Mar 18, 2021 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
If you struggle with grazing and feeling like you can’t stop snacking all day, then this is for you! I’m sharing five tips to help you find your balance with snacking. PS–Explore the Break Free from Emotional Eating challenge if you need more...
Feb 17, 2021 | Body Beliefs, Featured, Freedom From Dieting, Holistic Weight Loss
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC When we have a tough time accepting our current weight, it can make us want to diet again. (Why? Because diets promise quick fixes and even if we know they don’t work, it’s still...
Feb 9, 2021 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Podcast
So what does it actually look like to NOT turn to food when we’re upset? I’m diving into a real life play by play of feeling emotions instead of eating in today’s podcast. These last few days, I’ve felt a ton of emotions I don’t want to...
Jan 25, 2021 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Ahhh weekend eating. The time of the week where we can let our guards down, relax our eating a bit and… …feel out of control, overeat, then want to start over Monday. I used to try REALLY hard to eat “perfectly” Monday through Friday and then...
Dec 8, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Often times when we swear off dieting, we get stuck in the “screw it, I’ll eat what I want” mentality. We are done with points, counting, restriction and dieting, but haven’t yet gotten into the balance and freedom we so desperately crave. This...
Nov 24, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Podcast
Oh the frustrations and angst on this path can be challenging. I wanted to give up approximately 4,678 times during my own journey. I am so so so glad I didn’t. Why? Because this IS the path that gives you want you truly want: freedom. In honor of the 100th...
Nov 3, 2020 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
We all get those urges where we just have to have the candy/dessert/(insert food we want)–but how should we actually deal with cravings? Do we ignore them? Try to make them go away? Give in? I’ve had quite a few cravings lately (Halloween candy, feeling...
Oct 27, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
You know that anxious feeling you get when you have a weekend away, a dinner party or some other event with a lot of food? (It can trigger anxiety and fear, which keeps us stuck and not able to deal with food anxiety!) It could be stress that you’ll eat too...
Oct 6, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting, Podcast
Why do we struggle with intuitive eating? Women often come to me and tell me they just can’t “get it”. They stumble upon Intuitive Eating (or what I call “Normal” Eating–more on that in the podcast!)… …think they...
Sep 8, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting
What’s the biggest source of anxiety and angst on this path? Feeling obsessed with food. Feeling like every moment of every day is spent planning, counting, scheming, and dreaming of what you can/can’t eat next or feeling like you can’t stop thinking...
Aug 25, 2020 | Freedom From Dieting
Do you find yourself saying “oh man, I blew it, I may as well finish the [insert delicious dessert here] and start over tomorrow?” I said this probably 7 times a day when I was trying to stop dieting and binging! Here’s how to shift out of the...
Aug 17, 2020 | Body Beliefs, Freedom From Dieting
Do thoughts of weight loss dominate your thinking? Do you want to lose weight more than anything? Almost every single woman I work with tells me the same thing… I just can’t be happy with myself until I lose the weight I’ve gained. I feel so disgusting in my body and...