Before I learned about mindful eating, food was never just food for me. I used to gobble down my meals incredibly fast, eat way more than I needed, and just keep eating until my plate was empty—no matter how full I felt. It was like I was in a race to finish everything on my plate, and honestly, for the longest time, I thought this was the normal way to eat. Like a lot of people, I first tried changing how I felt about food by dieting. But honestly, diets just didn’t work for me. They felt far too restricting, and I knew deep down that I couldn’t keep up with a diet for the rest of my life. I wanted to have a true healthy, happy relationship with food. Why Diets Didn’t Work for Me I’ve been on more diets than I can count. Seriously, I’ve tried just about every diet out there. I started my first diet when I was around 13 or 14 years old after my parents suggested I try the Atkins diet. That was my first time feeling like a total failure when it came to my health and weight. Dieting made me dislike so […]
I’ve learned a lot about emotional eating over the years. It’s something that I’ve come to realize will always be a part of my life in some way. It’s something that will always keep me on my toes. For me, one of the hardest parts about emotional eating was the feeling of powerlessness that I always felt. I didn’t feel like I had control over my emotions or any control around food. Which is why I’m sharing some of my emotional eating tips to take back your power. Just a reminder that these are tips that have work for me. At the end of the day, if you feel you need extra help to deal with emotional eating therapy is a fabulous tool that I highly recommend. But if you want some emotional eating tips that you can start implementing right away then keep reading! This post contains affiliate links #ads. See Disclosure for details. I receive a commission from Amazon purchases at no extra cost to you. Emotional Eating Tips To Take Back Your Power Sit With Your Negative Emotions For 5 Minutes For me, 9 times out of 10 if I’m feeling the urge to eat emotionally, it’s […]
So many of us have a negative mindset toward food. You might not even think you feel negatively toward food until you stop to think about it. Which I encourage you to do. Ask yourself these questions: Do you have a “cheat day”? Do you sometimes feel guilty after you eat something? Do you have foods that are off-limits? Do you overeat without realizing it? Do you use food as a reward? If you answered yes to any of the above then you might not have as great a relationship with food as you think. You might not think that there is anything wrong with having a cheat day but the issue lies in the mindset. Because when you think about it, cheating on anything isn’t exactly positive. And feeling guilty about eating something doesn’t project a positive relationship with food either. But our relationship with food doesn’t have to be that way. This post contains affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. Is Food The Enemy? Do you often feel like you’re at war with food? Or like there is no winning when it comes to eating? I completely understand. I used to feel like that […]
Healthy eating is easily the number one thing that most people struggle with and I am no exception. Even though I’ve reached my goal weight and live a fitness lifestyle, I still find healthy eating difficult. I’ve just accepted that it’s just something that doesn’t come naturally for me, and that’s okay! But it means I need to regularly work on my healthy eating habits to make sure I never get too far off track. Over the past year or so, I’ve worked hard to take control of my emotional eating and to develop better healthy eating habits. And while I’m far from perfect, the eating tips below have helped me lose a large amount of weight and keep it off. Now, just because there are 10 tips below does not mean that you need to do all of them at once. Try out one or two at a time before adding on others. You’ll build up your healthy eating habits over time. Remember that tiny changes add up to huge results! Eat from a smaller plate. Eating from a smaller plate is an age-old trick that works. I often eat from a side plate when I feel tempted to […]
This post contains affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. It’s only mid-August and I’m already getting excited about fall. Fall is my absolute favorite time of year! From the cooler weather to the pumpkin spice everything, I love it all. Seriously, people can make fun of pumpkin spice all they want but I think it’s awesome. One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to make lots of yummy fall plant-based treats for my family and friends. That’s partly why I up my fitness in the fall, I need to account for all the extra baking. So I’ve curated a collection of delicious plant-based treats perfect for any fall gathering or a cozy night in. Give them a try and tell me which is your favorite in the comments! My Favorite Fall Pant-Based Treats Pumpkin Recipes: Pumpkin Spice Blondies Pumpkin Pie Cups Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts Pumpkin Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust Pumpkin Cupcakes Chocolate: Double Chocolate Halloween Cheesecake Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Brownies Caramel Pumpkin Chocolate Bars Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles KitKat Bars Apple: Harvest Apple Crisp Apple Butter Cookies Apple Pie Crumb Bars Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars Apple Cake with Cinnamon Custard […]
