It's easy to say the leftovers will still be there when you are living alone. A lot of my overeating stopped when my brother moved out and I didn't have to be scared of my food disappearing all the time

I have another little advice for intuitive eating on a gluten free diet: When you crave something with gluten (for me it's been doughnuts recently), try to find out what your body craves. Is it the sugar, the fat, the yeast? Or maybe the jam or chocolate? Or maybe it's just the soft texture. And then just eat something thats the closest match (for example a quick homemade glutenfree cake in a mug with some jam on the top or a slice of gluten free toast with chocolate spread). When I had to start a gluten free diet, I also was really afraid what people might think and say. But in my experience, when I tell them I have to do it for health reasons, the majority of people are really nice and understanding. And even if they're not, please, please don't sacrifice your health and wellbeing just to avoid conflict. Some people can be a bit ignorant but I'm sure even they don't want you to be in pain just for eating something.

Hey Abbey! What do you do when you’re physically full, but not satisfied?

I will never be a true intuitive eater (CF, partially feeding tube dependent, blah blah blah, nobody cares), but I love how the practice does not demonize any foods. The gentle nutrition is definitely more my speed than the macro obsessed rhetoric I hear about from a lot of people.

I always felt like IE was impossible for me, as someone with binge ED, and I never felt like I could 'feel my fullness' but this video, explaining it and teaching me how I can do this has really been an eye opener. This really could be a life changing video for me!

I was raised with the house rule of "clean your plate" or no dessert & night time TV/Nintendo, I remember me or one of my siblings sitting at the table sometimes for 2 hours sobbing because we had to finish eating or essentially get punished. I can say this was somewhat traumatizing to me & my siblings. Now looking back, my mom says she regrets doing that & feels guilty. You offer excellent advice in this video!

We must remember that snacking is an activity that can be done with anything edible. If you eat one granola bar between breakfast and lunch, that's a snack. If you eat a length of celery with peanut butter smeared on top an hour after breakfast, that's a snack. If you eat a single peeled hardboiled egg at ten pm that is a snack. Snacking does not have to involve consuming products from the Frito-Lay company.

I once kept a food journal to keep track of everything I ate in a week and why. I was stunned to discover that 90% of the times I overate it was out of social obligation or not wanting to waste food. I always assumed that the reason I overate was because I loved food and lacked willpower. Turns out I was eating a lot of food I didn't even enjoy. Total eyeopener.

“You ate a lot of lasagna, it’s not a big deal.” I felt that 😂

Watched this while eating a huge bowl of vegetable broth. Zero attention, 100 percent air food. Wow I have a lot to work on 🙇🏼‍♀️

After years of anorexia and dieting, my hunger and fullness seems so out of wack. Usually when I ask myself am I hungry still? Am I satisfied? The answer is always "I don't know..."

Abbey, thank you so much for these videos. I love that they're empathetic and not condescending. Intuitive eating is so hard but so worth it. Since starting my journey a year or so ago, I've noticed that my weight stays the same regardless of what I eat. I love seeing myself choose ice cream one day, and a salad the next. It's so nice to choose healthy foods, not from the pressure of wanting to lose weight, but because I actually crave them. And I love being able to have "junk" food in the house without binging on it. Thanks for this series. Although my journey started before you started this series, these videos are fabulous reminders to be kind to myself.

I've been struggling with this a lot lately. It seems like there's something about the middle of the day where my body just doesn't feel full. I'll eat breakfast and feel fine, but once I eat lunch, maybe 20 minutes later I'm *starving*. Eating snacks doesn't seem to satisfy me and once I eat dinner I feel stuffed! Not sure how I can solve this as I'm just uncomfortable for a large part of my day.

