Benefits of Intuitive Eating

Whether you are new to intuitive eating or have been an intuitive eater for many years, getting in touch with your body and your internal cues is perhaps the most beneficial thing you can do for both your physical and mental health. We all know how mentally and physically draining dieting can be. Meal planning exact portions, weighing food, and counting calories. Feeling like you can’t enjoy your favorite foods, or have fun in social settings because your diet is so limited. Dieting is a mental mind game that nobody enjoys playing. On top of that, dieting is also physically exhausting! Trying to live and thrive on a calorie deficit just leaves us feeling irritable, moody, and tired all the time. Intuitive eating introduces a whole new perspective on health and wellness that is energizing, refreshing, and sustainable long-term. Intuitive eating is one of the best things you can do for both your physical and mental health. 

Dieting doesn't only drain your energy, it drains your wallet as well! Think about how much money you could end up spending on various diet plans and weight loss products. The health and fitness industry is currently valued at over 2.3 billion dollars. These companies prey on our insecurities in order to target us with overpriced, gimmicky weight loss products that aren’t sustainable and aren't focused on our health as a whole. When you embrace intuitive eating, you reject the mindset that you need to rely on some kind of rigid diet plan to achieve optimal health and reach your goals. Trust yourself, and your body, not the companies making false promises in order to sell their product. 

Perhaps the biggest benefit of intuitive eating is that it is flexible, it works for you and your lifestyle. You don't need to worry about points or calories, counting grams of carbs or proteins, or buying special diet foods. When you learn to eat intuitively, you get to truly live your life to the absolute fullest; never feeling like you have to deprive yourself or miss out on social settings because you are limited from your diet. When you approach food from a dieting perspective, food becomes an enemy and every meal is a battle zone. Dieting sucks the enjoyment out of food and eating. But eating should not be so complicated and frustrating. When you approach food from an intuitive eating perspective, meals become an enjoyable way of honoring and taking care of yourself and your body. Instead of trying to force yourself to not desire certain foods, or trying to limit yourself to tiny portions, you get to truly enjoy the food and the atmosphere around you. 

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10 Simple Ways to Lower Your Triglycerides Through Lifestyle

1.  Work with a Registered Dietitian to guide you with gradual and sustainable weight loss.

2. Enjoy the “Whole-y” grain! Choose whole grain bread, pasta, and rice instead of white bread, rice, and pasta. Limit foods and beverages that are high in sugar.

3. Emphasize unsweetened beverages – water, tea, seltzer, coffee (without cream and sugar), instead of regular soda, sweetened tea, and coffee.

4. Increase nut intake namely almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, pistachios.

5. Eat throughout the day - don’t go too long without eating.

6. Drink and eat fat-free (skim) or low-fat dairy products. Consider mixing skim with 1% if you prefer not drinking skim alone.

7. Engage in moderate-intense physical activity for 30 minutes per day on most days of the week or a total of 150 minutes per week – Lets find a routine that works for YOU!

8. Increase unsaturated fat intake (olive oil, nuts, avocados, vegetable oils, and fatty fish). Increase nut intake namely almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, pistachios.

9. Eat fatty fish twice per week (fatty fish includes: salmon, sardines, tuna and mackerel to name a few).

10. Choose mostly plant-based protein or lean meats (chicken without skin, fish, lean beef, pork, veal) instead of bacon, hot dogs, or sausage.

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Deliciously Sweet (And Healthy) After-dinner Treat!

What are your favorite after dinner sweet treats? Let me know in the comments.
Spoiler alert - planning healthy meals and snacks does NOT have to be time consuming or complicated! 

This simple combo takes less than 5 minutes to throw together AND checks the satisfaction box!

Here’s what to do:

1) Rinse a bowl of strawberries (stem on).
2) Drizzle agave on top of plain Greek yogurt.
3) Dip the strawberries into the Greek yogurt mixture and enjoy a flavorful and healthy after dinner treat!