By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Emotional Eating , Intuitive Eating
This isolation thing seemed like a dream holiday for major-introverts at the beginning (yassss!). But when week 2 rolled around, and I woke up Monday morning to another week at home… that cheering had disappeared. As I stared down the face of another week in isolation I felt confused. What was I feeling? Was it… […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Emotional Eating , Intuitive Eating
T’is the hour for boredom eating… 8 o’clock at night (or 2pm in the afternoon, whatev’s). There’s nothing on the TV. You’ve watched everything (EVERYthing) on Netflix. You don’t feel like reading an actual book (turning pages? Ugh. No). You’re bored of scrolling facebook and instagram. In fact, you’re bored. Just bored. Next thing you […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Emotional Eating , Intuitive Eating
Do you ever eat when you’re tired, stressed, bored, angry, sad or… heck there are plenty of other reasons we eat, right? Well, I know I do. And we do it for a good reason – it works. When we eat food that gives us pleasure, that leads to dopamine production and in turn activates […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Emotional Eating , Hunger & Fullness , Intuitive Eating
Do you feel like snacking too much in the evening is one of your biggest challenges? Speaking as a person who truly loves and adores my sweet and salty evening snack sessions (smeared chocolate on the sofa and all). I’ve pondered the meaning of my evening snack-attacks too… especially when I first started intuitive eating. […]
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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 | Emotional Eating , Intuitive Eating
Emma had kicked the diet mentality and was so happy to say goodbye to white-knuckling another new “best diet”. Groan. She’d found life so much better now that she’d made peace with all the lovely food in the world… cupcakes with chocolate frosting, yummy! But Emma was still having trouble sorting out the hunger part […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Emotional Eating
“My biggest challenge with healthy eating is emotional eating. Ugh!” You’re not alone. I’ve turned to the pantry for comfort when I’m tired and emotional too. Or found myself eating in reaction to stress or frustration (hello fellow tired mums!). Some days I just don’t have the energy to deal with my four year old’s […]
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