Are you a diet perfectionist?   I work with women all the time who struggle with this area of perfectionism.  As a “recovering” diet perfectionist, this struggle is near and dear to my heart.   Generally, a diet perfectionist sees great results and feels completely in control for a few weeks or months. And then…the real…

In this post, we talked about distorted thinking patterns and signs you may need to think about reframing your food mindset.  The challenge is to address negative or unhelpful thoughts by reframing them into positive and more realistic ways of thinking about food. But this often proves much easier said than done. Even if you recognize…

Developing a healthy relationship with food goes far beyond what you’re putting on your plate.   For many women, nutrition struggles begin before they even take a bite. Your thoughts about food impact your relationship with food, so part of finding food freedom means fixing your food mindset. Today we’ll take some time to develop…

Hunger, a natural biological cue, lets you know your body needs fuel. Often, when women diet chronically, they continue to deny their biological hunger. Over time, they experience a compensatory biological reaction and lose the ability to determine if they’re hungry. If you don’t respond to hunger knocking on your internal door, eventually it will stop knocking!…