The question on every woman’s lips who’s ever struggled with body image (and body composition) is “can intuitive eating help me lose weight?” The answer is not as straight forward as we’d wish it to be.
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If you’ve been around the diet block at least once, you’ll have probably come to the conclusion that each person’s nutritional needs for weight loss differ quite a bit. However, there are many, many universal eating habits and wisdom that you can employ to lose weight (and, yes, even keep it off). The trouble with […]
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It’s so clear to me how much we all inherently recognize what’s really good for our bodies by the current obsession we have with mindfulness, and specifically, mindful eating. The stats show we are right to be enthralled: nothing could be healthier than living, and eating, mindfully. We may be obsessed with this pleasurable, stress-relieving, […]
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Every holiday arrives, with its host of delicious goodies and treats, presenting us a very strange dichotomic question: “What’s more important to me — my happiness or my health?” This holiday I want to briefly explain the difference between self-love and self-care when it comes to food. Then I’ll wish you a very merry season […]
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Eating is emotional. For better or for worse, this is the truth; food speaks to our hearts. It’s the way our mothers first bonded with us when we were born. Meal time is where we meet up with our friends, family & loved ones from that moment since. It’s no wonder we sometimes turn to […]
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I don’t think I have a very controversial take on how to cure emotional eating. If you get your emotional needs met, voila. Emotional eating ends. Where my strategy to cure emotional eating gets a bit confrontational is that I think emotional eating actually comes from the same place as eating very well. There is […]
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Tried every diet and exercise regime but still can’t lose weight despite all that effort? You’re not alone. In spite of all of the hope-filled promises the (billion-dollar) weight loss industry tempts us with each year, the majority of people who are working out and dieting to lose weight fall dismally short of their goals.
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[dropcap]E[/dropcap]nough has been said about diet to make anyones (even a weight loss blogger’s) head spin. What a certain diet promises rarely (if ever) pans out in the data long term. Why is that? What happens when you can’t tell the difference between appetite vs. hunger? Or worse, when your appetite — your desire for […]
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he anti-inflammatory — superfood powerhouse — benefits of turmeric tea can now be turned into wine! This has to be one of my proudest health hacks to date. If there’s anything I love more than mixing health & pleasure, I can’t think of what it is. When I started making healthy (low carb) alcoholic ciders, I was […]
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Is how you eat affecting your body composition more than what you eat? Studies suggest that, yes, where diets fall short to produce long-term health (weight loss) benefits, intuitive eating practices are picking up the slack and providing real, sustainable results. So why are we still collectively struggling in bodies we don’t like? How can we make intuitive […]
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Crispy on the outside, soft & warm on the inside—these are absolutely delectable.
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Eureka! They said it couldn’t be done, but sometimes that’s the best impetus for me to make something happen.
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