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?
Member question: do I have to give up grains to stop gaining weight?
Here's the whole question.
After eating “mostly paleo-ish” for 5+ years, I started trying to consume more grains (a variety of whole grains like sprouted wheat, buckwheat, oats, millet, farro, etc, using these in stews/soups, homemade bread & granola).
While my LDL has improved (the main reas...
Jan 17, 2025
bread
food processing
grains
moderate processing
weight gain
What's WHOLE or Unprocessed?
As with most categories, marketing has skewed our thoughts about whole or unprocessed foods.
That's made spotting them harder, but I'm here to help. I spend an enormous amount of time trying to simplify a complex, hazy, and unreliable food system so that you can have what I have–food freedom.
Foo...
Jan 10, 2025
food processing
health
inflammation
pasta
poor diet
rice
Good questions (not edicts) reveal our best selves.
The issue isn't how to improve yourself but becoming more aware of what's affecting you. That awareness creates alignment between your behavior and desired outcomes.
I understand change as a beautiful, honest, and profoundly self-compassionate process that begins with good questions.
Here are th...
Dec 27, 2024
reflection
self-awareness
willpower
What's HEALTHY food processing?
It exists! Heritage foods are integral to a real food diet. They provide flavor and low-glycemic eating.
Heritage foods have a long tradition in culture. They have been made by hand for hundreds if not thousands of years, and the process used to manufacture them results in a more nutritious produ...
Dec 20, 2024
food processing
health
inflammation
pasta
poor diet
rice
Pasta, rice, and cold-pressed juice.
What do they have in common?
They're all moderately processed, which means they undergo enough processing to be problematic for weight. However, with the right strategies, they can be included in a healthy weight diet–in limited amounts.
Let's dive in. Video three is live and less than 10 minutes...
Dec 13, 2024
food processing
health
inflammation
pasta
poor diet
rice
Are you eating these sneaky foods?
This is the food that fuels dieting. It looks (kind of) normal but works against satiety and hunger-calming.
Let's dive in. Video three is live and less than 10 minutes.
WATCH NOW
A quick note: I'm sorry for missing last week. Work and life subsumed me, but I'm back at it and will make up for ...
Dec 06, 2024
health
inflammation
poor diet
processing
This is What You're Eating.
And, it's disrupting your hunger, satiety, and metabolism.
Come with me to the grocery store. Video two is live and less than 15 minutes.asd
Watch Lesson 2
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Two facts to shift your thinking: ultra-processed foods make up 57% of the American diet, and people w...
Nov 09, 2024
health
inflammation
poor diet
Are You Chronically Inflamed?
This issue is bigger than outsized hunger.
Inflammation is a hot topic, but once again, social media (and most health coaches) miss the mark.
Before we dive into Lesson 2 on food processing, I'd like to take a slight detour into chronic inflammation. It's a hot topic, and that's a good thing. Chr...
Nov 01, 2024
health
inflammation
poor diet
We're the Frogs.
Lesson One
This video is 15 minutes long.
How I came to this framework.
Are you weight toggling?
Letting go of the almighty calorie.
The value of a simple ethos in food selection.
What this framework can do for you.
Wheat! I'll show you the five categories(whole, heritage, moderately processed,...
Oct 25, 2024
food
food processing
healthy weight
ultra-processed food
weight loss
Your body is just fine–it's food that's changed.
This is the most radical thing I've done since founding—not another diet. I'm giving away one of my most valuable tools, which took me over a decade to develop.
TLDR: If you're a free subscriber, you'll get the food processing lessons by email for free (limited availability after that). If you're...
by Rebecca Thomas —
Oct 18, 2024
food
food processing
healthy weight
ultra-processed food
weight loss
I mean, can this work?
A reader asked, "I keep coming across ads for this brand of supplements and can't help but wonder what your thoughts are."
Well, here they are.
But first! I've made today's premium newsletter free to everyone. Please consider joining as a paid member. It's $12 a month for the information and per...
by Rebecca Thomas —
Oct 04, 2024
cook!
dubious claims
healthy living
mindset
overeating
real food
sugar
weight gain
weight loss
I Gained 4.5 Pounds This Summer!
Here's how I'm handling it.
I had a staycation sort of summer. There was loads of bike riding, fig-picking, pizza parties, splashing in the river, late dinners, pastry for lunch, tacos after mountain biking, and other assorted activities, often back-to-back.
I threw caution to the wind because s...
Sep 20, 2024
accountability
cook!
healthy living
mindset
overeating
real food
weight gain
weight loss