Peloton has exploded over the last few years with more people working out at home now more than ever before. While this is great, it’s also important to make sure you are ready to embark on a new fitness journey. If you are new to Peloton, or are considering making a Peloton Bike purchase, here...

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Do you feel like the only way exercise is worth it is if you work out for an hour? Or if you are dripping sweat? Or if you burn “x” amount of calories? Let me let you in on a secret. Exercise is beneficial no matter how long you do it, how much you sweat...

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Nine months ago I had my 3rd baby.  It was my 3rd c-section and when I found myself still in pain months after having her, I chalked it up to little sleep, less exercise than usual and carrying around extra weight due to pregnancy. I was active my entire pregnancy and despite some heartburn, felt...

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January is right around the corner and we are about to be bombarded with messages from diet culture about how you can lose weight fast, as if losing weight is the one answer to all of our problems. I lost over 100 pounds a few years ago and let me tell you this… it didn’t...

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Is it possible to raise kids in a healthy environment without dieting?  Absolutely. How we talk to our children about food and exercise has become such a loaded topic.  There seem to be two “camps”, and I’m part of the camp that believes that we don’t need to discuss food and exercise in detail with...

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Two years ago I had no idea what diet culture was. I had no idea I was deeply immersed in it or how it was affecting me. What is diet culture? “Diet culture is a society that places value on being a certain size, weight, and shape over actual health. Diet culture also promotes the...

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A common misconception with Intuitive Eating is that nutrition doesn’t really matter.  That is absolutely not true, but there is a reason that Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, the authors of Intuitive Eating, saved this for the last principle. Before a person can tackle their nutrition, they really need to heal their relationship with food...

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Intuitive Eating Principle 9 is my favorite one to talk about.  Exercise- Feel the Difference. Exercise should not be punishment, it should be an activity we look forward to doing because of the way it makes our body FEEL. I’m so excited to share more about this with you today in hopes that it will...

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Of all the Intuitive Eating Principles, the 8th principle, Respect Your Body has been the hardest for me.  Learning to respect my body is a process I am still working on, so as I share more about this principle, please know I am still figuring this all out. I used to HATE my body. Absolutely...

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When I entered therapy for binge eating disorder in 2008 I didn’t realize how much I was using food to cope with my emotions.  Over the last 10 years, I’ve gotten pretty good at realizing when I’m eating for hunger and when I’m eating to serve an emotion. Learning this did not happen overnight.  It...

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