In this episode of The Anti Diet Life, I sit down with therapist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Kate Foutz to dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #5: Feel Your Fullness. Kate shares her personal journey from a lifetime of dieting to discovering intuitive eating, including how a skin condition led her to finally break free from restriction. We explore why so many struggle with feeling fullness, the impact of dieting history, and how scarcity mindset and the “clean plate club” can interfere with tuning in to your body’s signals.
Kate also breaks down the idea of fullness as a spectrum—helping you determine the right place to stop eating based on peak pleasure and satisfaction. We discuss the role of distractions in both disconnecting and supporting fullness awareness, plus simple ways to add “speed bumps” to mealtime to check in with your body. If you’ve ever felt out of touch with fullness or struggled to stop eating without rigid rules, this conversation is packed with insights to help you rebuild trust in your body with self-compassion.
