This is probably going to sound kind of strange but I just graduated with my BS in Forensic Anthropology and I handled dead bodies. I saw every single one of someone's organs outside their body. I've seen a body go from completely fresh to a skeleton in a month or two. I learned every single bone in the human body, where it's located, and how to identify it from a two square inch fragment. These experiences honestly made me respect my body more even for its faults. My stomach may have too much fat and stick out but it holds so many of my very vital organs. My neck might be a little too thick but it helps me sing in the choir. My legs are kinda flabby but they carry me where I need to go. My whole body might be heavier than necessary but it took me through my degree and my brain soaked up all this incredible information.
That sounds like a fun course! It's great to see the body for the magical enchanted flesh it is and not just something to be punished and made fit an arbitrary mould for others...
@@therabbithat you can’t hate yourself healthy! My favorite slogan. I was so used to punishing myself when it related to food, but it’s not going to make you any healthier. Idk, maybe you’ll like that slogan too.
I love this perspective - thanks so much for describing it for us! Appreciating your body for what it can do is a concept you hear but can be hard to engage with and this comment was great for that :)
Intuitive eating is different to everyone! Personally, when I started recovering I was eating around a 1/3 c of oats with strawberries and would get super full, but nowadays I have to eat around 1 1/2 c of dried oats + protein powder + peanut butter and fruit just to stay satisfied -and still need a filling snack between meals! Yes, it’s a process to get out that scarcity mentality, but after some time it just becomes natural and you get to find what works best for you Anyway, love this videos!
For me when I started recovering from anorexia it was really clear how much my stomach had shrunk. I was constantly hungry but my physical body was constantly full. Totally relate to this!! Your body is ever changing and will ask you for new and different things.
Love Victoria! I’ve been following her since my volleyball days as a fan of her as a player. The journey she’s been on and watching her platform grow has been so inspirational!
I used the HCC today! There is ice cream in my freezer at the moment and I found myself wanting a bowl at 10.30am 😂 instead of denying myself, I had 100ml of ice-cream blended with a scoop of protein, a cup of almond milk and a handful of berries for a delicious protein thickshake. Satisfied that ice-cream craving, filled my up and it was actually a healthy snack 👌🏻
I’m so bad at intuitive eating. I’m always so disconnected from my body and my feelings. It’s a hard thing to repair. But I’m trying. It’s so encouraging to see someone do it so easily!
I understand it can be difficult! I have an entire IE playlist on my channel that you might find helpful: th-cam.com/video/cf7JbfqiLic/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AbbeySharp
I never truly appreciated the hunger crushing combo until I started implementing it myself. I can totally order that plate of delicious pancakes but also order scrambled eggs and some bacon. Homemade french toast? Make it with sprouted grain bread and add fruit. Focusing on adding and not taking away is life changing.
I honest to god love broccoli. This afternoon I made a bowl, and then stopped and thought, "that's not enough." I added a good blob of my home made nut butter (almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, chia, hemp seeds and peanuts all blended up) and then sprinkled a good handful of my tofu (crumbled, seasoned, and baked, with nutritional yeast, soy, sriracha and lime juice) and it was AMAZING!!! I would have had chocolate or something later - but I just didn't want it.
"you're not doing intuitive eating wrong or failing if you finish everything on your plate." thank you thank you thank you. Sometimes I struggle with this so much because I'm trying to eat enough but not go overboard. This sentence really really helped me.. I LOVE Victoria and she has really helped me on my journey. Thank you for this whole video Abbey! you help me more than you could ever know
I’d love to see you review someone who’s legitimately overweight and trying to lose. I feel like every time I try to “reject diet mentality” and stop restricting in some way, I gain weight and stop feeling my best. I know it can be a bit controversial, but I’d love to learn how to lose weight in a healthy way.
@@AbbeysKitchen How about the same for women over 50 because I can tell you for a fact that everything related to weight gets much, much harder. I can't see any way that I could rely on intuitive eating at this age.
@@virginiawoolf2343 my aunt had the same struggle when she started going through menopause. Where my mother is all about restriction and crash dieting and staying ‘in shape’, her sister chose to just let it all go and her body actually found a new resting point where her weight stays stable and she can eat without a diet mentality. This is probably not what you’re looking for, but that’s just what I’ve seen in my family.
I just finished watching almost all your videos omg, my face literally lights up when you post, I've learned so much about nutrition since I started watching your videos. Thank you so much!!
Not related to this video, but would love to learn more on managing mental health episodes. I feel like I’m on my game, feeding and nourishing myself when I’m doing good mentally. But if I’m in a depressed state or something it completely throws me off. Even if I KNOW I should eat more or honor my hunger, I feel really unmotivated to eat.
I find myself doing the exact same during depressive episodes. Knowing that nourishment will help, but lacking the motivation to make something simple and accessible. I'd love to see more info on this too from a RD's perspective.
This is totally relatable. I cook in big batches whenever I can cook, but I also freeze a lot of meals when I’m in a better space. This means that sometimes I’m eating the same dinner for a week, but at that point that’s all I can manage and I also don’t really have a preference when I’m so depressed anyways. I also fall back on things that are really easy to chuck together, like yoghurt with granola and mixed nuts and frozen fruit. Also I will eat the same things for lunch and dinner. I eat two warm meals a day since being home with covid and having access to a microwave, so if I don’t feel like making lunch I’ll just pull a frozen dinner out. It really doesn’t matter what you eat and when you eat it, as long as you eat it. Making sure that at least your body has enough fuel to run on will help you to feel better mentally. I start feeling very anxious and panicky and cry-y (?) when I haven’t eaten enough.
Thank you for clarifying the "clean plate" subject. It has become a status thing to show that you leave like four bites on the plate if you are a intuitive eater, and for some reason it makes me feel a bit like a failure since I always clean my plate (sometimes of habit, sometimes because of the good taste, and sometimes cause I am not full)
As a binge eater i think is easier to not binge when you are with a person who eats normal. What it works for me is having a board where i have the number of days that went without binging, it helps to keep myself accountable bc i live by myself.
Great video! I definitely had to do a lot of checking in with myself before, during, and after meals when I first started eating intuitively because I had completely overridden my hunger+fullness cues with dieting. But, like you said, it eventually becomes intuitive (lol) and I don’t really think about food until I want something to eat. I’m glad to see more and more you tubers and tiktokers embracing intuitive eating.
OMG I love her so much I can't believe you are doing a video on her lol. Thank you for your videos!! They are very helpful and have healed so many people with unhealthy relationships with food!
Love your nutritional input and tips so much!!! Also loved the video you made of fear foods with the hunger crushing combo. I ate some pita, jam and hummus and felt guilty but watched your video and felt much better considering I've been having a hungrier day. ❤🥰Thanks Abbey!!