Love love love this series! I also love that you have another dietician edit and review your video content. It’s empowering to acknowledge that you aren’t expected to be an expert on everything. I feel this way a lot when I consult other licensed therapists in areas that aren’t my specific focus. It also allows for good edits of our work. ❤️🌈

"because you're done when the bag is done" This describes my eating so well... When it comes to healthy protein chips, I can have some self control (because I am counting calories... I'm not ready for IE yet) but when it comes to chips that I like I cannot put the bag down until it's completely finished. The way I eat it, it's almost scary. I desperately want to learn how to eat normally. Who wants to calorie count for the rest of their lives? Imagine being 80 and calorie counting still... but I'm scared to gain a lot of weight by trying IE... it's hard...

i’ve recently developed a new autoimmune disorder and severe allergies to foods as a result. totally love what you’ve said about just not viewing those items as food! i genuinely don’t miss them because i know they aren’t available to me. love your channel abbey thank you!

I asked you about Coeliac disease, this was so helpful! I had never really thought to consider gluten containing food as simply not being edible. Like its chalk or something. This is so simple but it does make lots of sense thank you so much!

Sis, I really understand everything you’re saying, but one time I was like ‘no I’m not going to have that piece of banana cake because I’m really full and already sort of uncomfortable’ so I didn’t eat anything and I was like ‘good job, look at you listening to yourself (even though I had already eaten an excess of food)’ and then my family finished the banana cake and I was like, ah, yes (no shade, just wanted to vent and be weirdly, irrationally sad over my banana cake)

Hey Abbey! I just wanted to say THANK YOU for sharing so many awesome educational videos about nutrition and intuitive eating. I found your channel at the same time as I've decided to work through my binge eating with my therapist. I decided to see a dietician again and have a full support team to finally resolve my relationship with food. It's only been about a month, but i already feel so much better about my eating habits. I try to listen to my body's needs and hunger cues, i judge myself less for eating something "not so healthy". I have always felt skeptical about intuitive eating and was very much doing yo-yo dieting and my restriction-binge cycles just kept getting worse. But after recent therapy sessions i decided to try it for a while and then i found you. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! Much love from Toronto.

As someone in Anorexia recovery, this is so hard! I just wanna eat everyhting and never feel satisfied :/

This is exactly why I stopped the whole “5 small meals a day” it would always leave me feeling unsatisfied and obsessively thinking about my next meal which ultimately led to binging. Now I eat one large meal a day which meets all my macros, nutrients and calories and I feel better than ever!

Food intolerances and allergies have really ruined my life especially when it comes to social engagements and have given me a LOT of control issues over my food. I’d love a whole video on this topic alone! But this video was all around made for me and I’m saving to watch again. Thank you!

Abbey- i am SO grateful you’ve made these videos, i have been watching you for a year now, and have just begun my own intuitive eating journey and i can’t get enough of your videos. it’s so informative, and has truly made a difference in my thoughts on food. keep up your incredible work :)

Abbey sharp is out here roasting "influencers" for fun and I love it

Thanks, Abbey! I just started with a nutritionist yesterday and while listening to this I realized I needed a little more food despite having reached my calories. I went downstairs and grabbed a slice of cheese and that was enough to satisfy my hunger and mind. 💜 but still staying within my goals. Thank you again!

Love that you talked about re-framing. I find this activity so empowering for the clients with whom I work.

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

i'd love to see a video on the opposite problem-- how to do intuitive eating when you never feel hungry. i'm on some medication that suppresses my appetite, but i want to nourish my body still. any tips for eating well when you're not getting your normal hunger cues?

I have celiac! This is so helpful and I wish more people talked about it!

Thank you for this video Abbey! I liked that you brought up that leaving food on the plate is not “restricting”. I have been leaving my plate clean for years and every time i try to leave some food on it I feel guilty, or like I’m reverting back to my days of extreme restriction. Definitely some things to think about!

I would love to see some snack ideas that combine carbs, protein and fat! I never ear snacks and by the next meal I am and a -3

This came right on time. I have been using myfitnesspal to track my progress and I’ve gone from 160 to 144.7. I have not reached the weight I want but I am so afraid of becoming obsessed and I am afraid of giving up. Today I ate way more than I should have. My daily calories are set at 1240 although I usually end up consuming about 1400-1500 today I went up to 3370. At dinner, I just kept eating... I felt ‘hungry’ and I was aware that I should have stopped but I couldn’t. I do not want to feel guilty but I do not want to repeat this. This is why I am scared of trying intuitive eating.

