Have you ever caught yourself asking, “Why am I always thinking about food?” Or wondering if that constant food noise in your head is just part of life now? In this episode of One Body to Love, I walk you through 7 gentle, but powerful red flags that your relationship with food might need a reset. These are the patterns I’ve seen in so many clients, and lived myself, that are often overlooked or even praised by diet culture.

If you’ve been stuck in the cycle of guilt, control, and overthinking every bite, this episode is a compassionate check-in. Let’s unpack these signs together and talk about how you can start to reclaim your mental space, rebuild trust with your body, and finally find freedom around food.

In this episode, you will hear:

• 02:25 - Food noise: when thinking about food becomes constant and overwhelming
• 06:40 - Trying to fix or undo what you ate (and why that doesn’t work)
• 10:30 - The cheat day spiral and how it reinforces binge-restrict cycles
• 17:38 - Eating differently depending on who’s watching
• 22:08 - How restriction creates urgency and power struggles with food
• 29:30 – What “intuitive eating” really means
• 31:25 – These patterns are learned and they can be unlearned

If today’s episode sparked a quiet “maybe this is me”, that’s a powerful moment. These are not failures, they’re patterns you learned to survive in a culture obsessed with appearance. But they’re not the whole story. You can rewrite your relationship with food and it starts with awareness, compassion, and support.

I’d love to hear what came up for you, send me a message on Instagram and share what stood out.
Ready to go deeper? Take the Eating Personality Quiz and check out my One Body to Love program to get personalized support to reset your relationship with food, starting today. Until next time, be gentle with yourself. You deserve a life of peace, freedom, and acceptance with food and your body!

Eating Personality Quiz: https://meredithmackenzie.ca/personality-quiz

One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program
https://meredithmackenzie.ca/intuitive-eating-program

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