A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
Mindful eating, also known as intuitive eating, is a way for you to ditch your diet and all the stress and anxiety that comes along with it.
These mindful eating articles will help you to break free from diet culture and find peace around food, body and mind.
Have you ever typed “what can I eat on X diet” into Google? Only to be bombarded with a whole list of foods that were off limits? This list can become confusing and honestly pretty daunting. It’s like thinking about “what can I eat on keto” and being overload with a list of foods that …
New year, new you, right? You’re starting out this brand new year with the best of intentions. Setting goals to help you achieve your desired weight loss. Vowing to yourself that this year will be different. You’ll definitely stick to your diet and exercise routine, surely making it past the first month when everyone else …
This is probably going to come as an unpopular opinion: Weight Watchers is still a diet. If you’ve ever looked up “best diet of [enter year]”, Weight Watchers is likely to come up. Diets are intended to help people lose weight. It’s likely the reason you started a diet in the first place; to help …
You’ve probably heard of elimination diets before. If not, here’s a quick recap of it. You eliminate multiple food groups for around two to four weeks. This is meant to cleanse your immune system. After the two to four weeks are done, you slowly start adding those foods back in. It’s meant to help you …
I want to preface this article with the fact that binge eating disorders (BED) are a serious medical issue. If you feel you suffer from BED, seek medical support for a defined plan. Binge eating tends to follow a cycle. One I like to refer to as eat, repent, restrict, repeat. Part of this cycle …
Many times we find ourselves only thinking that the foods we eat will affect our bodies. The healthier we eat, the more in shape we’ll be. The more we workout, the better results we’ll see on the outside. But I want to throw a wrench in this whole thought process about what happens to our …
What would it feel like to live a guilt free life around food and body? If you no longer felt guilty for the foods you ate. You no longer felt stress around your body. Wouldn’t that feel pretty amazing? We’ve perpetually been conditioned to believe that we should feel guilty for eating “bad” foods. Or …
Cheat meals. You know, that meal you look forward to having all week long. To indulge in on the weekend. Denying yourself that slice of pizza, bowl of ice cream, bagel smeared with cream cheese, stack of waffles. Whatever your cheat meal is, I’m going to tell you to stop thinking of it as a …
Things are pretty crazy in the world right now with Covid-19. Wondering if we’re going to have enough food {and toilet paper 🧻}. Trying to balance working from home and raising children. Wondering when we’re ever going to see our friends and family in-person again. But that first one, wondering if we’re going to have …
You may have been wondering, what exactly does an intuitive eating coach do? Why would I need an intuitive eating coach? What exactly does intuitive eating mean, and should I be practicing it in my daily life? These are all super great questions! As an intuitive eating {or mindful eating} coach, there are three key …