Recommendations for after dinner snacks? I usually eat an apple with cinnamon and peppermint tea, but variety is the spice of life!

Please review Madeleine Olivia. She is a vegan UK youtuber. I think you'll like her recipes.

I’ve been trying IE for a long time bc of my mentality with the clean your plate issue. My parents were like plate soldiers handing out a plate of adult sized portions throughout my whole childhood and I was forced to stuff myself no matter what. I now put less than I think I want/need for any meal, knowing if I’m still hungry I can go back for a second plate which a lot of times I don’t. But if don’t put less on the plate I find myself overeating bc my plate still has food and I don’t want to waste it. This is a LONG process but it’s well worth the time and effort. As a mom I give small portions to my kids (using the hand method to portion out sizes for them and myself) and I never tell them their plate has to be finished but only that they’re full. Kids naturally eat smaller meals more often throughout the day and I make sure to work with that. LOVE your videos!!

How would you deal with what others have described as “I just want to finish it the box so that it’s gone” mentality? I find myself thinking like this when it comes to things like the last bits on a plate.

I've started eating food at my dining table. I turn on my fake candles and enjoy my Christmas decorations

Hey Abbey, im studying to be a dietitian in Denmark, and im glad to see you make these kinds of videos. Really good video!! keep up the good work :D

This Video is GOLD for people who have dieted for years... THANK YOU 🙏🏼 Do you take clients virtually?

I always forced myself to eat my entire plate partially cause of my parents and mostly cause of family members that would visit and my middle eastern family does NOT like wasting food. Now this has sadly gotten me into a mindset of genuinely feeling like a piece of shit if I don't eat every piece of food on the plate, which ends up with me getting EXTREME stomach aches, constipation, bad energy and mood etc. And it's really frustrating to then in the past few years see my sister side eyeing me for eating so much because she managed to lose weight even though she knows I have binge ED and body dysmorphia and PCOS AND fibromyalgia which makes working out harder, and my mom who shames me when I say I'm hungry when I just ate. It's not fun too already be negative about your own body, the way you eat, how much you eat and forcing yourself to empty a plate, something you learned from your family, and then suddenly get shamed by your family for doing the exact thing they taught you whilst simultaneously having an ED. I've tried intermittent fasting which did help me stop my binging for a short while, but I was always low energy and noticed I'd either starve myself or I'd binge in those few hours. Then I quit and had a good diet for a few weeks until I started binging again, then felt bad and starved myself with literally 4 boiled eggs in 1 day and cried myself to sleep cause my stomach was in so much pain and then binged for months on end again. This time intermitten fasting does not help and tends to actually make me binge more because I end up not eating enough throughout the day and then in the middle of the night grabbing a huge bag of chips and starting my binge. I'm really glad I found your channel and I think this might be a better solution for me, listening to my body. I've already started making changes in the past 3 months which includes removing dairy and as much gluten and possible as I realized it caused me inflammation in my stomach and focusing more on omega-3's which also helped a lot, I'm also getting used to making healthier snack choices, but these videos are helping a lot! Thank you for all this information and I'm excited to slowly but hopefully get better :) I've also been started to count calories again, but instead of counting it to lose weight I've been counting calories of dishes I really enjoy to make sure I eat ENOUGH in a day! I really hope this will help me in the long run and help me get a healthier mindset with food knowing I also ate enough

I had this problem for a month after changing my eating routine because of an intership. What helped me was looking for food which made me full in general. Then I ate the food really slow. Like eating one spoon in 20 secs and chew every spoonful really long. Also I went back to my normal eating routine and when I got hungry, I just first drank and looked 10 minutes after if i was still that hungry. Now I'm back to my normal eating!

I was never told to finish my food but in my teenage years I didn't know when to stop. Whether it was cookies or pizza, I could eat large amounts without feeling full or satisfied. I remember finishing a pizza and then putting another one in the oven because I still felt hungry. I remember eating chocolate and cake and just constantly wanting more, thinking "I hope I don't feel like this forever". And I didn't. I have no idea when it changed but now I eat when I'm hungry, until I'm full and I'm able to have some chocolate without having to finish the whole 300g pack. Thinking about it makes me so emotional, I can't believe how much things have changed.

