NEW YOU HEALTH TIP: A CONCEPT KNOWN AS INTUITIVE EATING IS ALL YOU NEED TO CRAFT AN ENDURING HEALTHY MEAL PLAN.

Intuitive eating is an approach that supports a healthy relationship between your diet, mind and body. It is about trusting yourself and eating when your body sends you initial hunger signals rather than waiting until you are starving and can’t think clearly (thereby making poor food choices). “Healthy nutrition foods will become more appealing when you don’t think of it as your ‘last meal,’” says Wilson. Below are tips from the expert herself:

According to Heather Wilson, Holistic Nutritionist and co-founder of East West Essentials (eastwestessentials.com), New You readers can easily learn how to be an expert at Intuitive Eating.

Listen to your body and it will tell you how certain foods make you feel.
Use intuitive eating to free yourself of the “yo-yo” weight fluctuations.
Honor those hunger signals and eat when you are hungry.
Strive to get rid of the guilt when you eat something fattening.
Take a moment in the middle of eating to assess your hunger level.
Don’t deprive yourself of food—this can lead to intense cravings and bingeing.