“My biggest frustration with my past nutrition journey was always being hungry when trying to lose weight.I would be really hungry and think I can’t have certain foods because I don’t have enough points or calories. I always thought about food.I would tell myself I couldn’t...
The key to a healthy relationship with food is that middle ground between mostly nutrient dense foods and a mix of fun foods that still leaves you feeling your best.Do you every feel a loss of control with certain foods that leads to unintentional over...
I was beating my body upFood was consuming my life every single day.I would worry about it.I would talk about it to my family.I would wait until my husband was asleep and go into the drawer and get sweets. Very secretly.Sugar was the quick fix,...
Digestion & Bloating!Our stomach is one of the most socially constructed and criticized definitions of "health" many of us tend to obsess over. When we see changes within our bodies from bloating and gas this can be very painful and uncomfortable experience to endure and talk...
As recovering perfectionists and those working to overcome the diet culture way of thinking (it's constant work!). You are often looking at circumstances and goals with black and white thinking. Approaching projects in a straight line from A to Z, rather than flowing with the...
Have you spent most of your adult life going on and off various diets?Categorizing foods as good / bad or X pointsThinking about food in the sense of, I can have this, or I can’t have thisCarbs are bad and the reason I can’t lose...
Self talk is so real and can either be limiting us from making progress or propelling us forward. Our inner dialogue encompasses all the things we say to and about ourselves. This narrative has a significant impact on the way we perceive ourselves, the ones...
We are constantly bombarded with toxic language around foods and people attaching who they are as a person based on what they did or did not eat. There is nothing inherently bad or wrong with any foods, and you are not deemed good or bad...
We are sold instant gratification and easy fixes in every aspect of our lives. Fast food use to mean getting in our car, driving to the establishment, parking the car, walking inside to order food and eating in the restaurant. Then drive thrus made it...
It's super appealing to follow a plan, program or prescription right now. Eliminate all the carbs and start an intense exercise program. One size fits all programs will continue to fail you, because they are creating unrealistic expectations, strict avoidance of certain foods and lack...