It’s one thing to not say your thoughts out loud about your body or other people’s bodies. It’s another thing to deal with those thoughts that go through our heads all day everyday.

These are the boundaries we set that are barely noticeable. In fact, the other person might not even consciously realize what happened, they just get the vibe that you don’t want to talk about it, or the conversation naturally shifts to something else. 

With the best intentions, many of us embark on a journey to better our health through dietary changes, only to find ourselves trapped in a web of restrictive habits and emotional turmoil around food.

How many times have you gotten on the scale first thing in the morning, and how your weight compares to yesterday determines how you feel about yourself that day?

Think about ways you can embrace non-food aspects of the holiday season. You might have to experiment to see what fits for you.

It’s almost impossible to work on our relationship with food without also working on body image and exploring the thoughts and beliefs and feelings that we have towards our bodies.