Eating to Lose Weight – the Problem with always Finishing your Food

From a young age a lot of people are taught to finish all the food on their plate. While I appreciate the sentiment there’s a lot of problems with this. If you’re like me and you fill your plate when you’re super hungry, you’ll likely eat up eating way more than you need to feel satisfied. A lot of us …

Can you target fat loss?

Is it actually possible to target what parts of your body lose fat? Belly fat, that wonderful stuff that shows up when you sit down, bend over, or.. wear pants. So many people are self conscious about their stomachs! I think it’s important to know that despite being fit, active and eating pretty darn healthy, you can in fact have …

Take a Pause

Over the last 3 years, “pausing” has come up a lot with clients who struggle with overeating, emotional eating, feeling guilty about food, & food rules. As someone who has struggled with these, I know that it can be easy to feel “out of control” or that you just don’t have enough discipline. If you relate, I want you to try this: Pause. Get into …

5 Habits to Break

Working 1:1 with women has taught me a few things over the years- like the most common ways we hold ourselves back. I’m here to share what I’ve found and offer ways to break these top 5 bad habits. Setting Unrealistic Goals I used to do this all the time! I would bite off more than I (or literally anyone) …

Intuitive Eating: Where to Begin

Disclaimer: Intuitive eating is not a diet for weight loss. It’s a lifestyle that shifts your mindset with food to eat more in tune with your body. If you feel a little lost when it comes to listening to hunger cues and tend to overeat, this might be for you! Intuitive eating sounds like it should be simple: You listen …

Comparison is the Biggest Thief of Joy… & Progress!

Today I want to talk about progress. When we think of our fitness goals, we usually get caught up in all the ways we track progress: photos, measurements, scale, strength gains, endurance gains. But the thing that trips us up most in acknowledging our own progress: Comparison  We tend to get caught up in other people’s progress on social media. …

Eating & Traveling While on a Cut

Traveling and being on a cut is definitely more challenging than being on a cut at home. My calories don’t go as far because I don’t know what goes into every recipe or how food is prepared. I have to overestimate calories and work out first thing in the morning so we can work vs training mid day like normal …

How many calories do you eat?

Honestly, it varies. The thing I love about intuitive eating, is that I get to honour my body’s hunger levels. This means some days I eat 3000 calories, other days I eat 1500. When I focused on macros alone, I personally found I disregarded my hunger levels and focused only on the numbers – fats, carbs, protein.  In some ways …

Avoiding Hunger while Dieting

278 CALS (529 grams of food) vs. 192 CALS (207 grams of food). Dieting/cutting back doesn’t mean being hungry all the time. I’ve eaten the left meal plenty of times before and generally within 30 minutes i’m hungry again. So, instead of setting myself to seek out more food within the hour, I prefer to increase the volume of my …

I thought I’d have Abs in 12 weeks

When I first started working out I thought i’d have abs in 12 weeks. Why? Because I saw an amazing mom complete 12 weeks of BBG and end up with abs! I did 3 rounds of BBG and never had abs like hers. It isn’t that I skipped workouts, didn’t work hard or ate crap. I actually never missed a …

Should you weigh your food?

You absolutely do not have to weigh your food to get results. In fact, unless I’m specifically working towards something, I eyeball my portion sizes based on what I know from tracking macros for so long. It’s also super important to consider on your relationship with food before you start weighing things. If you struggle with a healthy body image …