Episode 136: Feelings and Diet Thoughts with Special Guest Sheira Kahn

Diet thoughts are the kind of thoughts we’re having when we think we “should” only eat certain kinds or quantities of foods, count calories or fat grams, or other eating rules that are restrictive and based on losing weight. These thoughts are learned from our diet culture. Dieting is an obsession that allows us to focus on something very tangible and concrete, giving us the feeling that we are in control. When we understand that diet thoughts can sometimes be a response to underlying feelings we can begin to use diet thoughts as a red flag to explore these feelings.