When you are in Eating Disorder Recovery, eating tasty foods that satisfy you is one of the best ways to make peace with food. This recipe for Refried Bean Tacos is one that is sure to please everyone at the dinner table! It is simple to make and for those wanting a little more spice, note the optional chopped green chilies that can be added to the meal. Refried Bean Tacos … [Read more...] about Recipe for Recovery: Refried Bean Tacos
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Meal Plan Ideas to Help You Start Intuitive Eating
When I meet a client recovering from chronic dieting who wants to learn about and practice intuitive eating, they are usually weary of strict rules and guidelines but fearful of NO structure whatsoever. Most people tell me that they have followed various food rules for so long, their brain feels inundated with contradictory, confusing nutrition information – and that even trying to practice … [Read more...] about Meal Plan Ideas to Help You Start Intuitive Eating
What Does Hunger Feel Like?
How did eating get so complicated? Imagine the sound of a crying newborn baby. That baby knows when he’s hungry and makes sure to let his caregivers know very loudly! By the time we are adults, many of us have difficulty sensing when our bodies feel hungry for a wide variety of reasons. Today I will explore some of the challenges to being able to sense, and respond to our body’s biological … [Read more...] about What Does Hunger Feel Like?
Align Your Values and Just Say No to Diet Culture…
Here are some frightening weight loss stats for you to think about… Did you know that 45 percent of the entire United States population listed weight loss as one of their New Year resolutions in 2018? And that by February, 80 percent of these resolutions had failed? Yet, each New Year rings in with commercials and ads for the latest and greatest weight loss programs, products and … [Read more...] about Align Your Values and Just Say No to Diet Culture…
Reassess Your Values in the New Year to Make Peace with Food
Here are some frightening weight loss stats for you to think about… Did you know that 45 percent of the entire United States population listed weight loss as one of their New Year resolutions in 2018? And that by February, 80 percent of these resolutions had failed? Yet, each New Year rings in with commercials and ads for the latest and greatest weight loss programs, products and … [Read more...] about Reassess Your Values in the New Year to Make Peace with Food
Three Tips for Enjoying Birthday Food (or any special occasion) WITHOUT GUILT!
You know what today is? It’s my Birthday! And I fully intend to have my cake and EAT IT TOO!! When we restrict and deprive ourselves of foods we love, we tend to fixate and obsess over them more than ever! And when we do allow ourselves even a taste of that food, we go crazy, eat tons of it and feel guilty! This is a sad way to move through life, yet many of the people I work with can’t … [Read more...] about Three Tips for Enjoying Birthday Food (or any special occasion) WITHOUT GUILT!