Aug 1, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
If you’ve ever been in or around typical wedding culture, there seems to be this incessant desire to look “perfect”. It’s often the most photographed day of your entire life (and all eyes are on you!), so there can be this pressure to...
Jul 16, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Download This Episode Have you ever woken up and immediately gone to the mirror to see if your stomach looked big? Or passed by a window and checked your reflection to see how you looked? Whatever name you want to call it (body checking, mirror checking, etc),...
Jun 20, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
So how do you eat healthy without dieting? How do you let go of the rules & restrictions of food plans but still eat in a way that allows your body to be at a comfortable weight? That’s what I’m talking about on today’s podcast! 5 tips to help...
May 29, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Download This Episode The one thing that’s tripped me up the most on this journey is the weight loss piece. We all start dieting typically because we want to lose weight…so when we’re working to eat “normally”, it can feel impossible to...
Apr 16, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Download This Episode I’ve heard A LOT about clean eating lately! In casual conversation, I hear people constantly talking about eating “clean”… So what’s the deal with this way of eating? Should you be trying to do it? Should you skip it...
Apr 11, 2018 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
After all of these years of deconstructing my own food rules, I had an internal battle last night where I didn’t want to eat because I thought it was “too late”. Here’s how it went: I had eaten dinner at 5:30 and ended up going to a restorative...
Apr 4, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting
A cheat day seems innocent enough, right?! You eat super healthy 5-6 days of the week and then you “save up” for a day where you let yourself cheat by eating sweets and desserts. With so many people talking about how they work, is it bad to have a cheat...
Jan 23, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting
Some people come to me convinced they are addicted to sugar. “Sugar is the devil,” they tell me. “I CANNOT stop eating sweets!” “I feel SO much better when I don’t have sugar. So why can’t I just stop?! I think I’m...
Jan 3, 2018 | Freedom From Dieting
It’s the beginning of January, which means one thing: we get seriously seduced by diets and the hope that THIS is the year we’ll finally fix our food/weight/body issues. Everywhere we look, people are raving about about the new program that has worked for...
Nov 29, 2017 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Do you find yourself always feeling guilty and criticizing yourself about something you ate? Whether it’s after Thanksgiving dinner, post get together with friends, or after an 8 pm cookie binge, we constantly feel guilty about what we’re eating....
Oct 31, 2017 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Exactly 14 years ago I sat down across from the woman who would end up being my therapist. Almost before she had a chance to greet me, I desperately asked her: “How long will it take to feel normal around food? How long until I stop binging and...
Oct 3, 2017 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC When you’re obsessed with controlling your food intake, body size, and the number on the scale, the concept of “eating what you want” sounds foreign, frightening, and...
