Breaking the 'Earn and Burn' Cycle, with Non-Diet RD Amanda Bullat

Send us Fan MailI invited Amanda Bullat onto the podcast this week to tell HER story. Amanda became interested in nutrition while training as a competitive distance runner in her early 20s but her passion for running and food became a double-edged sword, as she developed her own disordered relationship with food and exercise.After many years of personal struggle and a real commitment to recovery,  she was able to reclaim her love of food and movement. *In this episode, we focus on when is enough enough, when it comes to movement.  When we start un-dieting our relationship with movement, how do we actually start listening to our bodies,  and break free from the earn-and-burn cycle?We discuss the following topics:What does 'enough' exercise look like?How do we know if we are doing too much?Is it actually possible to enjoy movement all the time?Is it ok to workout even if we don't feel like it?How do we know if our body needs rest or if we just feel demotivated as we have a human brain?Is it ok to use movement for emotional regulation?  What happens if we get stuck in that pattern and then movement becomes a 'should' or a 'must'?If you have thought about your own relationship with movement recently, you will really benefit from this feisty discussion.  I loved it and can't wait to have Amanda back on for part 2!Amanda and I both work together as part of the Midlife Feast Community run by Dr Jenn Salib Huber (@menopause.nutritionist).  This community is perfect for you if you are navigating those peri to post menopause years, are done with dieting and restricting and just need a little handholding.If you would like to work with Amanda herself, she often hangs out on Instagram or  she can be contacted through her website here.**Amanda specializes in supporting women through the perimenopause, and menopause transition and uses the frameworks of Intuitive Eating, Health At Every Size®, and the therapeutic Be Body Positive Model® created by The Body Positive. Support the showPlease reach out if you would like some support with your relationship to food OR movement. Ela currently has limited spaces for Intuitive Eating coaching and if you'd like to reconnect with movement, contact Christine.  If you'd like exclusive access to our supporter-only channel click here.We appreciate you