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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
If you’ve ever felt like you “failed” intuitive eating, this one’s for you.
It’s easy to fall in love with the promise: what if the solution to decades of dieting, emotional eating, or weight cycling was as simple as listening to your hunger and honoring your fullness?
No points, no macros, no w...
I’m back from ten days of gorging myself on paella, tapas, and Iberian ham (and not gaining even a pound). I know it sounds like a bougie statement of the obvious, but the noticeable absence of obesity in that country astounds me. Even the most rural towns have a patisserie on every block. I gue...
