Dr. DeAun Nelson interviews Dr. Michelle May, family physician, recovered yo-yo dieter, and founder of the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs, to talk about what actually happens when we stop fighting our bodies and start listening to them.Michelle shares how her own experience with chronic dieting led her to develop the Mindful Eating Cycle — a framework that helps people move away from food rules and toward genuine self-awareness around eating.

They cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including why restriction so often backfires, what binge-eating disorder looks like (and how often it goes unrecognized), and how mindful eating applies even when you have a health condition like diabetes.They also get into movement - how diet culture turns exercise into punishment, and how to find your way back to actually enjoying how you move your body.

In this episode:How Michelle made the shift from "non-diet weight management" to a fully weight-neutral stanceThe Mindful Eating Cycle and the three questions that guide the "what do I eat" decision

Why binge-eating disorder is underdiagnosed — and what a 10-week study found about its connection to restrictionThe difference between balance and harmony when it comes to health behaviors

Why mindful eating can become its own kind of diet (and how to avoid that trap)Dr. May's books and programs can be found at amihungry.com. Her Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat series includes editions focused on diabetes and binge eating - if you're looking for the diabetes edition, make sure you grab the one marked "updated" on the cover.Theme music by Gaelyn Davis. Show art by Stacy Bias.Want to be notified when new episodes are uploaded? Join our email list - fatnaturopathyoutube.subscribepage.io