I have been binge watching this series and I love this idea... But honestly I'm scared to death to try it! I feel like I have been counting calories my entire life and the thought of NOT counting terrifies me that I'll gain weight and be miserable. I don't know how to get past that feeling!

This is one of my biggest struggles. Yes, I feel full, but when looking at the food or knowing there is more food I just want to eat like. Sometimes obsessively, I know I'm full and doing want it or need it, but I just like the food and like eating.

This video is so me!! W Crohn’s there are definite triggers and sometimes “worth it” not really though lol. It adds another level to finding food freedom and fullness (always afraid of the pain), but I’m up for the challenge.

I recently had a tonsillectomy and I couldn't eat properly for 2 weeks. Now that I can eat again, I'm eating nonstop and I can't seem to feel full, so this helps! thank you

I feel like I have to distract myself while I'm eating because I hate the act of eating. Ugh it's a struggle

I´ve always been taught to clean the plate completely. Also not to ever throw food out and to eat at least six times a day. As a result I´ll eat anything about to go bad even if I´m so full it hurts. I´m trying to break this behavior and eat intuitively I´ve noticed that I eat less than half as often and a lot less than I did before. I feel so much better and actually have an appetite for both lunch and dinner and breakfast. Now instead of dinner being the main course of the day (as Its always been for me) I make more of an effort around lunch and breakfast as these are the times I´m the most hungry and looking forward to the meal. I love your channel thanks so much for this vid!

I want to try this but it's honestly so scary to me. I've been cutting calories on and off since I was 11 years old. I haven't been overweight one day in my life yet I was called fat for years and years and it has completely messed me up.

Thanks Abby as always! I’m reading the book along with your videos. I keep missing out on my fullness cues even when consciously eating but hope I learn when to stop through the process. As you said, it is a long-term journey! Love and thanks from South Korea♥️

Thank you so much for this. Currently my dietician (Ontario) has me doing mechanical eating (myriad of health reasons and disordered eating tendencies) with intuitive eating being the goal. I still find these videos inspiring and when you mentioned how this is a journey, I found that so liberating. Like most things, I want immediate results, but I’m learning how patient consistency is how i’ll get there. Also, I could cry in gratitude at how you call-out diet culture. At one point I was AFRAID of oil as all the “healthy” thin people spoke as if it poison. Keep fighting the good fight. For every diet culture promoter criticizing you, there are more people like me, a mom of three who is finally breaking free of unhealthy mindsets. You as well as my dietician have changed my life. Thank you ❤️😭🙏🏻

Thank you for everything that you’re doing! I’m finding this whole journey really helpful but Im still struggling to overcome some things - I’m not sure I’m going to explain this properly, but have you any suggestions on how to deal with overthinking about food? For example if I have a packet of biscuits in the house I cannot stop thinking about them, so I end up eating the whole lot so that they aren’t there to drive me crazy anymore.

Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve been dealing with bulimia for many years now and went to treatment for it was told all about mindfulness when eating but then I deal with the anxiety of having food in my stomach. I also love all food. So right now I feel almost hopeless that I can never get over this. I also have very strict rules on what time to eat. Everything is just very overwhelming and unknown for me. I start off the day with a very nutritious meal that I try to eat mindfully but then as the day goes on I get so hungry it’s uncomfortable and I end up losing control. I am so fearful of recovery but your video wants me to give another it shot and very good advice here in your video. Anyways thank you!!

