“I felt guilty for wanting to eat veggies”, admitted one of my former clients. See, she had been through Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, recovered from it successfully, and was now ready to start eating a little more mindfully. She wanted to add a little more vegetables on her plate and reduce the amount of high calorie foods … Read more
It’s okay to change your mind when it comes to anything, including health and fitness. It has happened to me many times over the last 15 years. I’ve changed my mind several times. Whenever we are on our journey, we see things from OUR perspective, through OUR lens, which is all normal and expected. What … Read more
I ate a lot of food yesterday. If I had to guess, maybe close to 3000 calories? I don’t know. Here’s what I’m going to do about it… I was already hungrier than usual for breakfast, so I ate much more than usual. Way more. Eggs, salmon and a homemade protein muffin with peanut butter. … Read more
Do you ever wonder why you’re so constipated, have pain, gas and other discomfort in your stomach? The reason may be very simple: You’re not eating enough food. This is not what most of us want to eat when we have these problems. We’re hoping that maybe there’s another solution to this, because we don’t … Read more
Do you think that your food fears are so bad that you’ll never be able to eat normally again? I have good news for you.. You’re wrong. You absolutely can eat those foods, even though you may think that your food obsession is so bad that it’s virtually impossible. I thought the same thing about … Read more
Do you think that you’re eating healthy but are actually… really obsessed with food? Are You Following Someone Else’s Diet Rules? Sometimes we follow random diet rules just blindly, without knowing if they even work for us. We’ve seen on social media how other people eat, or gotten a meal plan from a coach, and … Read more
Yes, that’s right — as much as I like the idea of intuitive eating, hearing JUST EAT INTUITIVELY can mean absolutely nothing to someone with an eating disorder or other food obsession. Why Just Eat Intuitively Is BS Advice We hear it all the time: Just eat intuitively, listen to your body and see what … Read more
Food & workout obsession, which usually also means under eating, doesn’t come without price. It’s expensive in many ways. Here’s what our “perfect eating” and “perfect training” actually cost us, when taken too far… Food Obsession & Over Exercise Cost #1: Time The time we spend planning and worrying about food, tracking, measuring food, then … Read more
Here’s how my “healthy” eating habits ruined what could have been one of the best vacations in my life… Watch the video below to see what happened, or keep reading. I hope you read this and realize that food is not everything, and we shouldn’t give it as much power as we tend to! … Read more
Do you have food fears and obsessions? Things like… Every single one of my meals has to be planned. I have to know exactly where we’re going to eat. I’m going to run to the grocery store even in the middle of the night if I’m running out of my “safe” foods. My lunch is … Read more
How do I lose weight after I’ve recovered from hypothalamic amenorrhea?? … is one of the most asked question about under eating/HA recovery so let’s talk about it. If you ever asked this question, here are the things that you need to keep in mind: 1️⃣Getting your period or getting rid of some symptoms related … Read more
“I WISH I COULD EAT CARBS TOO!!” Have you ever said that? Or instead of *carbs*, have you said *bread*, *chocolate*, *peanut butter*, or anything else that is the thing that you want to eat but for some reason, think that you can’t? If you have said that, challenge yourself and ask why do you … Read more