Abbey, I love this video! I’m currently pregnant and struggling a ton with the constant inner voices about not gaining too much weight, can eat this/can’t eat that, blah blah blah. It’s exhausting. I try to listen to hunger cues, but it can be a constant battle when disordered eating is at play. I love that you gave some timelines and tips to go by! I do try to snack if my belly is hungry, obviously baby is needing a snack if that’s the case. I think there are so many people (especially influencers) who haven’t fully acknowledged that they have an eating disorder or disordered eating who can use this practical information! ❤️
I really love watching your videos and learning more about what is a healthy relationship with food. Right now I am in anorexia recovery, and it is really helpful to hear that if I am craving a certain type of food or a certain quantity of food it’s because my body knows best what it needs since it’s been restricted for a really long time, and that I shouldn’t feel guilty or scared to give it what it wants. Working on allowing myself to feel more free around food, but I am on the right path, so thank you! 💕
You are helping me SO SO much in terms of my dietetics school journey. I went into it thinking it’d be a perfect major to have because I want to lose weight. You make me realize that health and a healthy relationship with food is the most important thing. I’m not at my “goal weight” but I’m feeling better about myself everyday. I try and look at food neutrally now and I know that will be so good for me and my future patients.
I love what you say about being kind to the self, and accepting the body for what it is. I have had three babies, and yes, our bodies are amazing! And that has nothing to do with a number on a scale or a size in clothing. I am only learning this now after spending so many years bashing myself for being too big.
Love the positivity and variety in this vid ♡. Just to see someone eat those things (a.k.a. not only avocado), not talking about how it's bad and cheating, and just being normal about it. So refreshing! Thanks for this one Abbey🥰
I feel like people have way over complicated the term intuitive eating, it was just eating without worrying or obsessing or tracking, but now even Intuitive Eating seems to come with its own set of rules 🤦🏼♀️
Eating out in America after spending 5 years in the UK and Europe was mind blowing you hear how different portions are but I didn't fully understand till I sat down in a restaurant at home again it's soo much food
Hi Abbey, I love your channel, especially you reacting to people's diets! I have seen it all. But I need more of those but up 25 min. long not shorter, I do cardio by listening to them 😁
As someone in eating disorder recovery THANK YOU this really reinforces everything my dietitian and I talk about as I try to develop my intuitive eating skills and body neutrality/respect 💓
You and your amazing videos have literally changed my whole perspective on nutrition , weight loss , diet and all of that. Thank you so much for being an inspiration for many of us
Lines from each of your videos stick with me and this one was regarding not putting foods on a pedestal. Love that mentality regarding food freedom. Planning to use that as a mantra next time I’m looking down on certain foods and promoting others.
Hey Abbey! I’ve missed you. I just had the greatest week of my life followed by the absolute worst. Going to inpatient on the 9th so I’ll be away for a while again. Keep going, you’ve been helping me for so long
Catching up on a couple of week's of videos. This was a good one for me to watch today because my body is so bloated and a bit uncomfortable, but I thinks the biggest contributing factor is my period. The discussion on body acceptance around that issue was helpful to give me perspective.
I just finished a peanut flour cookie, well, decided I want no more. And I really, really wish I had eaten a salted tomato, but I'm not hungry, so after a bit, I'll chew some gum. I'm not always after high fiber salad, but given a choice between fried food and $17 salad, I'd go hungry. But I really like Victoria has the ability to decide to experience bloat and discover for herself what works. I find bloat agonizing, and fear the pain more than the enjoyment of french fries. I had to learn the hard way, sadly. Thank you for this. It was very encouraging.
Great video! Such an inspiring young lady, sharing her healing journey to help others! Also, omg, I always bought myself skittles on ski trips, too funny
@@XunluT suuuper late reply, but I think you should consider external factors. First, if you have a history of disordered eating, restrictive EDs, or using food as a coping mechanism (boredom eating, emotional eating), diving headfirst into IE may not be the best option. You've basically trained yourself to ignore hunger cues, and other bodily signals telling you the food you're eating isn't good for your body. In that case, the authors of the book recommend you go through a period of mechanical eating, to once again get in tune with your body and establish a normal eating pattern. This usually means following a meal plan, journaling about your food experiences and going to therapy to address any issues you may have. In fact, therapy is the most crucial step in adopting IE since it will help you address the root cause of your food issues, which will in turn help you heal. Second is something nobody acknowledges, not even Abbey and that is-the inherently addctice properties of ultra-processed foods. To be clear, these foods are not morally bad for you. But it's naive to say they aren't addictive. The Lays manufacturers straight up admitted that they own a $40,000 machine that simulates a chewing mouth, so that they can perfect the mouthfeel and crunch factor of their food, to keep people coming back for more. Food companies spend millions trying to engineer foods that have the perfect combination of carbs, fat and salt (it's called the bliss point) that will override your natural hunger cues, and keep you mindlessly eating. So while it's easy to say 'allow yourself to eat this stuff in moderation' in practice it isn't always feasable-especially when the food is literally made in a lab to not be eaten in moderation. Then there's also childhood habits and previous eating patterns to consider. It's a well-known fact that our parents pass down their eating habits onto us. So if you've spent your entire life eating processed food, then this is an ingrained behavior that's going to be very hard to break. That's why a lot of obese parents produce obese kids. Then there is the cultural element. In some cultures, eating hyper-palatable ultra-processed foods, and going out to eat is a common occurrence. For example, I'm always shocked to see that Americans and Brits eat fast food or restaurant meals multiple times a week without batting an eye. It's a normal thing over there. And while there is nothing wrong with treating yourself occasionally, we can't pretend this food is healthy, especially if you consume it so frequently. IE is also about health, not just food freedom, and consuming this stuff regularly is not intuitive, since it's going to make you feel like garbage. Therefore, if you've grown up in a culture where stuff like this is the norm, you're going to have a hard time doing IE. To end this massive tirade, IE is great if you come from a background where eating nutrient-dense food was the norm, but you screwed yourself up trying to diet. However, if you've spent your whole life eating nothing but processed, it's difficult to achieve. I know restriction leads to binging, but when it comes to certain foods, you definitely have to limit them because they're literally designed to override your natural instincts.
At the beginning of my i.e journey, coming from a orthorexia/binging background I would check my hunger cues and satisfaction before and after most meals with a notebook but slowly I was able to not need that anymore and now I don’t even think about how intuitive are my choices or even that I'm trying to be intuitive, it just comes naturally! So everyone, don't worry it can be pretty hard or inconvenient at start but it won't last forever!!
