A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
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 …
A month or so ago I was watching this video of Rachel Hollis and Amy Porterfield. They were having a discussion about Amy’s weight and trying to reach her goal weight. She talked about how she used to play small because she felt big. That when she reached her goal weight she would feel better …
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 …
This probably seems a bit shocking, but you don’t need to count calories to lose weight. In fact, you don’t need to count macros, track points or use another food tracking app to help you lose weight. It’s just that you’ve been for so long that a diet or food tracking was necessary to lose …
I find it only fitting that the last Piece of Cake post for 2019 is number 20. Taking us into the new year, and new decade. There has been a whole lot that has happened over this year. Sometimes it’s actually hard to believe everything that’s taken place in 2019. So rather than my usual …
With the holidays right around the corner, it’s easy to fall in the trap of feeling guilty for the foods we eat. Ever since we were young, we’ve been conditioned to think that holiday parties and foods are bad for our weight loss. But would you believe me if I told you that food guilt …