Why Intuitive Eating Fails the Women Who Need It Most (And Why ‘Just Listen to Your Body’ Isn’t Enough) (Outweigh)

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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OUTWEIGH: If you’ve tried Intuitive Eating and found yourself even more confused, ashamed, or convinced you’re “broken,” this episode is for you. We’re digging into the hidden reason why “just listen to your body” often fails women who’ve used food to cope with stress, loneliness, or chronic dieting for decades. It’s not that Intuitive Eating is flawed—it’s that your brain’s wiring may be drowned out by emotional triggers and old habits, making it impossible to hear your body’s cues.

Join Leanne as she unpacks how Intuitive Eating can overlook the deeper, brain-based loops that compel you to eat when you’re not hungry. She explores why willpower alone won’t break these patterns—and why self-blame isn’t the answer. If you’ve been shaming yourself for not “getting” Intuitive Eating, this conversation will free you from the myth that you’re the problem and shed light on the real path to finding peace with food and your body.

HOST: Leanne Ellington // StresslessEating.com // @leanneellington

To learn more about re-wiring your brain to heal from the all-or-nothing diet mentality for good....but WITHOUT restricting yourself, punishing your body, (and definitely WITHOUT ever having to use words like macros, low-carb, or calorie burn) head on over to www.StresslessEating.com

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0:40.8	I won't let my body outweigh. I'll weigh everything that I'm made of. Won't spend my life
0:47.9	trying to change. I'm learning to love who I am. I am strong. I feel free free I know every part of me is beautiful and I will always outweigh
1:04.0	if you feel it put your hands in the air show some love to the mirror while you're there let's take it one day at your time because you can die Outweigh.
1:15.8	Happy Saturday Outweigh.
1:17.3	It's Leanne here.
1:18.3	And today I want to talk about something that is going to hit home for a lot of women
1:22.5	who've been on the food and body roller coaster for probably what feels like their entire adult life. And so we're
1:28.3	going to talk about intuitive eating and why for so many of us, it doesn't just work the way it's
1:34.0	supposed to. And I know that's a bold statement, but stick with me because if you've tried it or
1:39.6	failed at it and ended up feeling more broken than ever, then I really believe that you need to hear
1:45.0	this. Because let's be honest, intuitive eating is often held up like the holy grail of post
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