Say goodbye to the food police and hello to peace. Welcome to the Love Food podcast hosted by

Dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. This authentically engineered series is in

the form of a love letter welcoming you to reconnect with food. Now pour a cup of coffee or a

margarita and let's begin.

Hi and welcome to episode 156 of the Love Food Podcast. I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your

food peace journey. I am so glad you're here. Thank you for connecting today. And I wonder as

you're on your own journey with your relationship with food, if it's feeling chaotic, and maybe does it feel

controlling, like every single thought of every single day, even maybe you're dreaming

about it at night. So it's not even just when you're awake, but maybe even while you're asleep,

you're thinking about food. Now, food, we need it to survive. So we're supposed to think about it

a lot. And I know some people have estimated that we make at least 200 food decisions a day.

But when you are in that space where food is in every thought, it will be exhausting and it'll feel like food controls you. So I wonder

if you can relate. If you can, then this letter is written for you. I have a letter from someone who

does feel like food controls their life and every time they're stressed, they either restrict or binge. And it just feels

so like a dichotomy. It feels all or nothing. And they feel like there's just not a way out.

But they really want to get out. So I can't wait to dive in to different ways that you can move away

from food feeling like it controls you.

And here's the thing.

Food controls all of us.

And that's a good thing.

But before we get to this episode's letter, a word from our sponsor.

This episode of a Love Food podcast is brought to you by my PCOS and food piece courses. So PCOS, also known as

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