As the year winds down, the rhetoric around weight loss resolutions ramps up. Additionally, ‘tis the season for unsolicited comments on how much we’re eating. For those of us trying to celebrate the holidays with a family meal, or just enjoy a pumpkin-spiced snack, this could lead to asking ourselves questions like, “Do I deserve to have this food?” or “Will my body pay for this later?”
“If our brain tells us that we don't deserve to eat our favorite pie on Christmas day because we're not at our ideal weight, when we inevitably cave and have our favorite pie, our brain is going to tell us how disgusting we are and how little self-control we have,” Clare Goodwin, a registered nutritionist and eating disorder practitioner, tells Fortune.
