By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Black and White Thinking , Body Image , Faith and Food Freedom
“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough. Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up.” ~ Lauren Daigle ~ Do you feel like if you can’t “get it right”, then you should just give up? You’re either all in, or all out? There is no middle ground? […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Body Image , Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
Nutrition isn’t really ‘that’ important. Which might sound odd, coming from a registered nutritionist like me. Nutritionists are everywhere, giving their clients nutrition tips and creating healthy eating plans… Surely nutrition is the most important thing in my profession, right? Wrong. It took me years and years of working as a nutritionist to truly recognise […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Body Image , Cravings , Emotional Eating , Hunger & Fullness
It was Christmas Day 1970s style – think sunny days, pavlova and backyard cricket… the stuff of my childhood. And like most other Christmas days, I would end this one feeling over-full and still wanting to eat more. But in that child-like way, unable to make myself eat more than my body needed. And so […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Body Image
You truly want to love and embrace your body, just the way it is, without trying to force it into a too-small pair of jeans while sucking your breath in sharply, or worrying about your slightly wobbly-bat-wing-arms…. but that nagging, annoying voice in your head keeps telling you that you need to be smaller, thinner, […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Body Image , Intuitive Eating
“My friend took photos of us together the other day and showed them to me on her phone. And all I could see were my fat arms. Now all I want to do is diet and exercise to make them look better, ugh!” Body dissatisfaction is widespread among women in western countries. So much so […]
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