Video: Managing Food & Feelings in Quarantine

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Video Managing Food Feelings in Quarantine
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In this webinar, ILCs Director of Nutrition
Services, Mackenzie Reeser, MPH, RDN, LDN,
shares tips on nourishing your mind and body
while taking in a constant flood of mixed
messages in our media during physical
distancing. Here are six takeaways from the Food
Feelings webinar
1. Be Mindful Of The Nutritional Value Of The
Foods Youre Eating
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You dont have to put a lot of pressure on
yourself to eat perfectly, however you
can be mindful of the things youre eating and
how they affect you physically and mentally.
Increasing your intake of plant-based whole foods
can improve your mental health as well as have
positive benefits on your immune system. 2. Get
Creative In The Kitchen Quarantine is a great
opportunity to get creative in the kitchen. Not
only does it allow you to use up foods that
youve been holding on to or dont exactly know
what to do with, but those herbs and spices that
have been taking up space in your pantry can add
more antioxidants to your diet as well as flavor.
Creating something fun and new in the kitchen
can also reduce stress around meal time. 3. Get
Moving, But Dont Be Militaristic About
It Getting our bodies moving during what is
otherwise a pretty sedentary time is important,
but be mindful of your motivations behind it. Are
you exercising from a place of fear? What are
you afraid of? How can you shift that narrative
to be one where youre taking care of your
physical and mental health? 4. Give Yourself
Permission To Not Feel Shame Be kind to yourself
and know that theres no such thing as a perfect
formula for how to eat during quarantine (or any
time).
5. Take Note Of Your Cravings And Line Them Up
With Your
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There may be an emotional metaphoric cue at the
root of the foods youre craving. Our Executive
Director of Eating Disorders Programming, Dr.
Anita Johnston, uses this side-by-side Cravings
and Cues diagram to identify the emotion
attached to food cravings in her Light of the
Moon Cafe curriculum. 6. Work On Removing
Judgmental Language Around Food From Your
Vocabulary Diet culture and social media have so
ingrained in us judgement around food and
exercise that we dont even notice how words like
clean, dirty, toxic, and junk can affect
our feelings about food and ourselves. Consider
what it might look like remove these words from
your vocabulary when it comes to your food and
focus on
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