After spending most of my life on the diet culture mentality,
a couple of years ago I decided to let go of this big, heavy bag of beliefs that were planted in my brain since I was very little by society.

The first part of the, letting go diet mentality, phase is that when you let go of all the restrictions you’ve always been told and believed were true, you will start eating all the foods that you’ve always prohibited to yourself, and this is kind of logical, your body is so messed up by diets that he needs time to recover and start to get functioning again by its own. For me was carbohydrates, bread, pasta. For a long period of time, after letting go of the diet mentality, all I wanted to eat was pasta, huge plates of pasta. And I did it, I followed what my body needed, I was so sad about having silenced him for most of my life that the least I needed to do at that point was just trusting him. Trusting that any signal was for my best.

In the beginning, I was feeling quite bloated, but I didn’t care, I was so tired of the diet mentality that I enjoyed this phase of eating liberally without thinking about it so much. I ate everything I wanted without a drop of guilt. And I didn’t exercise also for the same couple of years. Is part of your body’s recovery.

At some point, I think I gained weight, but I didn’t put too much attention to that, I just did notice I was softer. This is part of the deal, I knew that in order to adjust his metabolism my body needed to gain weight in the process, and I also knew that there is a set weight point for everyone so I trusted it. The key is trust, your body work for you, he will always work to keep you the healthiest version of yourself without you having to think about it.

What happened to me after 2 years of no dieting and no exercising? It happened that I’m the best version of myself, I eat what I want whenever I want without thinking about it for a second, I’m not gaining weight, but, even if I do, I still trust that my body has his reasons. I haven’t exercised, just walks when I wanted in nature.

When I look in the mirror I think that in order to look a few kilos less of what I see now, I spent years of my life restricting the foods I love and exercising when I didn’t want to.

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate it. Let me know if you also are tired of diet mentality and if there is anything you want to know about it.

Xoxo

Claudia