i didnt know there was a name for this! part of what helps me in my recovery is the idea of "do it like a cat would" which is to say, eat when hungry, sleep when tired, interact with people when affectionate etc etc. so its nice to have a name for it

@Tamsin_bear

5 жыл бұрын

R Escobar I love that “do it like a cat would”! Going to start trying to implement that myself 👍

@MsLaBajo

4 жыл бұрын

I love that idea! Yes, finding your own rhythm. Love it!

@suiko619

3 жыл бұрын

Has anyone turned this into a t-shirt yet? 🤑

@andychance9995

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be so offtopic but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the account password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!

@user-lt1xf9xc8w

7 ай бұрын

Last I checked cats eat till they throw up and then they go eat again. 😏

even people without ED can't eat intuitively most of the time. Most people eat when the clock tells them to, not when the body does and that culture is kind of awful if you think about it

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed! But we can work to change that little by little :) xxoo

@angela_42

6 жыл бұрын

I have also learnt to eat at set times, as I cannot eat intuitively due to being on ADHD medication since I was 6. The lack of hunger feeling as a side effect, combined with understimulation, means that if I don't eat at set times, I'll eat extremely sporadically. In this case, it wouldn't necessarily be bad to not work on (unnoticed) cues, I hope

@Tinyflower1

6 жыл бұрын

Angela Boersma That's different though. What I meant is society forcing this on us since childhood and children being threatened with punishment if they don't eat up even though they aren't hungry etc. That teaches children to suppress their intuition about food

@angela_42

6 жыл бұрын

Cookie Panda I understand what you mean. Also very relatable for me, sadly

@aliciaw4070

6 жыл бұрын

Cookie Panda An alternative to forcing children to finish everything is to make them eat a little bit of everything (so they get the nutrition that each of their veggies give). I feel that this is the spirit of what most parents are actually trying to achieve, so it might help to reframe that voice in your head this way. Also remember that you can always put the food in the fridge and eat it another day, so it's not getting wasted.

"Comparison is the thief of joy." What great quote! ❤️

I dream of a day when I'll realize I haven't thought about eating and food and just concentrate on living. Also thanks for telling us that this won't work properly in the middle of recovery, I did not know that!

@paty72

3 жыл бұрын

And how about now? How do you feel?

@jadeauburn9220

3 жыл бұрын

@@paty72 still struggling but better, thank you!

When Kati said to love your body it reminded me of this quote. "I would like think my legs for always supporting me and my arms always for being at my sides"

I was eating my salad and stopped when I watched this. I was kinda full. Lol

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing!! haha!!

Kati Morton this is a great idea! BTW you're way more than a therapist, you're an inspiration and a voice for everyone! I love how committed you are to changing everything for the better!

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

Awe thanks!!! xoxo

@GEIxBattleRifle

6 жыл бұрын

Kati you also did a fantastic job explaining about high functioning autism in one of the video I saw you had. Here in Minnesota, I got diagnosed with high functioning autism at a place called Fraser about 4 months ago and I know now why I been going through what I been going through. It would explain why I'm very much into IT and computer programming. A therapist here at the buffalo high school told my dad that I was probably on the spectrum but he never bothered to act on it. I'm glad I took the initative myself at the young age of 23.

Good and bad are so subjective...you can eat a “bad” food in moderation and be healthy or eat too much “good” food and be unhealthy.

I'm sometimes feeling so scared and just thinking that it will never get better.. And then I find your videos and get some hope back because you help us to stay alive in the worst times.. It's a "tough love" that always finds a way..

This video made me tear up. This is so comforting to hear. Thanks for this, I’m glad I accidentally found it.

After YEARS of half hearted on and off recovery- I finally feel ready for this journey ❤️ thank you

I really needed this video. Thank you! So thankful that I found you on KZread! You have been a great help for me and have helped me to not be so afraid of therapy and find a therapist.

What a great video!!! I just started watching your videos a month or so ago, Kati, and I've already taken away so many positive thoughts and ideas. Thank you so much for making these!!

I think this is something I'd love to try later when im closer to the end of my recovery. Thanks kati! You're amazing!

YAYYYY! I'm so happy you're making this video! It's sososososo important. Thank you!

wow. it’s 1:14am and i’m crying over this video. thank you, kati

Your the best Katie! I’ve just discovered intuitive eating and trying to let go of dieting so this was perfect timing 💛

this is such a beautiful video! many people should actually watch this, anyway thank you for the wonderful message❤️ love from singapore xx

Its cool to see a therapist talking about this. I thought it sounded kinda weird when random people on the internet would kinda talk about it.