Oh that video comes handy! I've been collecting data on my eating experiences to intuitive eat for the last 4 months now (wow time flies!) and I still have struggles :) Like finishing or not what's on my plate... Last time I was at the restaurant and I was pleasantly surprised to be enough in tune with my hunger to feel when I had enough and leave a few things on my plate. My mom and sis, who are also struggling with food, were there. I felt proud to explain to them why I was leaving food and how I usually knew what I wanted as snacks. My mom seemed quite interested in the "smelling the food", when I gave the example of the snack & smelling the food to choose between apple or chocolate or yogurt. Thanks to Abby I now am confident when choosing (and sometimes I have all, because hunger crushing combo! ^^), and my mom was surprised to see that I wouldn't just eat all... As I'd do when I was overrestricting and just missing tons of calories :$ So thanks Abby! :D
Hey Abbey! Great video, again. I love your videos and watch them all. Could you also make a video about gaining weight and some pro tips to do so? After constant flare ups of my disease, I keep on losing weight and can't seem to gain it back again. I'd love some tips if you have any!
Only thanks to you I started intuitive eating and after a year I really have been far away of ED. Yes, I was clueless of my hunger clues ( because of previous diets, harsh exercise and ED) and also having that scare or forbidden “food” mentality. But now I am finally intuitive eater and I don’t overeat or eat less. I gained some weight when I started, but now I lost it and I am on my natural normal weight now!!! That is definitely not a weight loss journey as you mentioned before and not for everybody, but for me it works! I am finally free, food doesn’t make triggers to me. Thank you so much🙏 🙏🙏🙏
I legit thought “that’s what she said…” just before the clip but questioned where my mind went with that. 😂 Glad to see Abbey shares my inappropriate sense of humor!
I love that she comments on the greasy food making her feel terrible. I used to eat fried food all the time without bother, but I dint go out much anymore. I recently ate fried food at an airport and felt terrible for the first few days of my vacation. It still satisfied that craving for fries though. The struggle is real! But I think we have to learn for ourselves what food makes us feel good and bad on the inside!
Abbey, I love that your videos have a balance of fun plus informative knowledge/backed-up research. That's why, it's very easy for me to say that you're my favorite dietitian here on TH-cam! ❤️ Sending you much love your way! I'd love to see your opinion on TH-camr Erin Rutherford's Diet. She's so enthusiastic about food, and she just makes really good, delicious dishes!
Please could you do a video about body acceptance and how you became better at that skill? I would love to see that. I’m really struggling with it at the moment, your videos are a godsend for me
Learning to intuitive eat and it’s great but hard too! Sometimes I reject “unhealthy “ food bc I genuinely don’t want it. But my mind is like nooo you’re restricting. It’s strange!
I ate a bag of crisps yesterday I totally didn't want or enjoy just because they were there looking at me! Totally not intuitive. But always learning, it's all information, I didn't realize till the bag was open that I didn't want them, and they go all soft if you don't eat them!
When my husband and I were dating many moons ago, we both stayed at the college for a summer and worked, took classes, and hung out. I remember telling myself I was giving myself a break from dieting and worrying about my weight. I had just come off the binge-purge cycle with laxatives, and I was so weary of all of it. He was dating me for me and not my weight. Best summer of my life. I didn't gain any weight that summer. I don't believe I lost any either (that came later from being ill). I just lived, and it was glorious.
5:11 yeah I usually have this rough schedule 07:00 - 10:00 (depends on when I wake up) => breakfast 11:00 - 13:30 => lunch 14:30 - 16:00 => fruit (& a snack a bit later if I feel like it) 17:00 - 19:00 => dinner (& usually yoghurt directly after) 20:00 - 21:00 => another piece of fruit 21:00 - 22:00 => two crackers with cheese (specific, I know x’D)
Victoria seems so positive and fun. I also love that she showed everyone what her bloated tummy looked like. I think it’s important to see that thin people can get really bloated too. I’ve dealt with weight issues for years, and it’s hard not to blame bloat on the fact that you’re overweight instead of a natural part of being human of any size. So thanks, Victoria.
I’ve cooked for myself so much that I normally always finish my plate! I do weigh things like pasta and rice, but only because of food waste. I weight how much I know makes me satiated, and I add more if I know I’m going to want more, and less if I’m in a less hungry way. It doesn’t freak me out which is why I see it as intuitive :)
I always weigh pasta for me and my boyfrind! I have a really bad knowledge of how much we need visually, but I know roughly how much we need in weight. I always feel like it takes the stress out of cooking, bc I‘m not afraid its going to be to little and restricting so no one else suffers because I am bad at guessing :)
Great review...very indepth! This was like reading the manual but more fun :) Do people even read manuals anymore though...lol. Great job on your video :)
Man, the way her stomach was when she was saying she’s bloated right now…that’s literally how my stomach is every single day, even if I haven’t eaten, due to severe gut issues I’ve had for years. It’s so SO discouraging. No matter how much I workout, how low my body fat percentage is, how long I don’t eat, all the thousands of treatments and diets (for health reasons) I’ve tried…. I have no control over it and it SUCKS. It’s one thing to have to accept that as an exception, but every day, forever. It also causes a ton of pain and tension and issues throughout my body, being distended like that all the time 😭
Me too! I carry around Fiber one bars and dried fruit bars and just do the best I can at meal time. Also I double my water intake when traveling to try to mitigate this.
What a great video! It’s nice to see somebody practice IE in such a balanced way. But I hope in the future you can talk about more plus sized, possibly POC youtubers? It would be nice to see somebody who looks like me and many others, if it makes sense 😅 It’s no offence to you or the majority of youtubers you review, but it’s been a bit of the same recently
Of course, I'm sorry about that. I tend to review whoever is being requested to me by my viewers, but I hear and appreciate your feedback. Do you have any particular suggestions of people you would like me to review? 😊
@@AbbeysKitchen just before coming to this video I came across OneGreatVegan's video on Intermittent Fasting "curing bulimia " which the title I found super problematic but I love her other videos! Xx
Had a not too dissimilar experience --went to a rather bougie (sp?) restaurant (on a trip) and had very delicious meats and a huge thing of fries (of which I ate half). Wow! A salad would have been nice (too) but was $$$. OTOH, didn't make me feel bad or anything--just would have been nice to have some salad.
I tend to have a relatively small appetite, and in the past I would always feel like I had to at least attempt to finish the meals on my plate, even when trying to eat any more made me feel physically ill. Recently I've been learning that it's OK to stop eating when I'm full, even if I've only finished less than half of what was on the plate. On the plus side, I often get two meals for the price of one when ordering out! The portion sizes in the average restaurant in the US is just way too big for me
I have to stick to really rigid meal times, because otherwise my blood sugar crashes and I'm left shaking and with wavy vision - not much fun! But the lesson of being allowed to leave food on the plate has made such a huge difference. Just the difference in feeling from being comfortably full v being uncomfortably overstuffed has been amazing, even if it's taken a really long time to stop feeling guilty over it.
