Chocolate and Beyond

The 10 Beyond Chocolate Principles

This morning I made a decision I was going to renew my efforts to be mindful about my eating, and I checked out again the ten principles that feature in the Beyond Chocolate book, which you can also find on their website here.

The principles are:

1. Tune in
2. Eat when you're hungry
3. Eat whatever you want
4. Put it on a plate, sit down and focus
5. Enjoy
6. Stop when your satisfied
7. Own your body
8. Move
9. Support yourself
10. Be your own Guru

What has been your most significant intuitive eating learning?

There are so many things that I've learned since I began my journey into intuitive eating that it would be very difficult to identify the most significant, because my whole attempt to ditch the diet has numerous factors that all intertwine with each other.

However, I think the thing that has really struck home with me is learning that I can stop regimenting my diet and food intake, without suddenly losing control over eating altogether. To stop planning what I'll eat for the day, stop counting fat grams, carbohydrates and calories, and end the futile task of balancing one food off against another, does not mean that all of a sudden, I will end up with food taking over completely.