Thank you for making these videos. They help me more than you can imagine

Thank you, this was a great video!! I've been refocusing on eating intuitively and acceptance lately so this was great timing 😊

As an Asthmatic with flat feet, my feet hurt all the time. It's hard to love them through the pain. I am thankful that I can still walk. Thank you Kati.😊😊

Thank you so much for this amazing learning lesson this this segment was amazing I have a lot to work on.

another amazingly helpful video! definitely going to refer back to this video for support throughout recovery!

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! So glad it was helpful :) xoxo

Thank you for this kati, I'm entering eating disorder recovery for the third time (third time lucky) and it's important to remember not to rush ahead i've got a lot to learn and i am so grateful that my body is still powering on after all i've done to it.

just wanna say thank you sooo much..I don't know that there's a video like this..the first video I've had watch, it really made me cry so much..felt so relieved that i'm not the only one struggling with parents with mental illness..now I understand better and know what's my next steps..i'm already so tired filling in other people's responsibility...my parents and siblings. God bless you and more knowledge and videos to come and to look forward.

Never thought of eating this way. Listening to your body. Very educational! Thank you for all you do Kati :)

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

Of course! So glad it was helpful :) xoxo

I love this kati! Amazing video as always!❤️❤️ I find it really hard to stop comparing myself to others, but I’m slowly learning to love myself.

@alexispahlman4203

6 жыл бұрын

AnxietyWarrior that’s good to hear!

Thank you so much Kati, really loved this! You learned me so much about mental health, I feel like a different person since I started therapy and since I watch your videos! Thank you very much ❤️

This video really opened my eyes and helped me understand what I’m going through. You’re so awesome and I love what you do keep doing it!!! This helped me so much ❤️

I know this video is a few months old, but I heart it so much!! Even put it on my FB, and I never post KZread videos. Good job!

thank you for making these kinds of videos and talking about it in a simple and "normal" way.

This is a fantastic video, thank you. You're so clear and illustrative. I'm not ready for intuitive eating yet but it's so nice to see where recovery is headed :)

This is the first time I've heard about this, and it's put into words something that I have been struggling with for years. So thanks ❤️

As a nutritionist, I absolutely love everything you say in this video. Thank you for making it.

Thanks so much Kati. I was needing this video, for me is a reminder that mental health is key prior to any diet or excercise and healing mentally pays of on self image and finally on our own bodies. Anxiety... High Cortisol.. Unhealthy Body.. that circle nerver ends.

Love this!!!!!! ❤️ you inspire me more to get into this field! I currently work as a receptionist at a behaviroal health outpatient community health clinic, being here the past 2 years has definitely given me a passion for this field ☺️

awesome video! I really liked the example you gave and a little personal insight, it made the topic even more relatable, thx!

This is so helpful. Thank you!

I'm a pretty healthy eater. Today I just had 2 slices of pizza, some chips and some dessert today. I don't feel bad at all. I deserved it. Mainly because I actually wanted it.👀

Hi Kati! I came over from Shane's video and amazingly this, being my first viewing of a video from you, is most definitely the video I need right now in my current situation. Thank you so much!

I needed this. Thank you. Been becoming obsessed with losing weight and keep gaining the same weight I lost because I hate dieting. It makes me truly unhappy and obsessive. I eat super healthy but I know I snack when I'm not really hungry. Gonna try this.

This video is GOLD!!!

...”thanks dad” 😂

This is sooo true!! I’ve been doing this for a week. Really listening to my body

Amazing video as usual. Thank you Kati!

Thank you so much, Kati! I really appreciate it. I'm not sure I can do it, but at least I have a little insight into what it entails. 💚💛💜💙

Your voice is so calm... I love listening to you

thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!

Thank you for this I was really confused about this, you are awesome Kati

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful :) xox

The intuitive eating strategies are a little tricky and I really need to go creative to make my future clients to avoid guilty. Most of intuitive eatring is mental. Sometimes when we eat a salty meal (more sodium), it creates a disbalance with potassium so it could make you crave for something sweet

Thank you for this video Katie!!! It helped so much as I'm in the beginning process of ed recovery❤ please do more eating/exercise/ed vids:)

Thank you for this video, very educational and interesting and deffo helpful Katie. x

Loved this, exactly what I needed to hear 💕

Brilliant video Kati - thank you!

You don’t understand how grateful I am for this 💛

This is wonderful! I'm currently in recovery from anorexia and I can't hear this stuff enough!

