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How to be a “Normal Eater”
“I just wish I could be a normal eater!” I hear this all the time. I think what people mean by this is They want to stop dieting and starving themselves. They want to fill satisfied and fulfilled and nourished. They want to stop eating foods that they really don’t like and start eating foods that they do. They want to do the above and be at their body’s natural weight. So, how do you do this? Let me share with you the WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, WHERE, WHY, and WHO of BEING A NORMAL EATER! WHAT: What is a Normal Eater? A normal eater is someone who eats foods…
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Shame
I had a shame attack this weekend and I want to share it with you. Being totally transparent, I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not I would share this. See, I have a hard time with feeling vulnerable and embarrassed. I’m working with my own coach on being more okay with those feeling these emotions. Working with a coach is like this: As the client, I’m is stuck inside a glass jar. I’m trying to read the label, but it’s fuzzy and it’s really hard to read. But my coach is outside of the jar and she can clearly read the label and tell me what it says.…
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Diversify Your Joy
Click Here to Listen to this Post A huge part of my pre-weight loss story was simply this: I LOVED FOOD! I mean I LOVED IT!!! I based my whole life around food. It was my entertainment, my comfort, my distraction, my love, and how I connected and bonded with my people. I never thought of food as fuel that was there to sustain my body and keep me alive. I thought of food as joy. So of course, when I started trying to make changes to my eating habits and experimenting with which foods felt best in my body, it felt like all the joy had been taken out…
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5 Ways to Have More Body Love
The way we think about and view our body matters. It matters because when we have a positive body image (or what I’m choosing to call body love), we feel comfortable in our body and happy with the way we look. And when we’re comfortable and happy, then we are able to be in tune with what our body really needs (physically and emotionally). We treat our body well and take care of it instead of beating it up, punishing it with strict diets, disordered eating, intense workouts, or overeating in an attempt to numb out all our emotional distress with food. Here are 5 ways you can begin to…
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Why Body Love and Weight Loss Go Hand in Hand
There is a wide spectrum of opinions out there. On one end we have those that believe if you love your body you shouldn’t want or need or even desire to change anything about it. On the other end of the spectrum are those that believe you need to shame and hate and criticize yourself to motivate change. That if you’re not a size 0 then you should be. It’s very black and white. Both sides are essentially saying “you can’t love your body and want to lose weight.” It has to be one or the other. Pick a side. My opinion falls smack dab in the middle of this spectrum.…
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How to make a Habit Stick!
The 3 R’s of Making a Habit Stick When it comes to creating a habit, there are 3 things you need: Reminder –This is a trigger, or a cue, such as flushing the toilet, or feeling an emotion, such as boredom Routine – This is the action associated with the cue. Flushing the toilet cues you to wash your hands, while feeling bored triggers go for a walk. Doing something over and over can make the action Reward – The reward associated with the action is what makes the habit stick. If you do something that causes enjoyment or relieves boredom, the release of dopamine (a feel-good chemical) in your brain will…
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Breaking Bad Habits
A habit it made up of 5 things: A cue A thought An urge Some kind of an action And a reward. We have the cue, meaning we see something, hear something, smell something, or someone says something, a cue can be lots of different things – And that cue triggers a thought. We think something about the cue. That thought creates an urge to do something, to take some kind of action. Which we usually do. We act on the urge. And then with the action comes some kind of a reward. Here’s an example: I’m in the laundry room folding clothes, when all of a sudden, I smell…
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How to Create any Goal
A lot of times when we set a goal, we kind of sort of know what we want, in a vague sense. For example, we know we want to lose some weight. I can’t tell you how many times I wrote that down as my new year’s resolution: “January 1st: Lose weight.” That’s great and all but it’s pretty vague and it doesn’t leave the brain much to work with. Creating a goal is like building a house Let’s say you decide you want to build a new house. How well would it work out if you hired a contractor and the only instructions you had for him or her…
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5 ways to stop worrying
When it comes to emotions, there are ones that are useful and ones that are not. Worry is one of those that is not useful. So, why do we worry? We worry because our brain thinks it is useful. It tricks us into thinking that worrying will help us avoid pain and discomfort But actually what it does is the opposite. It causes pain and discomfort because worrying feels terrible! (Can I get an amen?) wor.ry According to the Collins dictionary (yep that’s a real thing- I didn’t make it up), “if you worry, you keep thinking about problems or unpleasant things that MIGHT happen.” —Keyword is MIGHT but probably…
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How to stay motivated
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I know what to do, I’m just not doing it?” You have all these dreams and goal and things you want to do, and you try to achieve them, but you just can’t seem get motivated or stay motivated? Any of these sound familiar? Why can’t I eat what I’ve planned? Why don’t I stick to my calendar? Why am I still drinking or eating this even though I promised myself I was going to cut back? Or maybe you do good for a long time but then you slack off a bit. You’re doing great on your diet but then you “fall off…