Hey Abbey! I never comment on stuff but I recently found your channel and have started binging your videos during quarantine:) I love your positive attitude and the respect you have for other influencers you review on this platform. You come from a professional standpoint and seem like you truly care and want to help rather than bash people. That makes me happy:) I have been struggling with eating especially now with quarantine beginning and have enjoyed the educational aspect of your videos. I have realized that I am so focused on calories and weight that I haven't been eating a balanced diet. I find myself either nauseous/ not hungry or super snacky/not able to be satisfied. It mostly leans on the "can't eat enough" side of things but you've taught me tricks to get the right things in my body even if I'm struggling to get things down. Or if I super hungry that day and want to eat the whole pantry, how to satisfy cravings, and fill up while being well rounded and making healthy choices. As I've done this I'm slowly beginning to see my appetite balance out and I'm not feeling as sicky anymore. It feels so much healthier to find validation from your diet not from changes on the scale but from how your body feels:) I can enjoy workouts more and am reaching new strength and endurance goals. Its a journey but I love your vibe and your message. I don't even know you but you've quickly become one of my favorite content creators/youtube mommas. I love you and your videos! It's an easy peasy subscribe and thumbs up for me

Hi Abbey, Just wanted to say how much I appreciate that you really prepare your content. Most non-professional youtubers put out 30 minutes videos out of which maybe 3 of those minutes are valuable...such a waste of time! It's so great to watch a video that is full of information and presented eloquently (no thinking pauses or 'what's the word? Because I am too busy to look for it and edit the video'' or 'playing with the pet in the middle of the video')... Thank you. Also, thank you for your respect towards the vegan community.

Hey Abbey!! You probably have a massive pile of KZfaqrs you want to review, but if you need a couple more vegans, I'd love to hear your thoughts on both Lilykoi Hawaii, and Hannah McNeely!

I learned a lot from this video! I’ve been struggling with still feeling hungry a lot after my meals. Thank you Abbey! 💜

WHY DIDN’T THIS VIDEO EXIST WHEN I WAS 12?!?! They seriously need to play this in schools. I am permanently f*cked thanks to the “finish your plate” decree in my household growing up. A habit that has SINGLE-HANDEDLY hindered my life in every aspect of my life. I was looking at #6 on the satiety scale of this video in awe- satisfied with 0 discomfort?- what does that even feel like??

I am enjoying this series so much!! I found your channel through Chloe Ting. I'm slowly working through your content and it's helping me reframe my relationship with food. I've been on a 2 year long journey with fitness and food. The idea of continuing food tracking that has been helpful for me seems unsustainable in the long term. I am so happy to find a KZfaqr talking about intuitive eating! I've heard of it but didn't feel like I could do it. I am not super restrictive. I eat what I like and pretty much when I want, but I measure foods to keep my portions in check. I am not a part of the population who has been dieting for years and years. I have been someone who eats to fulfill emotional needs rather than hunger. Now that I have a better idea of meal and snack sizes that make me feel full, along with some therapy breakthroughs, I feel confident that I can begin to practice intuitive eating. Thank you so much for your content!!

One of the things that I have done over the years to prevent over eating or binge eating is refraining from purchasing certain foods at all at the grocery store that I know I tend to crave and overeat... How would you suggest trying to incorporate intuitive eating principles given this coping mechanism?

Your videos have been so informative and helpful in recognizing and adapting to a healthier relationship with food and body. Thank you! I always look forward to the next one

loved this video

Iv been struggling to give my body nutrient rich foods sense the pandemic started but today I made myself lunch that was a mixed green salad with turkey, strawberries, and wallnuts with a side of whole grain cracker and hummos. I can already feel my body thanking me. I love how encouraging your videos are without being guilty trippy.

Great information , Thank you Abbey ! Really appreciate your time for talking about this topic.

This is such a helpful video Abbey !! 💗

I like it! a thumbs up wasn't enough, I had to comment it too. Very informative, graci!

Holy crap, a non-vegan video I can actually watch! Lol. Anyway, do you think it's possible for your hunger/fullness cues to be permanently ruined by ED history? I've recovered a million years ago but my sense of hunger and fullness just isn't the same - I don't really have that "okay, I'm a little hungry, I'll probably need to eat soon" feeling anymore, I just go from not being hungry at all to being ravenous and feeling like I could eat the entire world. It's not really a problem because I'll just scoop a normal-looking amount of food on my plate and eat it, but the sense of fullness doesn't really kick in unless I've eaten an irrationally huge amount. None of the intuitive eating vids have really helped me, I just... don't have "degrees" of hunger like I used to. Is it possible to mess yourself up permanently? I can maintain my weight without counting calories so my food intake should be fine, it's just the hunger that's messed up. (Welp this comment is way too long, sorry!)