This post contains Affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. Having dessert and then feeling guilty afterwards is the worst! So skip the guilt and make one of these delicious and healthy desserts instead! I’ve searched the web and found some of the best healthy desserts out there, and put them all in one convenient place. These dessert recipes are easy to make, filled with healthy ingredients and contain natural sugars. Good luck deciding which to make first! Healthy Desserts For Every Mood For the Love of Chocolate Chocolate Quinoa Crips (pictured above) Double Chocolate Chai Mousse Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Pie Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars Hidden Veggies Sweet Potato Pie Bars (pictured above) Zucchini Brownies Avocado Sweet Potato Brownie Bites Chocolate Chip Sweet Potato Muffins Butternut Squash Muffins Desserts with Fruit Healthy Key Lime Pie (pictured above) Healthy Mini Apple Pies Raspberry Lemon Loaf Baked Apples with Pecan Crumble Dessert Pizza with Blackberry Sauce Healthy Cool Treats Healthy Chocolate IceCream Coconut Strawberry Banana IceCream Lemon Raspberry Frozen Yogurt Frozen Yogurt Berry Bites Espresso Dark Chocolate Sorbet Lots of Nuts Chocolate Date Nut Bars Pecan Pie Bars Healthy Peanut Butter Cups White Chocolate Macadamia Nut […]
This post contains Affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. Emotional eating is a topic that is starting to become a little less taboo. More and more people are admitting to using food as a self-soothing tool. Or as a means to numb their emotions. I have done both many times. And while I’ve gotten much better, I admit that it is still something I have to continuously work on. Working on my emotional eating has been a game changer in my health journey. It’s changed my relationship with food and helped me to lose weight and keep it off. I honestly believe that addressing our deeper emotions and changing how we use food is so important to a healthy lifestyle. But emotional eating still happens. And when it does, it’s important to know ways to stop. Having tools are your disposal will make you feel more confident. Plus, they will help change the way you deal with food and emotions over time. Identify The Reason For The Binge The most important things to do is recognize that you are stuck in a food binge. This might sound easy to some people but part of bingeing behavior […]
This post contains affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. Losing weight is hard. Trust me, I get it. While I did eventually hit my weight loss goals, it took decades of trial and error. Which is why I’m trying to so hard to share all that I’ve learned through this blog so that other people can lose weight without it taking decades! Since I was a teenager (and prior to my weight loss), I would constantly gain and lose the same 20 pounds. It was infuriating! I could never understand why I would lose a tiny bit of weight and then it would simply halt. It felt like no matter what I did the weight would creep back on within a few weeks. And every time it was upsetting and demotivating. As a result, I would get so fed up that I would quit and go back to my old unhealthy habits. But eventually I learned what it was that I was doing that was stopping me from achieving my health goals. So now I’m sharing my errors with you! Read below to see if you’re making any of these mistakes that slow weight loss. You’re […]
My “How To Lose Weight For Beginners” YouTube Vid!⬇️ Transforming My Life: 10 Powerful Habits That Helped Me Shed 100 Pounds and Embrace Health A huge weight loss journey is an epic commitment to yourself—especially when it means losing well over 100 pounds. There are a lot of myths out there, but trust me, there are no shortcuts or magic fixes for significant weight loss. Big weight loss takes dedication to yourself, perseverance, deep self-reflection, and a change of lifestyle habits. To be honest, for the longest time, I doubted my own strength and value, and had myself trapped in a belief that a healthy lifestyle and weight loss was out of reach for someone “like me.” But along the way, I learned a lot about myself and slowly but surely started changing my story, leaning into true self-love and seriously stepping up my game. This kind of weight loss journey is about so much more than just dropping pounds—it’s about living a life you might not have thought was possible. One day everything changed… One day it just clicked for me: I deserved to chase and reach my dreams no matter how far away they seemed. I realized that […]
Post contains affiliate links. See Disclosure for details. Opinions are my own. I spent endless years trying to count calories. I say tried because I never experienced real success. Over the years, I’ve tried everything from Weight Watchers to imputing my calories into a calories counter app. No matter how simple the system claimed to be, I found counting calories to be really hard. As a result of finding it so hard, I just assumed that healthy eating was something I just wasn’t capable of doing. It took a long time for me to learn that healthy eating is so much more than counting calories. It’s so much more than the type of food you’re eating. Over time, I learned that it is possible to eat healthy while still eating foods that I enjoy. The best part, I learned I could eat healthy without restricting myself. Everything changed when I began to focus on portion size. When I started to focus on eating the right amount of the right foods, my relationship with food truly started to change. More Than Eating Less Calories Portion control is about so much more than eating less. When most people think of portion control […]