Hey Abbey, great video! I learned a lot about intuitive eating after watching this. If you’d be interested I’d love to see a video about quick/easy meals that are also nutritious to make in the morning before school and work!
I don't know if you've ever done a review on her or heard of her but Kylie Ross does a lot of what I eat in a day videos. She's so sweet and seems amazing but does do a couple of diet culture things from time to time and I would love to hear your opinion on her diet as a whole!
Hi Abbey, I had a question on intuitive eating. When I wake up in the morning, I am not hungry but have very low energy. I have found when I eat, I have more energy. Is it okay to eat even though I am not hungry?
I think Vic is great and I love her, but there are occasional times when it seems like she's overthinking how full/hungry she is. One time, she left one baby carrot and that had me very confused 😂
So it’s okay to have snack in between meals ? I usually have breakfast around 7 am lunch around 12 pm and dinner around 5 pm but sometimes I get a little hungry in between but I feel like should wait until my actually eat my meal instead of snacking . Don’t want to spoil my appetite for my main meals .
Wish I was allowed to eat intuitively. Unfortunately my parents think im too thin and make me eat every single bite on my plate, or they ban me from sports. I once became severely underweight due to illness, went to the doctors and they told me to either ‘EAt mOrE MCdonaLDs’ or go to an ED clinic to gain weight. Tried and failed to gain weight the McDonald’s way, so went to the ED clinic and it was an absolute nightmare. They ignored that I was lactose intolerant, and forced me to drink 3 big glasses of milk every single day. Constant pain for nearly 10 months which was ignored because they thought (based on my weight alone) I had an ED, until a new doctor finally told me I could stop. I don’t have an ED btw and never have had one, thank goodness. They only said I had one because after I gained the weight back, I was still too thin according to them (my entire family is skinny too so it’s genetics) and they constantly shamed me because of my size. When people who are overweight/obese (for their body) post a video on TikTok, the comments are like ‘yay queen! You’re so beautiful’. Yet when someone who is considered skinny posts a Tiktok it’s ‘Im NEveR EatING AgaIN, you’re making me insecure’. Yet no one talks about it, or they tell us we’re ‘straight sized’ (which is a lie because it’s difficult to find clothes that actually fit us). It’s so annoying
I just want to say that food is food. ( i know it sounds easier than it is. But Also i am in recovery of 2 eating disorders and, yes its okay to eat pasta at 9 in the morning.) i am eating pasta now
This was insightful- interesting to see Victoria’s choices - I would have paid the $17 dollars for the salad to avoid the tummy ache- listening to ones body is so important and having a routine and structure is also important- easier said than done- I just love your commentary Abbey, so informative and real!!!!👍🏻👏🏻💗♥️one would think by now how chicken fingers are just not worth the after affects- and glad they found the fish well! I’ve gone through it both myself- so just as your commentary, I guess one has to experience it to know what choices to make in the future!
Any tips on how to eat intuitively while on a very restrictive diet for health reasons? (I can’t have almost all carbs except rice sometimes and I’m off dairy and other things it’s v sad)
This is probably going to sound kind of strange but I just graduated with my BS in Forensic Anthropology and I handled dead bodies. I saw every single one of someone's organs outside their body. I've seen a body go from completely fresh to a skeleton in a month or two. I learned every single bone in the human body, where it's located, and how to identify it from a two square inch fragment.
These experiences honestly made me respect my body more even for its faults. My stomach may have too much fat and stick out but it holds so many of my very vital organs. My neck might be a little too thick but it helps me sing in the choir. My legs are kinda flabby but they carry me where I need to go. My whole body might be heavier than necessary but it took me through my degree and my brain soaked up all this incredible information.
That's so interesting, thank you for sharing!
That sounds like a fun course! It's great to see the body for the magical enchanted flesh it is and not just something to be punished and made fit an arbitrary mould for others...
@@therabbithat you can’t hate yourself healthy! My favorite slogan. I was so used to punishing myself when it related to food, but it’s not going to make you any healthier. Idk, maybe you’ll like that slogan too.
I love this perspective - thanks so much for describing it for us! Appreciating your body for what it can do is a concept you hear but can be hard to engage with and this comment was great for that :)
Intuitive eating is different to everyone!
Personally, when I started recovering I was eating around a 1/3 c of oats with strawberries and would get super full, but nowadays I have to eat around 1 1/2 c of dried oats + protein powder + peanut butter and fruit just to stay satisfied -and still need a filling snack between meals!
Yes, it’s a process to get out that scarcity mentality, but after some time it just becomes natural and you get to find what works best for you
Anyway, love this videos!
For sure. Thank you for sharing your experience! ❤️
For me when I started recovering from anorexia it was really clear how much my stomach had shrunk. I was constantly hungry but my physical body was constantly full. Totally relate to this!! Your body is ever changing and will ask you for new and different things.
Love Victoria! I’ve been following her since my volleyball days as a fan of her as a player. The journey she’s been on and watching her platform grow has been so inspirational!
Agreed!
I used the HCC today! There is ice cream in my freezer at the moment and I found myself wanting a bowl at 10.30am 😂 instead of denying myself, I had 100ml of ice-cream blended with a scoop of protein, a cup of almond milk and a handful of berries for a delicious protein thickshake. Satisfied that ice-cream craving, filled my up and it was actually a healthy snack 👌🏻
That sounds awesome! 👍
That sounds so good!
I’m so bad at intuitive eating. I’m always so disconnected from my body and my feelings. It’s a hard thing to repair. But I’m trying. It’s so encouraging to see someone do it so easily!
I understand it can be difficult! I have an entire IE playlist on my channel that you might find helpful: th-cam.com/video/cf7JbfqiLic/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AbbeySharp
Thank you! I’ll definitely watch them!
I never truly appreciated the hunger crushing combo until I started implementing it myself. I can totally order that plate of delicious pancakes but also order scrambled eggs and some bacon. Homemade french toast? Make it with sprouted grain bread and add fruit. Focusing on adding and not taking away is life changing.
Exactly! I'm so glad it's helpful for you 😊
I honest to god love broccoli. This afternoon I made a bowl, and then stopped and thought, "that's not enough." I added a good blob of my home made nut butter (almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, chia, hemp seeds and peanuts all blended up) and then sprinkled a good handful of my tofu (crumbled, seasoned, and baked, with nutritional yeast, soy, sriracha and lime juice) and it was AMAZING!!!
I would have had chocolate or something later - but I just didn't want it.
