There is no “best” time to eat! . Srsly. The “best” time to eat isn’t a time at…
❌There is no “best” time to eat!❌
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Srsly. The “best” time to eat isn’t a time at all. It’s when you’re listening to your body, yes, but also your brain.
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What I mean is, yes, we want to listen to our bodies’ cues and eat when we’re hungry but we also need to use our brains and know that just because I might not feel hunger cues doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t eat.
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Examples:
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1️⃣ Maybe you’re reallllly not hungry in the AM. But you know it’s been a lotta hours since you ate dinner last night and your body could use some fuel so you offer it something light within a few hours of waking up (Smoothies are great for this- a lot of times drinking can be easier than eating!)
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2️⃣ Maybe you’re just starting your non-diet journey and realize “OMG! I have no hunger cues!” In this case, what I teach in @the_socieaty, it’s a good idea to offer your body food every ~3-5 hours to “wake up” your hunger cues. After a long time of dieting and not listening to them they kinda go to sleep ? So there is a little bit of planned eating in the initial phases. Then once you get those cues back you can go off of them.
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Listen to your body. Not a clock.⏰
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And everyone might have different patterns that will feel good to their body! None are right or wrong. What matters is that you’re doing what feels good to YOU.
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As you can see “listening to your body” isn’t just “listening to your body’s cues.”
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Link in bio to snag a copy of my free e-book that will help you learn to actually “listen to your body”. Listening to your body isn’t always just those cues like Instagram makes you think, checkout the e-book for how to ACTUALLY do it!
