Nutrition: Six signs you might be hungry

I’ve worked with a lot of women over the years, especially during my stint at a breast cancer center, and it very much shaped how I practice nutrition now. Maybe not how you think, though. It was through that position I learned just how common disordered eating was in women (of any age) and how diet culture can take hold of and influence behaviors around food and body for literal decades. One thing I noticed often, and continue to notice now among clients, is just how out of touch they can be with internal hunger and fullness cues. This usually happens when you are used to following external “rules” set forth by diet culture telling you what and when to eat.

Does this sound familiar? I think we can all relate, at least a little bit, myself absolutely included.

Peanut does not have a problem identifying and honoring her hunger cues