I DON'T DIET ANYMORE, BUT I HAVE TAKEN AWAY SOME GEMSTONES FROM MY YEARS OF CHRONIC DIETING AND I'M PUTTING THEM TO GOOD USE IN MY WORLD OF FOOD FREEDOM.

I'm finding the silver lining through my years of toiling with an unhealthy relationship with food and hating myself lean. I spent too many years of my life living in fear and scarcity around food rules. I self-destructed after living a life of food restrictions such as forbidding carbs, demonizing sugar, and repelling processed foods. I was a meticulous macro counter who spent a lifetime hating my body at all shapes and sizes thinking happiness was another 5 lbs leaner.

After making peace with food and healing my relationship with my body image, I can honestly say that there was some good in all of this. Hear more about my story HERE.

Not only in the fact that I found out that a life of "only clean eating" and living a meticulous "fitspo life" was NOT the life that made me happy. Rather, it was the realization that my worth didn't...

WHAT DO YOU EAT ON VACATIONS/WEEKENDS AWAY? ⁣

I just came back from a STELLAR weekend away with the hubs and it was so magical. 🥰⁣

Something hit me as we were driving up and stopping at a restaurant to grab some breakfast before hitting the Northern Michigan Treetops Golf Course.⁣

“What sounds good for breakfast?” I asked myself. 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘴, I Immediately answered back. ⁣

⁣Whoa... WTF...

That decision was lightning fast and it felt right. Even if I would've gone with the pancakes and fried egg breakfast, I just knew that wouldn't sit well on a hot summer day playing golf outside. But I wasn't as concerned with what I was eating as I was to how this meal was going to make me feel.

I can remember a time when I only wanted “bad” foods on vacation because that was the only time I 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 myself to have them. ⁣

Does this sound familiar?

I FEEL you, friend.

And you know what? Having anxiety over what you eat on vacation is a time-wasting, mental-manipulat...

This is the only "dieting tool" you'll ever need. Instead of relying on meal plans and the time on the clock, try using your hunger to tell you whether you need more food or not. 

The Hunger/Fullness Scale is a great tool to have in your toolbox! It brings back your Intuitive sense of trust to find satisfaction in a meal again. 

But because of our very loud diet culture and decades of ignoring our body's signals. they can sometimes be hard to hear. 

Think of your Hunger Scale as a personal code only you can unlock. It's hard to create a one-size-fits-all scale because everyone has different signals. These indicators tell you whether you need to eat more, less, or if you are satisfied. They are also measured by physical symptoms of hunger or fullness like dizziness, fogginess, and having trouble breathing when you've eaten too much. If you have a hard time deciphering between your hunger signals, you’re not alone. Most people who have lost these signals within themselves have been...

I said what I said...

Listen up for a hard truth bomb.

You may not think you have disordered eating patterns, but they include things like:

• Binge/over eating one day/meal then restricting the next and continuing the cycle.
• Purposefully under-eating/overeating with severe anxiety around your next meal or snack.
• Eating more or less for punishment for what you ate the day/meal before.
• Ignoring and disowning your body's signals when it tells you it needs more/less food.
• Fearing certain foods like carbs, sugars or fats.
• Frequent dieting, hopping from one nutrition plan to the next because they aren't working fast enough.
• Chronic weight fluctuations based on your current eating habits.
• Battered body image.
• Never feeling good enough around your body or food.
• In constant comparison mode to the bodies of others
• Focusing on the scale rather than the feelings you're experiencing.
• Thinking self-confidence and happiness are in losing weight.
• Exercising only for the number on
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