"you're not doing intuitive eating wrong or failing if you finish everything on your plate."
thank you thank you thank you. Sometimes I struggle with this so much because I'm trying to eat enough but not go overboard. This sentence really really helped me..
I LOVE Victoria and she has really helped me on my journey. Thank you for this whole video Abbey! you help me more than you could ever know
I'm so glad that was helpful! ❤️
I’d love to see you review someone who’s legitimately overweight and trying to lose. I feel like every time I try to “reject diet mentality” and stop restricting in some way, I gain weight and stop feeling my best. I know it can be a bit controversial, but I’d love to learn how to lose weight in a healthy way.
Have you watched her video on weight loss?
@@TheEmmakathryn is there a link?
I have a few videos you might find helpful: th-cam.com/video/PhXLMU1B-BM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/lDNbBQAHKdg/w-d-xo.html
@@AbbeysKitchen How about the same for women over 50 because I can tell you for a fact that everything related to weight gets much, much harder. I can't see any way that I could rely on intuitive eating at this age.
@@virginiawoolf2343 my aunt had the same struggle when she started going through menopause. Where my mother is all about restriction and crash dieting and staying ‘in shape’, her sister chose to just let it all go and her body actually found a new resting point where her weight stays stable and she can eat without a diet mentality. This is probably not what you’re looking for, but that’s just what I’ve seen in my family.
I just finished watching almost all your videos omg, my face literally lights up when you post, I've learned so much about nutrition since I started watching your videos. Thank you so much!!
Same girl same…😁
I’m so glad my videos are helpful for you! ❤️
Not related to this video, but would love to learn more on managing mental health episodes. I feel like I’m on my game, feeding and nourishing myself when I’m doing good mentally. But if I’m in a depressed state or something it completely throws me off. Even if I KNOW I should eat more or honor my hunger, I feel really unmotivated to eat.
I will put this on my list to discuss!
@@AbbeysKitchen please bring a licensed therapist into this discussion!
I find myself doing the exact same during depressive episodes. Knowing that nourishment will help, but lacking the motivation to make something simple and accessible. I'd love to see more info on this too from a RD's perspective.
This is totally relatable. I cook in big batches whenever I can cook, but I also freeze a lot of meals when I’m in a better space. This means that sometimes I’m eating the same dinner for a week, but at that point that’s all I can manage and I also don’t really have a preference when I’m so depressed anyways. I also fall back on things that are really easy to chuck together, like yoghurt with granola and mixed nuts and frozen fruit. Also I will eat the same things for lunch and dinner. I eat two warm meals a day since being home with covid and having access to a microwave, so if I don’t feel like making lunch I’ll just pull a frozen dinner out. It really doesn’t matter what you eat and when you eat it, as long as you eat it. Making sure that at least your body has enough fuel to run on will help you to feel better mentally. I start feeling very anxious and panicky and cry-y (?) when I haven’t eaten enough.
This would be great!!
Thank you for clarifying the "clean plate" subject. It has become a status thing to show that you leave like four bites on the plate if you are a intuitive eater, and for some reason it makes me feel a bit like a failure since I always clean my plate (sometimes of habit, sometimes because of the good taste, and sometimes cause I am not full)
I'm glad that was helpful!
As a binge eater i think is easier to not binge when you are with a person who eats normal.
What it works for me is having a board where i have the number of days that went without binging, it helps to keep myself accountable bc i live by myself.
I'm glad that works for you!
Great video! I definitely had to do a lot of checking in with myself before, during, and after meals when I first started eating intuitively because I had completely overridden my hunger+fullness cues with dieting. But, like you said, it eventually becomes intuitive (lol) and I don’t really think about food until I want something to eat. I’m glad to see more and more you tubers and tiktokers embracing intuitive eating.
Me too! Thanks for sharing
OMG I love her so much I can't believe you are doing a video on her lol. Thank you for your videos!! They are very helpful and have healed so many people with unhealthy relationships with food!
You are so welcome!
Love your nutritional input and tips so much!!! Also loved the video you made of fear foods with the hunger crushing combo. I ate some pita, jam and hummus and felt guilty but watched your video and felt much better considering I've been having a hungrier day. ❤🥰Thanks Abbey!!
That sounds amazing ❤️
This is one of your most beautiful and heartfelt videos! Love it
Thank you so much for sharing!
Abbey, I love this video! I’m currently pregnant and struggling a ton with the constant inner voices about not gaining too much weight, can eat this/can’t eat that, blah blah blah. It’s exhausting. I try to listen to hunger cues, but it can be a constant battle when disordered eating is at play. I love that you gave some timelines and tips to go by! I do try to snack if my belly is hungry, obviously baby is needing a snack if that’s the case. I think there are so many people (especially influencers) who haven’t fully acknowledged that they have an eating disorder or disordered eating who can use this practical information! ❤️
Thank you for sharing! So glad this video was helpful for you ❤️
I really love watching your videos and learning more about what is a healthy relationship with food. Right now I am in anorexia recovery, and it is really helpful to hear that if I am craving a certain type of food or a certain quantity of food it’s because my body knows best what it needs since it’s been restricted for a really long time, and that I shouldn’t feel guilty or scared to give it what it wants. Working on allowing myself to feel more free around food, but I am on the right path, so thank you! 💕
I'm so glad my videos are helpful for you ❤️
your channel really helped me address my eating disorder and go into recovery. Love your videos!
I’m so glad my videos have been helpful for you ❤️
First ! Here from coach Greg, keep going Abbey, love the content 😄
Thanks! Will do!
You are helping me SO SO much in terms of my dietetics school journey. I went into it thinking it’d be a perfect major to have because I want to lose weight. You make me realize that health and a healthy relationship with food is the most important thing. I’m not at my “goal weight” but I’m feeling better about myself everyday. I try and look at food neutrally now and I know that will be so good for me and my future patients.
I’m so glad my videos have been helpful for you ❤️
I love what you say about being kind to the self, and accepting the body for what it is. I have had three babies, and yes, our bodies are amazing! And that has nothing to do with a number on a scale or a size in clothing. I am only learning this now after spending so many years bashing myself for being too big.
For sure! So glad that was helpful
Love the positivity and variety in this vid ♡. Just to see someone eat those things (a.k.a. not only avocado), not talking about how it's bad and cheating, and just being normal about it. So refreshing! Thanks for this one Abbey🥰
For sure! So glad that was helpful ❤️
i am so excited! i am a fan of both you and victoria 🥰 curious what you think about her intuitive eating approach!
I hope you enjoy the review!
I feel like people have way over complicated the term intuitive eating, it was just eating without worrying or obsessing or tracking, but now even Intuitive Eating seems to come with its own set of rules 🤦🏼♀️
I LOVE VICTORIA!!! she has helped me so much in my ED recovery journey!! I follow her religiously on tiktok
So glad she's been helpful for you!
