The Hunger Games
Cosmopolitan India|January - February 2024
Cosmo India intern Muskan Sehgal shares her experience of trying out intuitive eating for a week.
The Hunger Games

When was the last time you indulged in a slice of cake without guilt? Can’t remember, right? I couldn’t either! We consume a variety of food daily but hardly do we pay attention to how that food makes us feel. It seems like we are always striving for the ‘perfect’ body type or obsessing over calorie count. It is easy to get overwhelmed because of social media’s relentless stream of information. Tired of constant bombardment of diet fads on social media, intuitive eating seemed like an interesting concept to me. So, I decided to give it a try. My goal was to track my eating habits for a week and see what all the fuss was about.

How does intuitive eating differ from traditional dieting approaches? Integrative lifestyle expert, Luke Coutinho says, “Traditional diets prescribe rigid calorie limits and miss out on the fact that the human body is dynamic and so are its needs. In contrast, intuitive eating promotes a personalised approach, emphasising on responsiveness to the body’s cues and needs.”

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