I would love to see a review, when you go through your backlog, of Christine Hronec from GaugeGirlTraining. I followed her for a long time, but I'm finding some of her videos to be problematic. I'd love your take.

Thank you Abbey, simply a pleasure watching you and getting evidence based advice. Keep going girl!

Your videos have helped me so much with my disordered eating

You are the food and nutrition guardian angel I never knew that I needed :') I've been finding myself on your channel a lot as the current circumstances have triggered some old disordered thinking. Thank you for all that you do!!

Such an amazing video Abbey ! Thank you so much 🥰 very helpful and informative 😘

I tried this. But it's really hard when you have anxiety and kids. Especially now with my kids home all day every day. People bugging and talking me throws such things like conscious eating out the window. I end up eating way more because I can easily over eat when anxious and stressed. I also have an eating disorder which is exasperated by anxiety.

Fantastic video as usual ^^ Just wanted to say that I love your top, it looks amazing on you :)

So I was used to eating to an 8 or 9 and am trying to get used to stopping when I feel a 7 on the full factor. It's been HARD because I am emotionally connected to the idea of feeling full. Are you going to address emotional issues like this in your series? Oddly enough, I feel a lot more gassy now that I am trying to eat less. It's SO uncomfortable and i don't really know what to do. I drink tons of water and peppermint tea and have been going on a lot of walks. I am not really sure what to do about all of this discomfort.

Gosh, this ‘clean plate’ mentality just drives me crazy. It was a rule when I was a kid. I understand that it came from place of care, but now I’m 22-year-old who’ve been working on eating habits and accepting my body for over ten years now. Although I made a huge progress with the second problem and now unconditionally love my body, I’m currently struggling with my hunger/ fullness signals. Such a small phrase, such a big effect😍

I found that a great way to start to break the clean plate mentality is to give yourself very small portions. This works great at family dinners when you are serving yourself and sitting down. The idea is you eat the small amount of food giving yourself full permission to finish it and full permission to serve yourself more once checking in if you want it. Over time you start to learn what comfortable portions are for yourself. I now know about how much food to put on my plate, occasionally having to some left over and occasionally going to get more food.

This was such a helpful video, thank you!

learning how to eat again with abbey!! thanks for sharing

What are some positive messages I can say when I know I've over eaten? The script in my head is that you were 'bad at listening to your body' 'you should have slowed down' now I need to eat less at my next meal so I don't gain weight' when really I'd like to just brush it off and move forward

Can you make a video about nutrition for those who observe fasting during Ramadan where people fast from dawn to sunset. Thanks I appreciate it.

This video has made me realise that I probably have been still hungry when others would tell me I couldn't possibly be. I've been trying to finish eating each meal on a 4 and feeling like getting to 7 was wrong because others would tell me that THEY were stuffed when I didn't feel that way

I am the founder of the clean plate club. But I am practicing not to do so. Yesterday I threw out a few french fries since I was full. This would have never happened before. Also I noticed that I start eating faster when I am actually full, to be able to clean my plate. Absurd really. Only about a week in and already noticing things and cues. Glad I found out about intuitive eating.

Thank you for addressing Celiac Disease! I was so excited!

Thankyou for this. I changed a lot and this explains why, as my partner and I moved in together I noticied how he eats and his healthier habits and taken them on myself and lost a fair bit of weight this way.

I loveeee that sweater and all of the content you're releasing

Great info - thank you so much! (And I love your hair and sweater!)

Hi Abbey. I've been suffering from celiacs disease and lactose intolerance for 14 and 16 years. I was wondering if there is a biological reason for why I feel bottomless hunger for a few hours or days after being "unlucky" and ingesting foods containing dairy or, especially gluten? I have to admit that that "crave" for glutenous food is not something that I recognize in myself any longer. I find that I have "forgotten" about the appeal and even taste of these foods by doing as you said, placing them in the "non-edible" category. If I ever come across a gluten-free alternative, like a gluten-free doughnut, I consider it a rare treat. I'm choosing to see it as a blessing in disguise that I have to live a healthier lifestyle.

