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Why Is Fiber Important?
Get all your fiber questions answered- What is it? How does your body use it? How much fiber is too much? What foods have fiber? And should you be counting net carbs?
What is Body Image?
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see, objectively, a body with all of its parts, ready to show up and provide you with movement, safety, and comfort? Or, do you pick apart specific areas, desiring to be ‘more toned’, ‘leaner’, or ‘smaller’?
Food Freedom For The Holidays
If you’re reading this, it means you are ready for CHANGE. You don’t want to feel the same food obsession and discomfort in your body that you have in previous years. You want a holiday season focused on connection with family and friends, enjoying food, and feeling great in your body. If that’s the case, keep reading!
Is Dairy Bad For You?
I love to bust myths about nutrition. When it comes to REAL DAIRY, there tends to be a lot of misinformation out there, I hope you find this blog helpful so you can be armed with education supported by research next time you come across content that claims one of these myths to be true.
5 Steps to Reject the Diet Mentality
From social media to trends to fad diets, we constantly (and unfairly) see and hear that dieting gives us value. Think about how you would feel without worrying about food, being scared of “failing” a diet, or without waiting the entire week for a ‘cheat day’.
How to Ditch the “Burn to Earn” Mindset
Diet culture sets us up for failure in our relationship with movement when the focus lies on calories in vs. calories out. It tells us that we need to “burn off” certain foods, or “earn” the opportunity to eat out at a favorite restaurant. Spoiler: guilt is not a sustainable motivator for incorporating exercise, and energy balance is much more complicated than calories in vs. out.
Moving Out of Diet Culture
Diet culture is tough to navigate, especially once you are aware of it – it’s everywhere! Here, we provide a set of tips on how to slowly move away from diet culture, create boundaries, find new communities, and prioritize your health to live your most authentic life (diet culture free!).
5 Meal Prep Tips to Take Your Food from Boring to Balanced
Meal prepping should be practical, but it should also be fun and appealing to your taste buds and your satisfaction cues. Keep reading for our top five tips to put the fun back in meal prepping, while saving time, too!
Set Point Theory: Explained!
Scientific research has shown that the average person’s set point range varies from about ten to twenty pounds. There is no magic wand that we can wave to determine this point, and there is no spell that can change it. Instead, this theory requires that we turn inwards, listening to our body and its natural cues.
The Scoop on Sleep
Diving into why sleep is a powerful pillar of its own in HSH’s five pillars of wellness: what really happens when we close our eyes, why it’s so important, how it affects our food choices and energy levels, and some simple tips for a better night’s rest.
Intuitive Eating Principle 1: Reject the Diet Mentality
One scroll through social media will show photos of bikini-clad women, celebrities endorsing skinny-teas, and videos claiming to know the “secret to losing weight, fast!” What we don’t see is the truth: women struggling with eating disorders, celebrities never using the products they’re being paid for, and the fact that intentional weight loss is not something our bodies understand. You did not fail the diet, the diet failed you!