Nov 18, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Nourishment and Self Care
Cleansing is everywhere these days! Tune into any podcast, blog or social media outlet and you’ll hear claims about the benefits of juicing, fasting, and detoxifying. But is cleansing right for you? Is it something that will benefit you in your health journey? A...
Nov 10, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
We’re inundated these days with the latest fad diets, the top tips for keeping weight off, and the “fastest” way to lose 5 pounds in 7 days. And yet at no other time in our society have we struggled more to keep our weight off. We are a culture obsessed with being...
Oct 27, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
So often in our weight struggles, we’re going to battle with food. We think we love food and convince ourselves that this food obsession is our biggest problem…that we just love Reese’s Cups, brownies, and ice cream waaaaay too much. We...
Sep 23, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
I know we get “proper” nutrition drilled into our heads at a very young age. Carrots are good for you. Donuts are not. Kale is healthy. Doritos are not. Tomatoes are chock full of vitamins. Double stuffed Oreos are not. And then when we are old enough to...
Sep 8, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
You know the person I’m talking about…the one who can go away on a vacation and come back the same size, the one who passes on the 2nd piece of cake, and the one who can say “no thanks, I don’t want a cookie right now”. Most likely, this...
Jul 20, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
For a good twelve years of my life, I was obsessively consumed with food. I had this unhealthy relationship with my body and my eating. I simultaneously loathed myself and desperately desired to be skinnier, while also compulsively binging until I couldn’t move. For...
Jul 6, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
We’ve been taught to think that counting calories is a great way to lose weight, keep our size stable, and prevent us from having serious muffin top. But, counting calories just ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s why counting calories...
Jun 23, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC A healthy, nutritious salad chock full of vegetable goodness and grilled chicken vs. a decadent, just out of the oven, warm brownie with ice cream on top…. Which would...
Jun 3, 2015 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating, Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
Here it is…the whole enchilada, the entire kit ‘n kaboodle. This is a compilation of every blog post ever written. Exactly 58 ways to help you find freedom around food, feel at ease in your body, and be at peace in your eating. Happy reading! (Want a...
Feb 11, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
When you’re struggling with food or battling your weight, it’s easy to self-sabotage. With constant self-criticism, berating our bodies, and punishing ourselves for things we did/didn’t do, we often become our own worst enemies. The things we are...
Jan 28, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Nourishment and Self Care
Throughout the years I struggled with food, battled my weight, and hated my body, books became my lifeline. I devoured anything related to helping me not feel like a crazy person around food. My sister still makes fun of my ridiculous (read: excessive) collection of...
Jan 14, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
The world of weight loss is insanely confusing. If you google “the key to lasting weight loss”, there are about 1001 different solutions that come up. All the experts say different things: cut out carbs, don’t eat anything processed, use ideal combinations of food,...