Eating out in America after spending 5 years in the UK and Europe was mind blowing you hear how different portions are but I didn't fully understand till I sat down in a restaurant at home again it's soo much food
I’ve been waiting for this one! Thank you!
i love victoria. shes really helped me and i love her volleyball tips
So glad she's helped you!
I love your channel Abbey and have learned SO much!
I’m so glad! ❤️
Hi Abbey, I love your channel, especially you reacting to people's diets! I have seen it all. But I need more of those but up 25 min. long not shorter, I do cardio by listening to them 😁
As someone in eating disorder recovery THANK YOU this really reinforces everything my dietitian and I talk about as I try to develop my intuitive eating skills and body neutrality/respect 💓
You and your amazing videos have literally changed my whole perspective on nutrition , weight loss , diet and all of that. Thank you so much for being an inspiration for many of us
I’m so glad they’ve been helpful for you! ❤️
Lines from each of your videos stick with me and this one was regarding not putting foods on a pedestal. Love that mentality regarding food freedom. Planning to use that as a mantra next time I’m looking down on certain foods and promoting others.
I'm so glad that was helpful for you!
Hey Abbey! I’ve missed you. I just had the greatest week of my life followed by the absolute worst. Going to inpatient on the 9th so I’ll be away for a while again. Keep going, you’ve been helping me for so long
Good luck, I hope you are doing alright ❤️
Catching up on a couple of week's of videos. This was a good one for me to watch today because my body is so bloated and a bit uncomfortable, but I thinks the biggest contributing factor is my period. The discussion on body acceptance around that issue was helpful to give me perspective.
I just finished a peanut flour cookie, well, decided I want no more. And I really, really wish I had eaten a salted tomato, but I'm not hungry, so after a bit, I'll chew some gum. I'm not always after high fiber salad, but given a choice between fried food and $17 salad, I'd go hungry.
But I really like Victoria has the ability to decide to experience bloat and discover for herself what works. I find bloat agonizing, and fear the pain more than the enjoyment of french fries. I had to learn the hard way, sadly.
Thank you for this. It was very encouraging.
Thank you for sharing. So glad the video was helpful for you
Abbey, you have truly helped me with my relationship with food. Just wanted to thank you for that 💖
I love love love this video! I have got to learn to eat intuitively! Loving these videos and learning so much as I binge sweets a LOT ❤️
Great video! Such an inspiring young lady, sharing her healing journey to help others! Also, omg, I always bought myself skittles on ski trips, too funny
So funny!
I've started intuitive eating, and I've lost 12kg, it's been amazing. It's changed so much!
So glad you're enjoying it!
@@XunluT suuuper late reply, but I think you should consider external factors. First, if you have a history of disordered eating, restrictive EDs, or using food as a coping mechanism (boredom eating, emotional eating), diving headfirst into IE may not be the best option. You've basically trained yourself to ignore hunger cues, and other bodily signals telling you the food you're eating isn't good for your body. In that case, the authors of the book recommend you go through a period of mechanical eating, to once again get in tune with your body and establish a normal eating pattern. This usually means following a meal plan, journaling about your food experiences and going to therapy to address any issues you may have. In fact, therapy is the most crucial step in adopting IE since it will help you address the root cause of your food issues, which will in turn help you heal.
Second is something nobody acknowledges, not even Abbey and that is-the inherently addctice properties of ultra-processed foods. To be clear, these foods are not morally bad for you. But it's naive to say they aren't addictive. The Lays manufacturers straight up admitted that they own a $40,000 machine that simulates a chewing mouth, so that they can perfect the mouthfeel and crunch factor of their food, to keep people coming back for more. Food companies spend millions trying to engineer foods that have the perfect combination of carbs, fat and salt (it's called the bliss point) that will override your natural hunger cues, and keep you mindlessly eating. So while it's easy to say 'allow yourself to eat this stuff in moderation' in practice it isn't always feasable-especially when the food is literally made in a lab to not be eaten in moderation.
Then there's also childhood habits and previous eating patterns to consider. It's a well-known fact that our parents pass down their eating habits onto us. So if you've spent your entire life eating processed food, then this is an ingrained behavior that's going to be very hard to break. That's why a lot of obese parents produce obese kids.
Then there is the cultural element. In some cultures, eating hyper-palatable ultra-processed foods, and going out to eat is a common occurrence. For example, I'm always shocked to see that Americans and Brits eat fast food or restaurant meals multiple times a week without batting an eye. It's a normal thing over there. And while there is nothing wrong with treating yourself occasionally, we can't pretend this food is healthy, especially if you consume it so frequently. IE is also about health, not just food freedom, and consuming this stuff regularly is not intuitive, since it's going to make you feel like garbage. Therefore, if you've grown up in a culture where stuff like this is the norm, you're going to have a hard time doing IE.
To end this massive tirade, IE is great if you come from a background where eating nutrient-dense food was the norm, but you screwed yourself up trying to diet. However, if you've spent your whole life eating nothing but processed, it's difficult to achieve. I know restriction leads to binging, but when it comes to certain foods, you definitely have to limit them because they're literally designed to override your natural instincts.
I wish the whole world watched you. Honestly. Such support and sanity spoken here!
Aw thank you!
Even if Victoria wasn't on vacation, she could still eat chicken tenders and fries.
Of course!
At the beginning of my i.e journey, coming from a orthorexia/binging background I would check my hunger cues and satisfaction before and after most meals with a notebook but slowly I was able to not need that anymore and now I don’t even think about how intuitive are my choices or even that I'm trying to be intuitive, it just comes naturally! So everyone, don't worry it can be pretty hard or inconvenient at start but it won't last forever!!
Oh that video comes handy! I've been collecting data on my eating experiences to intuitive eat for the last 4 months now (wow time flies!) and I still have struggles :)
Like finishing or not what's on my plate... Last time I was at the restaurant and I was pleasantly surprised to be enough in tune with my hunger to feel when I had enough and leave a few things on my plate. My mom and sis, who are also struggling with food, were there. I felt proud to explain to them why I was leaving food and how I usually knew what I wanted as snacks. My mom seemed quite interested in the "smelling the food", when I gave the example of the snack & smelling the food to choose between apple or chocolate or yogurt. Thanks to Abby I now am confident when choosing (and sometimes I have all, because hunger crushing combo! ^^), and my mom was surprised to see that I wouldn't just eat all... As I'd do when I was overrestricting and just missing tons of calories :$
So thanks Abby! :D
Thank you for sharing!
Hey Abbey! Great video, again. I love your videos and watch them all.
