Intuitive Eating: The Paleo diet, which includes meat, nuts, fruits, and vegetables, is loved by its devotees, but its important to focus on a critical footnote: Our ancestors didnt diet. They didnt beat themselves up for eating bad foods. There were no contradicting or confusing rules to worry about: Three meals a day or six? Breakfast or no breakfast? When food was readily available, people ate as much or as little as they needed to feel energized. Our bodies function best when we go with our gut, says Upton. The hardest part is breaking the unconscious response to external stimulation and listening to your body, she says. Upton has clients tap into their internal cues by identifying their hunger on a scale of one to 10—one being so hungry youll eat anything, and 10 being painfully full. As you start to pay attention to your body, youll be able to more easily perceive whether youre actually hungry. Once the awareness returns, eat before youre starving (to avoid overeating) and stop before youre stuffed
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