The Full Fridge
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” ~Ruth Reichl
“When you eat at the refrigerator, pull up a chair.” ~Geneen Roth
What’s in your fridge? For those of us who are not only fortunate enough to buy the foods we want and need, but also confident enough to bring them into our home, a “full fridge” embodies much more than the foods inside.
Let’s reach inside and discover what’s in a “full fridge.” In the crunchy, creamy, spicy, sweet, and salty rainbow of colors and shapes on the shelves, you can be reminded that you possess:
Body wisdom: the ability to naturally know what you need and want, whether through the simplicity of the carton of milk and the clarity of bottled spring water.
Body trust: the ability to honor your needs and wants with abundance, from all the shredded cheese to every single grape in the bunch, you can take good care of yourself.
Body and Self-Acceptance: the ability to appreciate the complexity of your feelings, strengths, and weaknesses, from the cherry-walnut-goat cheese-mixed greens salad to the leftover tuna noodle casserole.
Peace and Power: the ability to replenish yourself -- using your eating wisdom to maintain nutritional balance and a normal blood sugar, knowing there are wonderful nutrients packed into that pudding, pizza, and papaya.
Joy: the ability to express your enthusiasm and creativity, reverberating in the chunky chocolate raspberry ice cream as well as the bowl of strawberries, kiwi, and cantaloupe.
There is much going on in that fridge! Slow down and pay attention!
About Eating Wisdom and Drs Karin and Hannah
We are two PhD level Registered and Licensed Nutritionists whose passion is to help others escape diet culture and to learn to use their natural, innate Eating Wisdom to, finally, find peace with food, eating and weight.
We offer an online course, Intuitive Eating: How to Escape Diet Culture and Become an Empowered Eater, free handouts (including the original Hunger Fullness Scale) and offer 1:1 nutrition therapy to heal eating problems. Take advantage of our combined 40+ years of experience, visit at www.EatingWisdom.com.
2018 Adapted from © 2011 Karin Kratina, PhD, RD, LDN and Amy Tuttle, RD, LCSW