Food Quality, Not Quantity, is Key to Health
As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, I teach my clients the mindset shift that’s key to building sustainable habits in the kitchen and lifestyle. The mindset shift is this:
When we focus on making choices based on food quality rather than calories and how we want to feel (e.g. greater energy, better mood, regular digestion) rather than a fear of gaining weight, we unlock the true secret to sustaining good habits and subsequently, our health.
Weight loss results from a recent year-long study support this mindset shift. To learn more about the study results, how they apply to our own daily habits, and more healthy mindset tips, read my full article here.
“For lasting habits, make choices for quality over calories and to feel good over fear of gaining weight.”
As a Behavioral Food Therapist, there are a variety of reasons clients choose to partner with me on their healing journey. While they might initially be attracted to the idea of "perfecting" their diet, deep down they know the solution to their mindless eating habits, weight concerns, food anxiety, low energy, or self-doubt is multi-faceted. They might not be able to articulate it at first, but their gut instinct tells them it's not just "what" they eat that deserves attention, but also "how" they interact with food and with themSELVES.
In witnessing a dear friend go through difficult times, I've been reminded that our greatest strength – our courage – comes from our willingness to be seen; to see ourselves and to allow others we trust to see us.
This rustic, free-form tart is easily one of my favorite desserts to bake. If you don't like the fuss of baking projects, or even if you do, but you also appreciate simple elegance to highlight the best of the season's fruit, then this is your recipe.
Why is it important to address tricky food habits? Because they keep us stuck and make us feel bad on many levels. And there are techniques and mindsets we can adopt to free up mental and emotional bandwidth, find ease in our food life, and have more energy for what really matters.
There's a strong connection between racism, diet culture, and body discrimination. Diet culture is rooted in the ideal that thin bodies are better; that thin promises health, love, and acceptance. Diet culture does not tolerate the inherent and healthy diversity of body shapes and sizes in the human race. But science shows there are healthy people in large bodies and unhealthy people in small bodies.
Intuitive Eating is a powerful evidence-based and weight-inclusive approach to health I use to help my clients cultivate a healthy relationship to food and body. The framework supports those wanting to make more mindful, intentional food and self-care choices as well as those looking to address emotional eating, bingeing, restriction, yo-yo dieting and other forms of disordered eating.
My clients reach out to me because they’re unhappy in their food life. They’re using food to deal with emotions, they feel stressed and guilty about their food choices and body, and they’re exhausted from trying to stick to a healthy diet. They want support learning how to live joyfully, feel at ease around food, and regain trust in their bodies and decision making. This is 100% possible. But in order to get there, I help them understand that…..