We’ve all had them. Days where we feel bloated or disgusted by what we see in the mirror. Those bad body image days can wreck your mood, impact your food intake, and ruin your sex life. Not to mention that our children are watching our every move. If they hear…
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Feeding a Picky Eater
Is your child a picky eater? Are you stressed out at mealtime? As moms, we often worry if our children are eating the right things. Avoidance of certain foods or food groups can put your child at risk for vitamin and mineral deficiencies. We want our kids to develop healthy…
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Protect Your Children from Diet Culture!
As a dietitian, I’ve heard a lot of diet talk through the years. Diet culture is all around us. Hopes of weight loss, new goals, new diets. While I’d like everyone to just stop dieting already, I realize that likely won’t happen! But if you’re not ready to give up…
Coping with Emotions
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Stop Stress-Eating
Are you wondering how you can stop stress-eating? A big “problem-area” of people who are trying to improve their overall diet is stress-eating. When we feel stressed, we may turn to food to ease our minds. We see food as a calm in the storm. Food makes us feel good….
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Meal Planning for Intuitive Eating
Do you often find yourself scrambling to make a decent dinner? We just wrapped up our spring sports season, and meals were a struggle. One area of my life that I’m always trying to improve is my meal planning. Today I am going to share how I do meal planning…
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Accept Your Body
5 Things You Should Stop and 5 Things You Should Do Instead Accepting your body can be a hard principle to embrace. With spring break approaching, I’m preparing hear of weight loss and body goals. It is when one of my most hated phrases surfaces: “Summer bodies are made in…
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The Dietitian Stops Dieting
Dieting: A Fruitless Pursuit Have you ever been on a diet? It is our human nature to want physical beauty. We desire to have the perfect body, great skin, the newest wardrobe, etc. In an effort to improve our appearance, we spend much of our time, as well as money….