone to stop this happening? I've tried cooking it hot and quick, and also slow and long and it happens both ways. Also tried different brands of coconut milk too, don't know what else to try! Xxx
Just paused the vid cos I wanna ask - why does the milk in your flat white matter in regards to gluten?
O shall research more about intuitive eating. But honestly I think I might end up bingeing. Like if I don't do diets and track macros I'm screwed. "Intuitive eating" my brain: eat when you want and what you want and how much you want😬
LOVED this video Lucy!! 👏🏼🌻 I’ve recently been on this journey myself and there’s an amazing book called Just Eat It by Laura ThomasPHD!!! HIGHLY recommend it, couldn’t have got my head out of the depths of diet culture bullshit without it! Still working on these things myself so I’m so happy to have you with me on this intuitive eating journey too!! 🥰
I've never been diagnosed as having an eating disorder, certainly there's no psychological/body image concerns going on, but I would say my eating is disordered lol. I could never do this because my appetite is so small. Always has been but definitely moreso since I got 2 chest infections last year, I have to actively try to keep my calories up in healthy ways. I also hate most veg and am quite cripplingly addicted to sugar so eating "intuitively" basically isn't an option lol I'm already eating most of my daily calories in biscuits and sweets and fruit, it's really bad ...
I'm half chinese and my family measure rice to water ratio with a fingertip too 😅 but... we use a rice cooker aha
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Hey Lucy! What earrings are you wearing on the first day of this vid?? I came here from your insta stories because I couldn’t DM you to ask and I think you were wearing the same ones 😂
What's the top you're wearing at 8:20? it looks so comfy but also cute! please let me know if you can!
Thanks! It's an H&M sports bralette, here's the. link: rstyle.me/+H3gVz63jm4DRnjksdKPVyA 💕
@@lucymoon thank you !!!!
Highly recommend checking out The F*cknit diet 🖤
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Kinda sad that intuitive eating is a concept that's novel to some people. Unless you have an eating disorder, it should just be how everyone eats normally. Instead, I see lifestyle influencers rave about it like it's some kind of revolutionary idea. Says a lot about how society treats people to be honest.
Nice