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Feel your Fullness: Principle #5 of Intuitive Eating
For this intuitive eating principle, which was written by Corinne Denman with additions by Kelly, we are going to discuss what feeling your fullness means. Specifically, we want to listen and get in tune with our body signals letting us know when we are no longer hungry (the signs that show you are comfortable and…
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“You’re really going to eat that?”
Let’s talk about challenging the Food Police which is principle Four of Intuitive Eating. The food police are the unrealistic rules an individual may have towards certain foods… something that dieting has created.1 Your mind is influenced by negative thoughts, hopeless phrases, and guilt regarding food. Chasing away the food police is an imperative step…
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Part 2: Eating for PCOS and Supplements
Welcome back for part 2 series on PCOS. As I mentioned in my previous post, weight loss is very commonly prescribed to those who have PCOS and this diagnosis carries so much shame and frustration. I wanted to highlight some non-diet interventions to help manage PCOS and then discuss supplements. Eating consistently. Insulin resistance is a…
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Make Peace with Food: Principle 3 of Intuitive Eating
We have a guest writer Corinne Denman who is shadowing Kelly as a dietetics student and she will be writing a series on Intuitive Eating Principles. Making peace with food is principle three of Intuitive Eating. Not restricting foods is part of making peace with food. You include the foods you love without rules or…
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Eat when you are not hungry.What!?
The second principle of intuitive eating is about honoring your hunger and there is more than just physical and emotional hunger. One of the most important concepts of intuitive eating is eating adequately and in order to do so, tuning in to your hunger cues and not ignoring hunger is a big part of the…
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Part 1: PCOS and myths
September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month. I wanted to highlight PCOS since it is the most common endocrine disorder and there is a ton of misinformation and stigma that exists around this disorder. I have so much information to share that this will be part one of the series on PCOS. What is…
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Ugh, my child is picking at their vegetables or meat again!
Raising a Competence Eater Children are born intuitive eaters meaning they have the innate ability to listen to their hunger and fullness. Think of when a baby turns their face away when the bottle or breast is offered, they are telling you, the caregiver, that they are not hungry. Our bodies respond to internal cues…
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The bad and ugly with BMI (aka Bad Measuring Index)
BMI (Body Mass Index) is an outdated, archaic system being used in the medical system that categorizes people into categories based on weight and is an imperfect tool. BMI doesn’t tell you what your skills, health, abilities are. Ilona Maher, a Bronze Olympic Rugby athlete is a perfect example of this. Ilona recently was body shamed…
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Intuitive Eating – Starting with #1 – Rejecting the Diet Mentality
I recently did a workshop on intuitive eating and while marketing the workshop, I realized that intuitive eating is not well known so I wanted to highlight IE in this blog post today. Intuitive Eating (IE) is a framework made up of 10 principles created by two registered dietitians, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. They…