Hi! I'm Violeta, a bread-loving nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating counselor, Non-Diet Coach & Integrative Life Coach
No seriously, I friggin' LOVE bread...and wine...but I cut it way back!
I began my intuitive eating journey mid year 2021. Hearing women say they'd tried (a diet) and failed, over and over again, and thinking I had a different solution but really didn't, there came to a point where I said "There's gotta be a different way".
I went into intuitive eating, initially, for professional reasons. To continue helping women but through a different lens instead. Little did I know that before I could get there, and help other women in the way I wanted, I had to do a whole lot of unlearning - especially around health.
My relationship to food wasn't as wonderful as I'd always believed. And that's partly because many disordered eating behaviours are normalized, especially if they come off as "health" promoting. Such as...
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Sandwiches: open-faced or only from a healthy restaurant or café
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Lunch in my 20s: Looked more like a snack, such as nuts and fruit. This is while I was at school studying nutrition (normalized disordered eating behaviour)
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Carbs/Starches: I had to earn them and keep track (i.e. the more I exercised, the more carbs I could eat)
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Feeling like there was always a better way to be healthier
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Being considered the "healthy and fit" one by family
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Yet I drank too much
But THANKFULLY...
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I always detested cleanses and detoxes
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Purposely restricting foods felt torturous and depressing so I avoided it
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I never felt 'disciplined' enough to be stricter with my diet
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I started eating more meat during and after my pregnancy (I listened to my body which at the time gave me strong signals to eat more meat)
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My period normalized after having my son
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I never gave up bread, no matter how "bad" gluten was/is
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I learned that food and diet aren't the be-all-and-end-all of health. In fact, it's rather a small percentage of our overall health. Phew.
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I discovered intuitive eating
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Followed by intuitive drinking...and I finally started drinking less!
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And I want the same for you!