not another diet - the newsletter
A premium newsletter answering the question: how do I live well, delight in food, and still have a healthy weight?
What if your body's right? 🍎
What if you already know?
These were my thoughts when I read about Ozempic face or the volumes of loose skin people are contending with after rapid weight loss.
Of course, the answer is surgery, fillers, and products. The fix for the fix.
From my view, it feels brutal. Bodies respond to ultra-pr...
Sep 05, 2025
calories
food processing
real food
reduce sugar
weight gain
what to eat
Does Sugar Cause Weight Gain?
Yes, given the way it's consumed in the Western world. We eat it nearly constantly as added sugars and treats with most meals, which keeps our bodies in overdrive.
Learning how and when to consume sugar is central to ending chronic weight gain.
The issue is less about being a person who craves s...
Aug 29, 2025
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refined carbs
sugar
sugar consumption
treat culture
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My favorite reads of the week 🍎
Summer is winding down, bike rides are plentiful, and I can't stop eating figs from a tree in my neighborhood.
Not to project too much equanimity, I read the news after all. Still, I love picnics on warm nights, tomatoes that taste like tomatoes, and sunsets at 8p.
Now is a good time to be still...
Aug 22, 2025
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real food
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weight gain
what to eat
Do I have to banish bread, rice, and pasta to have a healthy weight?
If you've gone back and forth about bread, rice, and pasta because of conflicting advice, this one's for you. There is a whole other way to think about and incorporate refined grains into your life without the attendant weight struggles.
Instead of evaluating a food based on macros or calories, l...
Aug 15, 2025
bread
french
italians
japanese
koreans
life lessons
pasta
refined carbs
rice
treat culture
ultra-processed
weight loss
How do I buy in bulk without sabotaging myself?
Lessons from 15 years of weight mastery.
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 metabolis...
Aug 08, 2025
fast food
life lessons
treat culture
ultra-processed
weight loss
Think you're doing everything right (and can't lose weight)? So did I.
I spent years thinking I was doing 'everything right.'
I was reasonably active, ate salads, hiked, and cooked at home most nights. It was hard to see what was so different when I looked at other people's lives.
And yet, year after year, I continued to gain weight. About 2-5 pounds a year. One tou...
Aug 01, 2025
fast food
life lessons
treat culture
ultra-processed
weight loss
My favorite reads of the week 🍎
I've just wrapped up the Spring Cohort of the program just in time for a sweaty, hot summer. The heat is a reminder to slow down, eat lots of produce, and never forget the bug juice.
The end of a coaching stretch is always bittersweet. I get to delve into the big 'whys' that keep people from enac...
Jul 18, 2025
calories
food processing
real food
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weight gain
what to eat
Member question: How do you get other people in your household to stop bringing home junk?
A member of the sugar course wrote to me about how to create household change.
This is such an important issue because it speaks directly to understanding ourselves in a way that allows for genuine progress. All the good intentions in the world won't help you if you're called to the pastries on ...
Jul 11, 2025
diets
food processing
how to live
real food
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weight gain
what to eat
Even dieticians don't get it.
You know why it was so hard to lose weight for twenty-plus years?
My slow metabolism I needed solid information about food.
What foods make it simple to have a healthy weight?
What am I eating that my body has to store?
How can I have sweets without bingeing?
People have been eating since ...
Jul 04, 2025
calories
food processing
real food
reduce sugar
weight gain
what to eat
No-cook, no-recipe cabbage is minimal work for maximum deliciousness 🥬
Make it in under 15 minutes using ingredients you already have–now there's a veggie in the fridge ready to use in all kinds of meals.
IKYK, you need to eat more veggies, but who wants to come home and prep after a long day? Even I, your healthy pal, am often too tired to start chopping at 6 p.m....
Jun 20, 2025
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My favorite reads of the week 🍎
This is what I found illuminating 💡 in my ongoing exploration of food, weight, life satisfaction, and body comfort.
I think of what I do as holistic, but that word has been co-opted by companies that never address the full life circumstances that keep us stuck in unhealthy behaviors.
In wellness...
Jun 13, 2025
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What's Wrong With Tator Tots?
Food processing we barely think about, but should.
My Dad and I went to brunch last Sunday. Not something I do a lot because brunch is generally a hot mess of sugar and alcohol. I knew I'd skip the highly processed items like waffles or pancakes and opt for an omelet.
That's from two long-standi...
Jun 06, 2025
diets
food processing
how to live
real food
reduce sugar
weight gain
what to eat