By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Faith and Food Freedom , Intuitive Eating
Christmas, New Year, work do’s, summer holidays, long weekends, barbecues, birthdays, the parties come thick and fast at this time of year and if we’re not mindful we can end up literally stumbling from one overstuffed dinner to the next. So, what the heck do we do then? 1. Relax Around Food Please try […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
Do you worry that if you give yourself permission to eat anything, you’ll eat, like, EVERYthing? I hear you and I raise you that bet. I figured the same. And in all honesty when I gave myself freedom to eat anything – after years of ‘good’ rule-following, nutritionist-sanctioned, healthy eating – I did indeed eat […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
You know those sneaky little secrets you like to keep hidden in your life (or pantry)? Well I’m about to reveal 5 of my secrets to you… so hang onto your tea cup, here we go…. 1. My School Lunches Are Totally Boring Like. Really. Boring. My 7 year old son wants peanut butter sandwiches […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
“Why did I eat so much… again?” You have goals – goals to eat better, to stop fighting with food, to stop being controlled by food, to get to your natural weight, to maintain it effortlessly, to stop the yo-yo cycle of restricting and over-eating. And you’re sitting down for dinner, you feel good because […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
I’ve been hard at work behind the scenes to create something new, awesome and TOTALLY free for you… It’s a new video series called The HAPPY Eating Toolkit — and video 1 is available for you to watch for free, right now! The focus of The Happy Eating Toolkit is about helping you […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Intuitive Eating
I discovered a delicious ‘raw’ nutella slice at a cafe across the road from my little boy’s swimming lessons. So guess where we go every week after swimming? Yep. I love me some of that nutella slice. And the thing is – it is laden with goodness knows what, a pile of chocolate, coconut and […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
I just enjoyed a lovely slice of lemon syrup cake, baked by yours-truly… for my husband on Father’s Day – yum! I love all things lemon… Oh! And chocolate! All things chocolate too 😉 And it’s taken years as a nutritionist to get my food loves and my love of healthy eating straight in my […]
Continue readingBy jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
Confused! That’s how most of my new clients feel. Which diet should I be following? What food groups should I be eating? Which foods are the best? Is Paleo best? Or Keto? Or the Mediterranean diet? Or should I do Weight Watchers? As a registered nutritionist I feel it’s my duty to tell you […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Caffeine , Intuitive Eating
Sleepless nights? Feeling grumpy? Got the shakes? Keeping your partner awake? Coffee, tea, chocolate – they’ve all got one thing in common: caffeine. This week in my Facebook Group we chatted about caffeine and the question was asked – is three cups of coffee a day too much? Is that what’s disrupting my sleep? CLICK […]
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By jennifer@thinkingnutrition.co.nz | Diets Suck , Intuitive Eating
Nutritionists aren’t perfect. Including me. I know… shocking right? My journey from food-horrors to food-happiness has been quite spectacular (if I do say so myself, ahem). At my lowest point I would binge on sugary foods, hide chocolate wrappers in rubbish bins, put food in the freezer to stop myself eating it, throw food in […]
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