Apr 4, 2023 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Holistic Weight Loss, Podcast
When we swear off signing up for any program that promises weight loss (aka not dieting and eating normally), we try to banish the weight loss topic from our minds. But if you’re not dieting, how do you lose weight? That question often looms in the back of our...
Mar 13, 2023 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
This is the million dollar question in our day to day lives: should you eat what you want or follow a rule? You may think I’m a big advocate of “eat what you want, screw the rules!” but it’s not quiiiiiite as simple as that đ Because food is...
Feb 27, 2023 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
I turn 40 today and for some birthday reflection this is part two of the “Decade of Reflection: 40 lessons learned at 40” blog post series. đ Part one is here. Part two is below. (If you prefer the âextendedâ version thatâs more in depth, check out the...
Jan 17, 2023 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Have you ever had a really solid day around food, you’re feeling positive and then BAM…it all falls apart in the evening? I call it the witching hour. (Witching hour=the time after work (5pm ish) and before bed) How does one actually fill the time between...
Nov 10, 2022 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
It’s the crave-y-wanting-of-sweets that we sometimes can’t shake: “I have a bad sweet tooth and all I want to do is eat!” I was chatting with one of my friends earlier this week and I said this exact thing to her. The last week or so I’ve...
Jun 7, 2022 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Holistic Weight Loss, Podcast
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC If youâve been in the diet world for any length of time, you know how frustrating the weight battle can be. But what if weâre believing the wrong things about weight loss? After...
May 5, 2022 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
Last night, a close friend and I were talking about “failures”. Namely, our business ventures that flopped big time and how no one seems to talk about them. You hear of the “big wins” in the media–how someone went from a side hustle to...
Apr 13, 2022 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Women often say to me (sometimes ashamed and embarrassed)… “I’ve gained weight and I feel like a failure”. In some form, I hear these words frequently. I thought these same words thousands of times in my journey. “Everyone must think...
Feb 23, 2022 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
It’s easy to be confused over the right way to eat. There are approximately 3,456,878 articles on google talking about what’s “good”, what you’re “supposed” to eat/not eat, and research supporting each claim. (And every one...
Jan 26, 2022 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Holistic Weight Loss
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC “What if I gain weight?” Whether youâre new to learning how to eat normally or have been on this path for years, inevitably the fear will arise: what if I gain weight?...
Jan 18, 2022 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
When we are trying to let go of dieting and be more “normal” around food, it can be verrrrry challenging to know when to stop eating. Are you supposed to listen to your body? Measure or count something? Get specific portions? When we’re left with...
Oct 10, 2021 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Nourishment and Self Care
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC “Eating is the only thing I enjoy!” I used to think that food was the only thing I could depend on. It was my go-to coping mechanism when I had to deal with anything. A...
