“I want to eat naturally and be able to stop when I’m not hungry anymore.”

Seems reasonable. The daily struggle to keep yourself from eating too much is a depressing affair. ...

In fact, they're quite harmful.

Goal weights are an invention of diet companies. They are an unnecessary ‘motivator’ and do more harm than good. The more acute the distance between you and some magical number, the higher the likelihood you’ll agree to a plan with a 90% failure rate.

Goal weights a...

It's not but you're approaching it with bad ideas.

Myopically focusing on calories, carbs, and steps makes it impossible to get somewhere better.

Weight loss isn’t simple so why do we keep treating it that way?
The short answer is that we’ve allowed diet companies to define the problem for us. That...

Your understanding of weight gain is incorrect and it’s trapping you in an endless struggle.

The way we understand weight is informed by diet culture.
I spend a considerable amount of time trying to communicate how wrong our societal ideas about weight gain are. The problem is that I’m up against an...

Understanding the limits of this approach for weight loss.

Intuitive eating has some good ideas but overlooks important realities crucial to your longterm success.

It’s likely in your search for a healthy weight without going on another diet you ran across intuitive eating. Maybe you even tried it...

5 Clear Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Your body is talking to you. It’s time to listen.

I teach people how to connect with their bodies to reclaim their health. What’s striking is how normalized feeling unwell is. We’re then suggested at every turn to hand this primal relationship over to app...

Yes, absolutely. Just make sure they have this one thing in abundance.

If all you know about fiber is that it makes going to the bathroom easier, you’re missing out on some important benefits that directly impact weight.

I lost fifty pounds over a decade ago without going on a diet. I ate mostly c...

Out-of-control hunger isn't a personal failing or faulty biology. It's a product of your total self-care.

The real question is, how are you caring for your hunger?

I can’t think of a single diet that doesn’t advise its adherents to suppress, disregard, or otherwise mishandle their hunger. The mess...