To a certain extent, I think all of us have complicated relationships with food. I’ve been working to un-complicate mine and here’s what I’ve learned.
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After hearing a podcast about intuitive eating, I wanted to learn more. If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that I’ve tried just about everything when it comes to different diets. I’ve done keto, intermittent fasting, and Whole 30, just to name a few. But in learning more about wellness and becoming a certified health coach, I no longer stand by (or want to experiment with) any of those diets. I share the things that I learn as I learn them and I want you to be able to see my progression through my posts. So while I no longer try fad diets (for fun or for weight loss reasons) or suggest them for anyone, what I’ve written about them will remain on my blog. The wonderful thing about intuitive eating is that it is healthy and sustainable.
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Anyone who’s been following me for a little bit knows that meal prepping is. my. jam. I’m a busy lady and I’m the type that gets hangry when I go without food for too long. In this post, I define meal prepping, talk benefits and downsides, and share tips and strategies for meal prepping for a pro.
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Like many other things within health and wellness, I think elimination diets are commonly mistaken for lots of other things. So, here’s the simplified version with accurate information. There are four main parts to an elimination diet that I’ll detail here.
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It was my junior year of college when I began to take health and fitness more seriously. I quickly realized that I’d need more than YouTube workouts and generic plans. So I got a personal trainer and nutritionist but I still wanted more. In a world of flat tummy teas, waist trainers, and quite frankly, White women as the gold standard for health, I was looking for the girls with “lived-in” bodies that they loved and melanin like mine who promoted actually being well, not just eating clean and working out.
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The eight dimensions of wellness are part of a model created by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, also known as SAMHSA, and this model or guide offers a broad approach for things we can do—at our own pace, in our own time, and within our own abilities—that can help us feel better and live longer.
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We can learn in classrooms. We can learn from experiences in everyday life. We can learn the formulas and beat the algorithms. We can talk to the experts and get information from the best doctors and professionals in the world. But there’s one thing that we can only learn from ourselves: the intrinsic, internal connection.
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As we near the end of summer with many countries still at home, I thought I’d throw this post into the lineup. If you get tired of basic squats, crunches, and running on the treadmill, this is for you! And the best part is that you don’t need anything to do these movements.
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Pore size and pore shrinkage have been topics of conversation in the skincare arena for years. I think there’s also been an increase in products on the market that claim to decrease the visibility of pores, but can they really?
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