Intuitive eating is actually my ultimate goal. Unfortunately my ED mentality doesn't allow me, yet, as you said. I'm not giving up! Can't wait to embrace intuitive eating!

thanks i really needed this video.

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome :) Glad it was helpful! xoxo

i needed this. thank you, kati. i love you ❤

I love to see how hard my therapist works at pretending the volume of my binges is no big deal. Bonus points to those who can do that and make us feel better. :)

For me it helped to follow body positive accounts on social media (especially on Instagram). It’s so liberating!!

Thanks a lot Kati!! This video is great. Still working on intuitive eating (read the book a few months ago) and this is a really good reminder to get back on track and pointing out my Ed thoughts when they come through sometimes... 😊 ❤

This was perfect timing! I have a past of eating disorder like tendencies, but I decided to challenge myself with a vegetarian diet. Since it's another form of restricting, I was scared but your video came in the right time. Thanks!

Beautifully broken down. I've started to thank the old body for a few things. Seeing and hearing and such. I don't have a terrifically well oiled machine of a body but it's there and it's okay. Trying 'scary' foods is turning out to be quite a delight. My digestion is coping and I'm taking it slowly as my fear is getting stomach migraines. I know that I crave all sorts of things and they are all diverse and wonderful. Thank you Kati! Thank you Sean. xoxoxoxox

This was such a helpful video, thank you Kati

Thank you for this!!

She’s like Lilli Reinhart’s older sister

Awesome content ❤️ Thank you Kati 😊 My biggest take-away: food isn’t good or bad. Every food serves a purpose in our lives. This made me think of simply having preference based on what I like and my personal intentions for myself. A subtle yet profound breakthrough. Thank you 🙏🏽😊 And... what if all of my emotions have a place and serve a purpose in my life too??? 😉 what if instead of being overly active in trying to control my experiences aka the people / places & things that cause me to feel a certain way, I can simply observe what I’m feeling, why I feel it, and explore the question do I want to create the experience of feeling a certain feeling again or not? (Be accountable, take action to care for myself, change me if need be) Thank you for your kindness and generosity. This type of caring has been / is extremely elusive. You are appreciated 😊❤️🌹

"We need to sit down, shut up and listen"- I love this so much for listening to our body❤

you are so amazing Kati thanks!

this was so helpful kati! i’m finding intuitive eating to be sooo hard especially when i’m at work because i take ritalin and that totally messes up my hunger cues on top of my ED. I know now that medication aside, i still shouldn’t try to be listening to my hunger cues, i just need to stop what i’m doing at lunch time and go eat!

Great advice!!

I tried intuitive eating (eating like a normal person basically) several times and it always ends up in a binge after 3-4 days max. Am i the only one? I never ate normally since inwas a child

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

It may be that you aren't ready for this step yet.. or need to do a bit more of the emotional work first :) xoxxo

@rudirat255

6 жыл бұрын

I find it difficult when family expect me to eat a meal they prepared after I've been over eating when trying to intuitively eating. But its partly because I still tell myself certain amounts at certain times is 'over eating'. Like Kati said it's just energy we need. And even if we have more than we need/want we still deserve to forgive ourselves and carry on doing what we love in life, unphased

@mmtruooao8377

6 жыл бұрын

I do this too, I think the major issues with it for me are mindfulness and availability. If I'm surrounded by processed food, sweets, etc. Then I overeat and I feel guilty and dirty (I know I shouldn't because it continues the cycle but it clearly isn't healthy). So if im around supportive messages and healthy foods (nuts, berries, beans, etc.) then I feel better (so even if I eat more I feel okay). The other thing is, I dissociate and don't notice if I'm eating too much or little, so i think doing things like Kati mentioned (consciously evaluating what you feel) would help a lot with that. I prefer sticking to structured eating habits (i.e. I'm in college, so I eat breakfast as soon as I wake up, lunch in my only break, and dinner an hour after I get back to my dorm..... this doesn't work well in summer though).

@Cymricus

6 жыл бұрын

It happens to me too

@lynncrf

6 жыл бұрын

Binging is a normal part of getting used to IE. If you give it up after a few days though you won't ever get to experience it properly.

Thanks, good reminders!

Hearing these things were very comforting to me

Hi, could you do a video about how to overcome boring and sad days to us who has to stay at home with chronical/invisible illness?

@jadeauburn9220

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to watch something like this too! It's so hard to not feel awful when you're home alone and others are living "normally" and most people figure you're lazy because you haven't been to work/ school for a few years already.

