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The Fundamentals of Weight Loss
People assume I’ve always been a naturally thin person. They have no idea that I struggled with my weight for years. I went from diet to diet looking for the perfect one for me. I ran 5 miles a day, 6 days a week in an attempt to run off the weight. NO LUCK! I’d lose some weight but then I’d always gain it all back (plus some). I was tired of the diet roller-coaster. I was tired of having to starve myself, count calories, weight my food, and the massive overeating that happened anytime I just couldn’t hold on anymore. I was trying to make weight loss harder than…
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How I lost 50 pounds
Once upon a time, I thought I knew everything there was to know about being healthy and losing weight. I had tried every plan, pill, and program out there but I was still carrying an extra 50 pounds on my body. I finally decided I had had enough! So, I stop dieting and forcing myself to run 5 miles every day (something I hated), and I started listening to my body. I began untangling the emotional ties I had to food and my extra weight I learned to feel my feeling instead of eat them. I learned to manage my mind. I stopped listening to what my brain was telling…
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The Holy Grail of Diets -Ep 3
In this episode I’m continuing the story of my health journey and sharing with you what I believe to be the Holy Grail of diets. http://traffic.libsyn.com/ajoyfulyou/The_Holy_Grail_of_Diets_-_Episode_3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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Intentional Nutrition
Do you ever get confused about what you should or shouldn’t be eating? There are 100’s, maybe even 1,000’s of nutritional approaches out there and all of them seem to work. So which one do you go with? Which one is THE best? Is it paleo, keto, raw-foods, low-carb/high-fat, high-carb/low-fat, NFNS? Isn’t it all so confusing? I’ve spent years trying to figure this out, and I finally found the answer. It’s called INTENTIONAL NUTRITION. What is Intentional Nutrition (I.N.)? I.N. is choosing foods that allow you to feel YOUR best without fear or obsession. The awesome things about practicing I.N. is that there are no set rules or guidelines, no…
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GIRL
Hello! I’d like you to meet Girl. Let me tell you a little story about Girl. Girl becomes super sick. Girl does an elimination diet as well as detoxes other areas of her life. Girl’s sickness goes away, and girl feels so much better. Girl also loses weight. Girl becomes obsessed with “clean eating” and weight loss. Girl continues to fight her body to get down to the lowest weight she’s told she “should” weigh. She gets so close to her ideal weight, but her body is fighting her every step of the way. Her body weight goes up, girl restricts even more. Her body weight goes down briefly…
