Joanne Smith argues that labeling foods as bad for you triggers self-criticism and backfires. Instead of fear-based thinking, she sets neutral expectations and enjoys indulgent foods guilt-free while staying fit through exercise. Your mindset about what you eat actually shapes how your body responds to it.
So, don't do it this way, this is bad for you. Don't bend in that way, don't move in that way. You know, we could go on and on and on. I won't go on too much longer, but I just really hope that I'm emphasising how important it is to spot these, because they're pretty much every day in conversation. I'll speak to someone and they'll say, this is bad for me, I shouldn't do this because that's bad for me. In fact, today I've got a great example. Great. Christmas party buffet, team meeting, lovely, and we've got people that are giving themselves a hard time because they shouldn't do this because that's bad for them, or they shouldn't have had that cheesecake because— and they go to me, they're all coming up to me and saying, Jo, how come, how do you do it, how do you eat whatever you like and how do you look so in shape? Fair enough, I do my little bit with the exercise department, but I also have expectations about what I eat. I indulge on things that I enjoy. My expectations are not negative towards that. I'm not going in there with fear about what I'm putting in my mouth. I'm going in there with pleasure and indulging and joy and enjoying and being mindful of the moment, just really, you know, because there is, there's just so much evidence and proof to prove that There's connections with what we expect and how the body responds.