@SuperStrangSshadow

6 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not alone about it and couldn't have said it better myself. Well said. =)

@TheBinski

6 жыл бұрын

Great topic!!! I can get out and do things but it hurts sometimes. I was in the house a lot more a few years ago and come winter, I try not to leaven expect for work. Winter hurts! I'd like to see this very much. I can only say, video games saved my life! Writing is also wonderful as is reading, jigsaw puzzles, Kati's videos and so forth. xoxoxoxox Chronic pain is horrid! I'm writing an essay about it for my course.

@SuperStrangSshadow

6 жыл бұрын

Bins: It's sad that so many people is struggling with this but also good to know that we are not alone about. Sometimes I can go out and do errands but the bad things about it is the next day I need a pyjamasday cause I'm so tired of the day before. And some days I don't have the energy to go out of the house at all. I do a lot of video games too. High five. And I do a lot of coloring. Still I can't help but envy the normal people sometimes doing normal stuff. :/ Good luck with the essay. Sounds interesting and it is important to make people aware that we are not lazy people but people with invisible struggles.

@rossmeyer7230

5 жыл бұрын

i would watch for sure

I already follow you, and I went to KZread and searched “intuitive eating” to find you posted this 5 hours earlier! I’ve been eating out of boredom (maybe anxiety too) for the last two years so I’ve gained 20 lbs. It is real easy to lose control, I can see this becoming a much larger issue so I have to get control before I find myself trying to lose 100lbs...

Thankyou, you are helping me change my life

thank you so much, kati! i’m working on my recovery from my restrict-binge eating disorder, and it’s definitely not an eating process. when my eating disorder started, i had the mentality that i “wasn’t good enough” and i “needed control”. i became really angry and mean to my friends because i felt so frustrated that my body was making little to no changes. everyday i would eat little to no food, and then binge a lot during the night out of hunger and frustration. it got to a point in the summer where i ate two lollipops everyday whilst idolising malnourished bodies that i considered were beautiful. in that time i lost 7 pounds in within 4 days. however, one day i was able to put my thoughts aside to go to a stage show with my internet friends as well as my irl friends. i had so much fun, and i recognised that people loved me for who i am, and not what i look like. i decided to go vegetarian so that i can still have that “control” feeling, without it being too abusive. today i still feel really insecure about my body and i even have mental breakdowns about it every week. sometimes my breakdowns are out of disbelief that i actually tried to destroy myself by not eating, or about how i’ve lost the fight of me gaining control and losing weight. one day i aspire to look at myself and smile, and not overthink my meals. xx

Very good video. THANK YOU!!!

Yes, writing love letters to our body; what a wonderful concept; once again thank you Kati! :)

Such a great explanation Kati!

I really needed this this week. I just started working with a new therapist who supposedly specializes in ED but told me to cut out sugar to lose weight and she labels foods as good and bad...basically I need to find someone else! But I might seriously show her this video first :)

Exactly what I needed to hear

Kati, I’m new to your channel, but I just want to say thank you. I’ve... I’ve felt insanely out of control and afraid since my ED has gotten less manageable. I’ve gotten a lot of comfort from your videos. Sometimes I don’t know what thoughts are MY thoughts and what are ED thoughts. I don’t know if I’m hungry because I’m sad or if I’m actually hungry, or if I’m binging or just regular eating. If I eat anything that I want, I’ll just gain all the weight back

Please do more video on this topic.

excellent video!

Really informative and helpful video - thank you Kati xoxo

Thank you Kati you are always enlightening me 👏😙

I love this. Intuitive eating actually pointed out a couple of my allergies. I didn’t want dairy or chicken or seafood for years. When I was allergy tested it turned out I am quite allergic to them all.

I exclusively eat intuitively , it took me many years to reach this point . I also don't eat processed foods or junk food and eat a balanced diet. Thank you for the reminders and confirmation . Angel hugs n Blessings to you and yours 😇

Best youtuber/therapist!❤️

This was a very good kick start to my intuitive eating plan for my family of 7. Thanks a lot for taking the time not only to explain things, but also to give emotional and mental support 😀 (a tired mom always appreciate that!)

@yomansprince8486

Жыл бұрын

Hey, how is the intuitive eating going for you now? Any updates?

Thank you Kati for video. It has help me understand this disorder in many ways.

@Katimorton

6 жыл бұрын

So glad you found it educational!! xoxo

Thank you for this. You are absolutely right, But healthy eating is a must and once we all realize that., the better we will treat our bodies

This was great!

Love this

this is actually one of the best and truest video on this topic..this should be shown to everyone and every eating Wellbeing teacher...even in the NHS!!.hehhe I will provide that hehehe TY Angel Katy!!!

Such a good video !