Could you also make a video about gaining weight and some pro tips to do so? After constant flare ups of my disease, I keep on losing weight and can't seem to gain it back again. I'd love some tips if you have any!
This video is coming soon!
Abbey Sharp So excited to hear you'll be talking about this!
@@AbbeysKitchen that's great! I'll be looking forward to it.
I feel like you’d LOVE Erin Rutherford (literally obsessed with her creativity and love for food) 🤗🤗
On my list!
I looooove Erin she is literally the sweetest person!!!
Yes please Erin Rutherford!❤️❤️
Only thanks to you I started intuitive eating and after a year I really have been far away of ED. Yes, I was clueless of my hunger clues ( because of previous diets, harsh exercise and ED) and also having that scare or forbidden “food” mentality. But now I am finally intuitive eater and I don’t overeat or eat less. I gained some weight when I started, but now I lost it and I am on my natural normal weight now!!! That is definitely not a weight loss journey as you mentioned before and not for everybody, but for me it works! I am finally free, food doesn’t make triggers to me. Thank you so much🙏 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing, so glad to hear you are doing well! ❤️
I legit thought “that’s what she said…” just before the clip but questioned where my mind went with that. 😂 Glad to see Abbey shares my inappropriate sense of humor!
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I love that she comments on the greasy food making her feel terrible. I used to eat fried food all the time without bother, but I dint go out much anymore. I recently ate fried food at an airport and felt terrible for the first few days of my vacation. It still satisfied that craving for fries though. The struggle is real! But I think we have to learn for ourselves what food makes us feel good and bad on the inside!
For sure!
Abbey, I love that your videos have a balance of fun plus informative knowledge/backed-up research. That's why, it's very easy for me to say that you're my favorite dietitian here on TH-cam! ❤️ Sending you much love your way! I'd love to see your opinion on TH-camr Erin Rutherford's Diet. She's so enthusiastic about food, and she just makes really good, delicious dishes!
Aw thank you, I'm so glad you enjoy the videos ❤️she is on my list!
Been so excited for this review!! 🎉🎉🎉
I hope you enjoy it!
Please could you do a video about body acceptance and how you became better at that skill? I would love to see that. I’m really struggling with it at the moment, your videos are a godsend for me
I have a video about this! th-cam.com/video/-IUXzN6FJDY/w-d-xo.html
@@AbbeysKitchen thank you so much for your reply!! ❤️🥺
I love the HEAD BAND I was obsessed with them during my gossip girl faze! I still love them and this looks good on you!
Thank you!
Learning to intuitive eat and it’s great but hard too! Sometimes I reject “unhealthy “ food bc I genuinely don’t want it. But my mind is like nooo you’re restricting. It’s strange!
It’s soo hard to tell the difference 😭
I totally understand!
I ate a bag of crisps yesterday I totally didn't want or enjoy just because they were there looking at me! Totally not intuitive. But always learning, it's all information, I didn't realize till the bag was open that I didn't want them, and they go all soft if you don't eat them!
When my husband and I were dating many moons ago, we both stayed at the college for a summer and worked, took classes, and hung out. I remember telling myself I was giving myself a break from dieting and worrying about my weight. I had just come off the binge-purge cycle with laxatives, and I was so weary of all of it. He was dating me for me and not my weight. Best summer of my life. I didn't gain any weight that summer. I don't believe I lost any either (that came later from being ill). I just lived, and it was glorious.
5:11 yeah I usually have this rough schedule
07:00 - 10:00 (depends on when I wake up) => breakfast
11:00 - 13:30 => lunch
14:30 - 16:00 => fruit (& a snack a bit later if I feel like it)
17:00 - 19:00 => dinner (& usually yoghurt directly after)
20:00 - 21:00 => another piece of fruit
21:00 - 22:00 => two crackers with cheese (specific, I know x’D)
Victoria seems so positive and fun. I also love that she showed everyone what her bloated tummy looked like. I think it’s important to see that thin people can get really bloated too. I’ve dealt with weight issues for years, and it’s hard not to blame bloat on the fact that you’re overweight instead of a natural part of being human of any size. So thanks, Victoria.
Agreed!
"Hey ya hungry?" Loved that😂😂
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Going to check her out now! Love it when you introduce me to people I SHOULD be watching in addition to just who to avoid.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Glad to see that someone else's brain also runs on The Office scenes
😂yup!
OMGGG the “that’s what she said” part had me dying because I said it in my head right when you said it and then bam Michael Scott 😂
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Was literally looking for this comment
Honestly this is very helpful to see a real example of intuitive eating
I’m so glad!
I’ve cooked for myself so much that I normally always finish my plate! I do weigh things like pasta and rice, but only because of food waste. I weight how much I know makes me satiated, and I add more if I know I’m going to want more, and less if I’m in a less hungry way. It doesn’t freak me out which is why I see it as intuitive :)
Sounds great!
I always weigh pasta for me and my boyfrind!
I have a really bad knowledge of how much we need visually, but I know roughly how much we need in weight.
I always feel like it takes the stress out of cooking, bc I‘m not afraid its going to be to little and restricting so no one else suffers because I am bad at guessing :)
Abbey is my favorite TH-camr hands down🙏
Aw thank you! ❤️
Great review...very indepth! This was like reading the manual but more fun :) Do people even read manuals anymore though...lol. Great job on your video :)
She seems great. The only person I've actually wanted to start following after watching one of your videos.
I'm so glad!
Your skin is glowing!!!
Thank you!
LOVEE UR VIDS! Watching while eating lunch x
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Hey Abbey! Out of context but can you make a video about diet and nutrition tips for PCOS? I'm really curious about this. Love your videos
I have a couple videos about this, here's an example! th-cam.com/video/VrFaw0J7p_E/w-d-xo.html
Man, the way her stomach was when she was saying she’s bloated right now…that’s literally how my stomach is every single day, even if I haven’t eaten, due to severe gut issues I’ve had for years. It’s so SO discouraging. No matter how much I workout, how low my body fat percentage is, how long I don’t eat, all the thousands of treatments and diets (for health reasons) I’ve tried…. I have no control over it and it SUCKS. It’s one thing to have to accept that as an exception, but every day, forever. It also causes a ton of pain and tension and issues throughout my body, being distended like that all the time 😭
Fiber is always my struggle when traveling and leads to major upset tummy/ constipation 🥵 sorry for the TMI!!
I totally understand!
Me too! I carry around Fiber one bars and dried fruit bars and just do the best I can at meal time. Also I double my water intake when traveling to try to mitigate this.
@@rebeccaspangenberg4356 such good suggestions!! Victoria is right - there is definitely an up charge for fiber rich foods!
What a great video! It’s nice to see somebody practice IE in such a balanced way.
