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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

5 Keystone Habits For Automatic No-Diet Weight Loss

Keystone means these actions are immediately beneficial and holistically create more significant shifts in your life. They provide the structure to move through your day, enabling you to enact healthy weight behaviors without the burden of micro-managing your food.

by Rebecca Thomas — Sep 06, 2024 accountability cook! healthy living keystone habits mindset real food salad weight loss

Be a gatherer–not an accumulator.

A mindset for navigating unconscious consumption. I'm nuts about fresh figs in a borderline unhealthy way. I'll buy them in a pinch, but I enjoy finding an untended fig tree that casually drapes just so over a property line. And let me tell you, my neighborhood has several. I start the countdow...

by Rebecca Thomas — Aug 23, 2024 figs healthy living hunter-gatherer mindset sugar

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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?