A Gentle Diet-Free Holiday Puzzle

2. Abbreviation for a weight-inclusive framework that affirms health at every size.
4. A place where connection, tradition, and food all come together.
6. The system that moralizes food and body size, often loud during the holidays.
8. Your ability to notice inner body sensations like hunger, tension, and emotion.
11. Confidence that your body can guide you toward what and how much to eat.
12. Your body has inherent _____ about what it needs.
14. Bringing gentle awareness to the present moment without judgment.
16. Honoring health and taste buds with flexible, non-rigid food choices.
18. Limits you set to protect your time, energy, and recovery during gatherings.
19. The feeling of “enoughness” after eating.
20. An approach to food that centers body cues instead of rules or dieting.
22. A body signal that lets you know you need fuel.

1. Eating that shows up after a period of restriction or rule-following.
3. What often sets up the binge–deprivation cycle.
5. Staying connected to your body’s signals before, during, and after meals.
7. Seeing foods as having different functions, not moral value.
9. A valid and important reason to eat, especially around special foods.
10. Meeting yourself with kindness, not judgment.
13. A physical sense that your stomach has had what it needs right now.
15. The opposite of food rules; allowing all foods to be morally neutral.
17. What you offer yourself when things don’t go according to the holiday plan.
21. Letting go of “good” vs “bad” labels about food, body, or feelings.