Jan 3, 2016 | Emotions and Eating, Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
When you’ve consumed a thousand holiday treats and feel awful about your body, the lure of “starting over” on January 1st entices us to make that infamous New Year’s resolution: “I’m going on a diet!” (or your version of dieting…cutting out carbs,...
Dec 8, 2015 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC Are you afraid of people judging your weight? One of the big things I hear from clients all the time is this: What if people think I’m fat and gained weight? What if I go home and...
Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I remember my obsessive affair with the scale. Every morning, I would hop on the scale to weigh myself. And every afternoon, I would weigh myself again after working out. If that number went up even a half a pound, it sent me into a self-induced panic. Irrational...
Jan 30, 2014 | Emotions and Eating, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
For so many women, the desire to exert strict control over our weight, body size, and food is all too common. We convince ourselves that reaching that magical number on the scale would allow us to finally have it all together. Or that eating “perfectly” and adhering...
Jan 16, 2014 | Emotions and Eating, Uncategorized
Last week’s blog discussed bringing awareness to all of the ways we use food to escape life’s uncomfortable feelings and situations. When we become mindful of how eating to ease stress, boredom, frustration, and anxiety can become a destructive habit in our...
Nov 19, 2013 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
For so many years, I equated achieving my ideal weight with achieving happiness. I believed they were synonymous. If I could just reach my perfect weight, hold on to it and never let it go, than I would finally be content. It was an endless struggle, because each time...