By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
My hate list was long. And it was written on a nice white piece of A4 refill paper from high school. In a lovely logical fashion too, as you’d expect from a Type A personality like me. On the left-hand side were listed all the things that I hated about my body. While on the […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
Even from the dark depths of the freezer, the packet of peppermint-chocolate cookies would call to Alison… “In the past, I couldn’t even keep them in the house,” explains Alison. Who felt out of control around those cookies. But things are totally different now. “Today, I can eat one and then leave the rest in […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
I arrive at my GPs office and announce, “I have three health problems that are not real, and one issue that I think might be real…” My GP kindly giggles with me, because he knows, and I know, that my brain is in the habit of making up problems. I have a generalised anxiety disorder […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Hunger & Fullness , Intuitive Eating
“Mummy? Why is that lady so big?” “Mummy, sugar is bad for us, isn’t it?” “Mummy, icecream isn’t a healthy food, is it?” The things that come out of my son’s mouth some days, make me cringe as a non-diet nutritionist. But I know they come from a place of innocence. Because while I’m trying […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
I pull the bedcovers over my head and try to ignore the sound of my kids and husband getting ready for the school day. I don’t want to get out of bed today, or yesterday, or tomorrow. I want to care, but I just can’t summon enough energy to care about anything. My bedside clock […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
“You’ll need to stop eating at 1pm until your procedure the next day….” “What?! This is NOT good news… I like eating, hang on no, I LOVE eating!” As I scanned down the letter and read all the other instructions to prepare for a colonoscopy (you know, the ole camera up the rear end) I […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diet Rules , Intuitive Eating
Dieting felt like a way to be in control of your life and eating. A framework or boundaries for your day to day life; one that left you feeling stable – just follow the rules about what to eat and everything would be okay… Of course it wasn’t okay, but that’s another story. And yes […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating , Willpower
“Sugar is like cocaine to the brain…” “Sugar lights up the same part of the brain that cocaine does in brain scan studies…” “Sugar acts like a drug in the brain and is addictive…” The ole’ interweb is awash with claims that sugar is addictive and acts like a drug in our brain. Argh! It […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Gentle Nutrition , Intuitive Eating
Dear Keto-Dieter, no I don’t want to hear about your ‘keto success story’. And no I don’t want to hear about your friend’s success story either. It’s not that I don’t believe you lost XX kilograms of weight on keto. It’s just that I don’t agree with your definition of success. I personally don’t think […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Cravings , Gentle Nutrition , Intuitive Eating
The worst part of dieting? Aside from the gnawing hunger every day, that’s gotta be missing your favourite foods right? And then the guilt when you cave in and eat your fave foods. Sigh. Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. But it truly doesn’t have to be that way. You CAN have your […]
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