But I hope in the future you can talk about more plus sized, possibly POC youtubers? It would be nice to see somebody who looks like me and many others, if it makes sense 😅 It’s no offence to you or the majority of youtubers you review, but it’s been a bit of the same recently
Of course, I'm sorry about that. I tend to review whoever is being requested to me by my viewers, but I hear and appreciate your feedback. Do you have any particular suggestions of people you would like me to review? 😊
@@AbbeysKitchen just before coming to this video I came across OneGreatVegan's video on Intermittent Fasting "curing bulimia " which the title I found super problematic but I love her other videos! Xx
Had a not too dissimilar experience --went to a rather bougie (sp?) restaurant (on a trip) and had very delicious meats and a huge thing of fries (of which I ate half). Wow! A salad would have been nice (too) but was $$$. OTOH, didn't make me feel bad or anything--just would have been nice to have some salad.
I totally understand!
I just went and subscribed to her! She seems so sweet, like a breath of fresh air!
Agreed!
I tend to have a relatively small appetite, and in the past I would always feel like I had to at least attempt to finish the meals on my plate, even when trying to eat any more made me feel physically ill. Recently I've been learning that it's OK to stop eating when I'm full, even if I've only finished less than half of what was on the plate.
On the plus side, I often get two meals for the price of one when ordering out! The portion sizes in the average restaurant in the US is just way too big for me
For sure. That’s great!
Happy Monday Abbey!
Happy Monday! 😊
I have to stick to really rigid meal times, because otherwise my blood sugar crashes and I'm left shaking and with wavy vision - not much fun! But the lesson of being allowed to leave food on the plate has made such a huge difference. Just the difference in feeling from being comfortably full v being uncomfortably overstuffed has been amazing, even if it's taken a really long time to stop feeling guilty over it.
For sure! Thanks for sharing
Abbey, love your vids. Literally my favourite youtuber🙌
Thank you! ❤️
Hey Abbey, great video! I learned a lot about intuitive eating after watching this. If you’d be interested I’d love to see a video about quick/easy meals that are also nutritious to make in the morning before school and work!
On my list to discuss this!
Started to try the Hunger Crushing Combo since descovering you and loving it💕💕could you do a Review on Amelia Goldsmith i love her!!??
I'll have a look!
Whoever edits your videos is a comedic genious
So glad you enjoy the edits!
Do you mean the movie and TV show clips interspersed throughout? I find them very distracting, actually--they throw off the vibe for me.
@@daggettbeaver242 “forced” is exactly the right word for it, yes
I enjoy them too!
Hey Abbey, thanks for the video. Can you review Ellen Fisher?
I have an older review of her on my channel! th-cam.com/video/5bxn9K5jWsY/w-d-xo.html
I don't know if you've ever done a review on her or heard of her but Kylie Ross does a lot of what I eat in a day videos. She's so sweet and seems amazing but does do a couple of diet culture things from time to time and I would love to hear your opinion on her diet as a whole!
On my list to review her!
Thank you for this video Abbey! I’m definitely going to subscribe to Victoria 💖
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Hi Abbey,
I had a question on intuitive eating. When I wake up in the morning, I am not hungry but have very low energy. I have found when I eat, I have more energy. Is it okay to eat even though I am not hungry?
For sure, especially if you need that extra energy in the morning!
Hi Abbey, can you please review Immuneti. Please and thank you
I'll have a look!
I think Vic is great and I love her, but there are occasional times when it seems like she's overthinking how full/hungry she is. One time, she left one baby carrot and that had me very confused 😂
The world needs more of Garrick.
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So it’s okay to have snack in between meals ? I usually have breakfast around 7 am lunch around 12 pm and dinner around 5 pm but sometimes I get a little hungry in between but I feel like should wait until my actually eat my meal instead of snacking . Don’t want to spoil my appetite for my main meals .
You should definitely snack if you’re hungry!
@@AbbeysKitchen thank you 🙏🏽
Wait, is that her friend? Or her sister? Cause they look very similar 👀
Wish I was allowed to eat intuitively. Unfortunately my parents think im too thin and make me eat every single bite on my plate, or they ban me from sports. I once became severely underweight due to illness, went to the doctors and they told me to either ‘EAt mOrE MCdonaLDs’ or go to an ED clinic to gain weight. Tried and failed to gain weight the McDonald’s way, so went to the ED clinic and it was an absolute nightmare. They ignored that I was lactose intolerant, and forced me to drink 3 big glasses of milk every single day. Constant pain for nearly 10 months which was ignored because they thought (based on my weight alone) I had an ED, until a new doctor finally told me I could stop. I don’t have an ED btw and never have had one, thank goodness. They only said I had one because after I gained the weight back, I was still too thin according to them (my entire family is skinny too so it’s genetics) and they constantly shamed me because of my size. When people who are overweight/obese (for their body) post a video on TikTok, the comments are like ‘yay queen! You’re so beautiful’. Yet when someone who is considered skinny posts a Tiktok it’s ‘Im NEveR EatING AgaIN, you’re making me insecure’. Yet no one talks about it, or they tell us we’re ‘straight sized’ (which is a lie because it’s difficult to find clothes that actually fit us). It’s so annoying
I'm so sorry for your experience. Everybody deserves body positivity and body acceptance ❤️
I just want to say that food is food. ( i know it sounds easier than it is. But Also i am in recovery of 2 eating disorders and, yes its okay to eat pasta at 9 in the morning.) i am eating pasta now
Sounds great!
Enjoyed watching this video!
So glad!
Will you please review Nyangsoop?
I'll have a look!
This was insightful- interesting to see Victoria’s choices - I would have paid the $17 dollars for the salad to avoid the tummy ache- listening to ones body is so important and having a routine and structure is also important- easier said than done- I just love your commentary Abbey, so informative and real!!!!👍🏻👏🏻💗♥️one would think by now how chicken fingers are just not worth the after affects- and glad they found the fish well! I’ve gone through it both myself- so just as your commentary, I guess one has to experience it to know what choices to make in the future!
It depends on the salad. Some salads are masterpieces
For sure! I'm so glad the video was helpful for you!
Any tips on how to eat intuitively while on a very restrictive diet for health reasons? (I can’t have almost all carbs except rice sometimes and I’m off dairy and other things it’s v sad)
I have a video about this! th-cam.com/video/MTqYd7Ma394/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AbbeySharp
@@AbbeysKitchen omg thank you!!!!
I'd love to see your reaction to diana malloy,:)
On my list!
can you please review Taylor Olsen & Sam Taylor?
I’ll have a look!
omg when you spoke on not "wasting space on healthy foods" during a "cheat day" ... I felt that hard ugh.
Glad that was helpful