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4 Unique Ways to Manage Holiday Stress & Weight Gain
The holiday season is the time of year where stress just comes with it. There’s a lot of planning and tons of decision-making that needs to be done with all of the parties, celebrating, family time, gifts…there’s just more on our plates and it can really take a...
Fed Up Dieter’s Guide to Happy & Healthy Holidays
The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends, be thankful for all that you have, and reflect back on the year. Unfortunately though, in reality, the holidays come filled with stress of all varieties – especially around food and our body. There are...
Intuitive Eating with Food Allergies or Food Sensitivities
How do you approach intuitive eating if you know that you have food sensitivities or food allergies? It seems contradictory: you want to avoid foods that make you feel crappy, but also not feel restricted/deprived. But what if you know there are foods that don’t agree...
The Truth About Gluten – Myths vs. Facts
Gluten is a massive buzz-word these days, and there are LOTS of assumptions and contradictory, misleading information that pop up along with it. It's time to set the record straight and navigate the myths vs. facts. What is gluten? We see gluten-free all of the time,...
Does weight drive health, or does health drive weight?
It started with the best of intentions! In high school I had somehow gotten into my head that there was something wrong with my 5'4" ~115lb body. That it was broken, didn't look the way it should, wasn't good enough, wasn't healthy, would never attract a boyfriend or...
The Hidden Meaning Behind Struggles with Food and Body
Let's talk about something that I know is on your mind, lovely reader, and that is your on again/off again eating tendencies, and unhappiness with your body There's something I really want you to know, listen up >> eating challenges are NOT a sign that...
How to Manage Emotional Eating
‘Emotional eating’ tends to fall into the category of stuff we feel pressured to stop doing if we ever want to be healthy, and/or love how our body looks (along with eating lots of plain chicken & broccoli, little to no carbs, and feeling guilty when we eat...
Why You’re Unhappy With Your Body (& What to Do)
Do you feel disappointed or unhappy with your body? Do you hate how it looks (or parts of it)? Does your inner mean girl speak up on a regular basis, filling your mind with negative, body shaming thoughts? I did too. I would look at my body in the mirror, and...
How to End the Food & Body Guilt
Guilt doesn’t spontaneously appear, and when it does, it rarely (if ever) inspires us to make healthy choices. Quite the opposite! We feel guilty for not eating more of the foods we ‘should’ eat, not staying on track with healthy habits, not being thin enough, eating...
Today is the last day of the Old You…
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right. Together, we’ve got this.