Stay active and fit during the summer with these healthy summer habits. Enjoy outdoor activities and keep up with your fitness goals for an energizing season.
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It’s time to feel confident in the kitchen! Take control of your health and lifestyle with this beginner's guide to meal prepping. Learn how to be successful from planning to execution of your tasty and nutritious meal prep.
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Emotional eating is deeply rooted in the intricate link between our emotions and the act of eating. It often involves seeking comfort or distraction through food when experiencing various emotional states.
Certain foods, particularly those high in sugar, fat, and salt, can activate the brain's reward centers, providing a temporary mood boost.
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So, you're thinking about joining our Hawaii wellness retreat but have some concerns holding you back? No worries, we totally get it! We want to make sure you have all the info you need to make an informed decision and feel super excited about this amazing opportunity. Buckle up and let's dive into your concerns, one by one!
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Food guilt is a common feeling experienced by many individuals, especially those who are trying to maintain a healthy diet or lose weight. However, it's essential to understand that food is not inherently good or bad, and eating should not be a source of guilt or shame.
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Have you been considering using a weight loss drug in an attempt to lose some stubborn weight? Losing weight can be an incredibly difficult journey, and I see so many turning to new weight loss medications as a solution. That’s why I wanted to write this article to properly define what weight loss drugs are, how they work inside our bodies and address the potential side effects that are not often discussed.
Many people turn to medications like Ozempic and other weight loss drugs to try and make the process of losing weight easier, but do they really work? What are the risks of these medications, and are you able to maintain weight loss once you stop taking them?
Food obsessions can be defined as thoughts about food that make you anxious or preoccupied. These thoughts can range in intensity from occasional to constant, but they all make it difficult for someone with an eating disorder to enjoy life without being scared of what their next thought might be.
Guilt is when you feel remorseful or regretful over something you have done or failed to do. It’s a feeling of inadequacy or failure. The guilt we experience around food is usually related to things like dieting, not trusting our body to know how much it needs to eat, restricting calories, overeating one day and then restricting the next day because we feel guilty about the first day’s overeating. We feel guilty about what we eat because we've been told that certain foods are bad or unhealthy.
And we experience anxiety around food because it's out of our control- we never know how much will be on our plate and when it will come. The double edged sword is that being restrictive and not eating properly can actually worsen our anxiety over time due to inadequate nutrition.
Diet culture often makes us think that food is either good or bad, and if we choose the wrong food, we must suffer through guilt until we can make up for it with the next meal. Eating is framed as an act of self-control when it should be framed as an act of self-care.
It's time to start freeing yourself from the damaging messages of diet culture. Here are some steps you can take to start building a healthy relationship with food that’s based on nourishment, rather than deprivation and weight loss.
Are you constantly craving sweets? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to kick your sweet tooth? You're not alone!
Many of us struggle with wanting to indulge in sugary treats, and you are completely normal for feeling that way, but the key is to find a healthier, more natural way to do it.
Once you identify the reason for your cravings, it is important to find healthier ways to cope with them. You may want to reach for a healthy snack or something else that will satisfy your cravings without reaching for an unhealthy alternative.
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“Cheat days”—or cheat meals, if you prefer to think of them as a single meal—are often encouraged by people who want to lose weight, with the idea that it can help break an otherwise bad diet and allow your body to reset itself back to a normal, healthy weight.
If you’re trying to lose weight, the last thing you need are cheat days, and they may even be screwing over the progress you’re trying so hard to make. You may have heard that they’re essential if you’re trying to stick to your diet and avoid cravings. However, here’s why cheat days aren’t doing you any favors, and what you should do instead to help yourself achieve long-lasting, sustainable weight loss.
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Let’s unpack some of the exciting (and preliminary) new research about the link between gut health, mood, and stress. This week we’ll talk about your friendly resident gut microbes, probiotic foods, and supplements, as well as offer some simple recipes to keep your gut and taste buds happy.
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Imagine how much different your progress and outcome would be if you had a completely customized solution to your health struggles and goals?
The biggest thing is that we’re not JUST focusing on your goals inside the Fit for You Framework - we’re also being proactive about your roadblocks, barriers and self-sabotage on your path to success.
Let’s face it: if health, fitness, and mindset changes were easy to make, everyone would make them - and you wouldn’t be reading this article.
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“I don’t know how to fix my relationship with food and I have developed bad habits.
I want to lose weight, break free of this hold food has on me, and no longer have anxiety about food.
I’m carrying an extra 30 pounds and it’s not because I don’t know how to lead a healthy lifestyle, it’s because I have struggled with restricting then binge eating for so long and now have a broken relationship with food. I need to fix that before I can address my weight.”
Can you relate to any of these feelings? Feeling like you’re putting your life on hold because you feel so uncomfortable in your skin, or like food is just dominating your life?
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If you’re looking to include more plant-based proteins into your diet, supplementing with a high-quality plant-based protein powder can be an excellent way to do so.
With so many different brands out there, it can be hard to know which plant-based protein powder offers the best value and quality. Let’s explore the benefits of protein powder, how much to incorporate into your diet and some of the best brands available on the market. We’ll review which plant-based protein powders are best, how much protein you should be getting, how to get enough protein on a vegan diet, and talking about how to build muscle.
If you want to stop stress eating and regain control around food, try these following steps to help you change your perspective on how to handle stress.
Why Do I Stress Eat?
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