You should totally start a Dear Abbey segment!!!!

I’m finally letting go of ‘time constraints’ with eating (like “you can only eat lunch at 12”) rather than when my body is hungry. Learning to trust my body and identify hunger and fullness has been a game changer!

Hey Abbey, I'm about 3 months into my intuitive eating journey and I am so confused when I eat mindfully why is it that I don't feel full until I stand up and than I feel stuffed? But a few minutes later I don't feel stuffed anymore and feel good and satisfied? So confused!!!!

I really appreciate this video. I struggle with overeating quite often. I know I eat enough but sometimes I'm just distracted. It's especially challenging at work when I eat at my desk. Sometimes I end up eating my breakfast, snack, and lunch before 11. Also, I really try to have my protein, carbs, and fats with every meal but sometimes it feels like I just black out and eat all of my meals at once. This has really made me want to be more aware of how I feel when I eat.

I wrote a post about this on reddit and a few people said that they had the same problem. At this point I can’t feel satiated at “dinner” even though I allow myself all food groups. I can’t seem to find detect that I have any particular cravings, I’m eating balanced meals, but somehow I stay unsatisfied no matter what amount I eat - it seems uncorrelated with my physical fullness, and I can’t figure out how to feel satiated!

Abbey, you are so awesome! I commented on Stephanie Buttermore’s recent video how I followed an all in shortly after she did and in that time, I found you and the Intuitive Eating book you share on your video.! I was a yo yo dieter and had even gone on phentermine not only for suppressing appetite but for increasing my metabolism because I was so tired all the time. So my all in not only was for freedom from dieting but I was also curious if it would reset my metabolism and sure enough it has.!!! I am so excited to report I have more energy than ever.!! My meals sometimes are 2 or sometimes 3 a day. Sometimes I snack and sometimes I don’t and not only do intuitively eat what my body is asking but it also intuitively does intermittent fasting. Also, because I am eating to satiety I am not snacking after dinner nor bingeing a particular food!!! I love love eating guilt free or not eating for that matter at someone’s house because I am simply not hungry. I just thank you so much for your videos and continued reminders such as this one... 💕

WOW!!!! Light bulb moment! I would under eat all the time in front of people because I was afraid of what they might think of me. Now I'm in a much healthier way of life and I'm starting to listen to my body. Thank you!! :)

✨🙈 Oh my, i read this title and never clicked faster! Abbey you are just AMAZING

When I was younger we would go over to my grandma’s house frequently. She was a huge “food pusher” and to this day I am still struggling to notice my fullness cues and when to stop eating because she would push me to eat past a 10 on the fullness scale every time 😫

Ah finally an IE video acknowledging medical conditions XD I have an issue where I'll actually throw up for hours if I eat most foods - anything but fish, eggs, white rice and white bread, really! It can be so hard to IE cause after a while you really don't want to keep cycling through those 4 foods!!

Love this video and what better time to focus on eating intuitivly than when we're spending more time at home? However I struggle a lot with eating while not distracted, if I don't have any sort of entertainment I just don't want to eat, I eat way too little and don't find it joyfull at all - even if I'm having my favourite meal. I love eating with company and enjoying meals with friends and family, but when I am alone I can't bring myself to eat more than a few bites if I'm not distraced. Anyone else who can relate to this?

If anyone is interested, the app Nourishly is free and has the satiety scale Abbey mentions in this video. It also has numerous features that support everything discussed in this video such as entries for your moods, thoughts, locations, and missions for how to stay on track. As someone with a history of disordered eating, this app has helped me immensely because it has NO calorie counting features. Its goal is wellness so it helps you eat more intuitively and helps you understand what may be triggering unusual food habits. It's all done in a very non judgey way too- it's simply pure reflection. Anyway, I hope this helps someone out there 😊