Happy Holidays Friends! Let’s start with I am NO chef. Dietitian, yes. Chef, no. It’s always funny because people always assume RD’s are great cooks. I applaud the one’s that are, I envy you. I am more of the science brain RD. The medical and science piece of nutrition is my jam. Cooking is as […]
Going home for the holidays can be so exciting especially when you haven’t seen your family and friends in months! You get excited for the family traditions, catching up with old friends, and the joy of being home. Yet, there is always someone that has to make a comment about your body appearance or weight. […]
Hi Friends! In this blog, I am here to talk to you about Naughty and Nice foods. The holidays are here and so are allllll the treats and eats! I even caught myself thinking “man, I have eaten less nutritionally dense foods and more caloric dense foods.” Okay, maybe I said “wow, you’ve eaten like […]
Did you enjoy the Thanksgiving meal? Or did you “survive” the Thanksgiving meal? Approaching the day, were you reminding yourself: I will only eat this, I can’t eat that, I have to workout to enjoy the carb dense meal? During the day, did you find yourself saying “ah what-the-hell?” or “F it” I am eating […]
Hi Friends! I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving! This holiday is a great remember for us to give thanks for the many things in our lives we may have forgotten to be grateful for. Spending this time with our loved ones or doing what we love is something we should value every day of our […]
Happy Holidays! The holidays can be exciting and nerve racking all at the same time. Excited to spend time with family, getting into the spirt of the season, attending holiday parties, gift giving, and all the food. I love the holidays, Christmas is especially my favorite, and I always love eating all of the holiday […]
In the last blog, we quickly discussed self-compassion. Discovering self-compassion can start the transition of negative self-talk to positive self-talk.Kindness and compassion are a little yin and yang. Kindness is to show empathy and compassion is the action you take to help other’s. I don’t believe you can have one without the other. Kindness has […]
Hi Friends! The holiday season is upon us and many people will be discussing the topics of holiday weight, eating themselves into a food coma, eating napping and then eating again. These conversations can be funny when you have the humor to separate the joke from reality. However, the fear of the holiday “weight gain” […]
Repost: Happy with what you have As a new year and new decade approach, I decided to write down my goals, like everyone else in the country, but instead of sharing those just yet– I’d like to share: I am happy with what I have. Then 2020 happened. I am still happy to have…a family that […]
Them: what do you do? Me: I am a registered dietitian Them: oh so what should I eat? Me: …….. Over the years, it never fails people will ask me to tell them what to eat. They know they want to eat “better” and I am here for it. Then I ask them what they […]