Health At Every Size (HAES®) At iLiveWell Nutrition, we often have clients come through our door wanting to lose weight to “fit into their clothes” or to “be healthy.” What if I told you that as a dietitian, my job isn’t to encourage weight loss, but rather empower clients and provide knowledge and tips on […]
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Intuitive Eating Principle #7: Honor Your Feelings Without Using Food
Emotional Eating 101 It may surprise you that emotional eating is actually a part of normal eating. Most of us have all eaten for comfort at some point. Eating in response to emotions only becomes problematic when we are relying on it as our primary way of dealing with feelings. When food is our go-to […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #6: Discover the Satisfaction Factor
Can’t Get No Satisfaction? We live in a world of diet culture that focuses so much on the pursuit of thinness that it overlooks a super important aspect of healthy living: pleasure and satisfaction. That’s right – eating what satisfies us can improve our health. When we don’t eat foods that satisfy us, it creates […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #3: Make Peace With Food
Let’s sign a peace treaty with food. Do you ever feel like you are at war with food? I’ve had many new clients tell me that food is their enemy and brings them a huge amount of stress. But what if we could call off the war with food and find a way to not […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #2: Honor Your Hunger
Hunger is not the enemy; it’s a sign of life. When it comes to eating to nourish our bodies, the first priority is making sure we eat enough to fuel our body. Keeping our bodies adequately fed with energy and carbs, fat, and protein prevents a physiological drive to overeat. Unfortunately hunger has been treated […]