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Nov 2023
29m 23s

363: My Top 3 Tips for Elegant Eating

TONYA LEIGH
About this episode

In this podcast episode, Tonya Leigh discusses the concept of elegant eating and how it can revolutionize one's relationship with food and body. She shares her experience of hosting an event and the positive feedback she received. Tonya explains that elegant eating is about choosing quality over quantity and thinking long-term. She emphasizes the importance of slowing down while eating, learning to eat to the point of elegant satisfaction, and finding pleasure in activities outside of food. Tonya encourages listeners to practice self-love throughout the holiday season and commit to loving themselves no matter what. She also mentions the slim self-image program available in the School of Self-Image membership.

 

Episode Details:

04:05 Personal struggle with food and desire for a healthy relationship

05:49 Introduction to the concept of elegant eating and its simplicity

07:26 The tendency to complicate the relationship with food

08:50 The importance of self-possession and long-term thinking in elegant eating

10:18 Eating with love and grace for oneself

13:33 Eating mindfully and savoring food with others

14:19 Importance of feeling and understanding emotions instead of numbing

17:09 Listening to and understanding the body's signals

20:39 Taking action to support a new self-image

23:19 Diversifying sources of pleasure beyond food

26:14 Finding pleasure in showing up for oneself

28:12 Committing to loving yourself through the holidays

 

Quotes:

"Elegant eating is about quality over quantity."

"The majority of people have complicated their relationship with food."

"We neglect just timeless truths and wisdom that have worked throughout the ages, that resides in elegant eating."

"Elegant eating is about eating with love and grace for yourself."

"Train the brain. The brain's going to want to come back to old patterns, come back to old ways of thinking. Place that attention on the food, and you just have to train it, like, no, it's not where we're going."

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