These last few weeks have really driven home just how far I’ve come in life. It’s critical that we take that time to look back, reflect, and congratulate ourselves on the growth we accomplished. Yes, we’re never done learning and growing, but that doesn’t we can’t appreciate how far we’ve come. Here are a few of our milestones this week! How Has Our Parenting Evolved in Terms of Food? Fostering allowed me to see the EXTREME privilege of our eating habits and how harmful restrictive eating and elimination diets can be, especially for someone without access. Then, we started adding name brands they were used to and seeing what everyone wanted (because 4 teens eat A LOT). Cereal, chips, and bread are the big ones I can think of off the top of my head that were all “binge” foods with prior exposure, and I am happy to say can now exist peacefully without the impulse to consume before it disappears (disordered eating). How has our parenting now changed? We have no restrictions or rules at home except no gluten (because I am Celiac). Over my health journey, I’ve realized that the demonization and glorification of food were rooted in […]
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