Over the next few weeks, I'll outline how I approach day-to-day life differently now that I am no longer overweight. You'll get a look under the hood, as it were, of healthy weight living.
Like a BEFORE & AFTER–but your life.
While bodies vary in metabolism and calorie needs, the issue with modern obesity is environment. Specifically, our food environments. Diet culture says make good 'choices' no matter what you're being exposed to.
You can see where that's gotten us.
Before 1960, the obesity rate was less than 10%. That means the people who think their size is a biological dysfunction would've had no problem with their weight before the rise of highly processed foods.
Therefore, it makes sense to focus on behavior, rather than biology. How we shop, socialize, and self-soothe, among other things.
A reader wants to know how to eat healthfully while traveling. I have answers.
In the 15 years since my 55-pound loss, I've learned so much about how to be out in the world and have fun without going off the rails.
Hey Amanda, great question.
First, it might surprise you to know that I'm not a big meal prepper.
COOK! was born from my system of making real food on the fly. That means I keep a...
I make this chicken dish on repeat and never worry about the calories or the impact on my weight.
My food system is what gives me the confidence to make this dish and eat it attuned to my hunger. I can easily stop when I've had enough, confident that if I get hungry again, I can eat more.
This is what I mean by food freedom. Eating with pleasure, and free from a running calculator.
That's be...
1. Grinding wheat into flour changes how you absorb calories. 2. What about if it's whole wheat? 3. What about brown rice flour?4. My approach to eating flour-based foods.
There's an endless debate over the health of refined flour products.
Are they 'bad'? No.
Are they 'good'? Also, no.
I've watched umpteen influencers, dieticians, and nutritionists on the subject. Some were helpful, others h...
not another diet - the newsletter
Insights on food literacy and healthy weight management for midlife women.
I'm one of 4% who lost significant weight and kept it off past the ten-year mark.
I did it without apps, fasting schemes, calorie counting, or carb restriction.
In my newsletter I answer the question: How do I live well, delight in food, and still have a healthy weight?
