You need these 3 things to transform your health

If you want to truly transform your health, you can’t do it without these 3 things.Time, Patience and Compassion.Take a look at the last 6+ decades of diet culture. We’ve created multiple generations of people who fear food, don’t trust themselves, and always feel like they’re failing.And worse, there’s an entire (failed) multibillion dollar industry that’s based on the premise that you’re not good enough, that sells you quick-fixes, and makes you feel like it’s your fault when they don’t “work”.Trapped in a cycle of guilt, regret and shame, for being the imperfect human that they are.There’s no pill or…

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The story that keeps people broken

“You’re not enough.”That’s the story that most people carry around with them their entire lives. It’s a heavy story that weighs people down and holds them back from ever enjoying happiness.It’s a belief that’s reinforced from an early age, and continually pushed into our faces because social media is a highlight reel that conditions us to believe that happiness lies in achieving a certain status, or looking a certain way.It’s a story that I struggled with for a long time. As a nutrition professional who doesn’t maintain 6-pack abs, a “jacked” physique, or a fridge full of perfectly prepped meals,…

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Would you help a friend become an alcoholic?

If my friend had a hard day, and I sat down to have a glass of wine together and talk, listen and share, I’d be a good friend. But, if every time my friend had a hard day, I handed them a glass of wine, I’d be helping them become an alcoholic.Sometimes we mistake a short term act of kindness for a viable long-term strategy, when in fact, as a repeated act, it becomes highly destructive.What if that friend was myself, and instead of wine, it was pizza, cookies and chocolate?When I was using (and abusing) food as a coping…

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Anybody who says “Food is just fuel” is massively missing out

My new friend Sanjay shared with me some of his wife’s incredible Indian cooking, and we proceeded to spend the next hour and a half talking about food, culture, history and travel.Anyone who says “food is just fuel” is living a joyless life around food, and I feel sorry for them.So many people spend their lives trapped in a tortured relationship with food, ridden with guilt, angst, shame and suffering.And the irony is, it’s only making their struggles with health and weight worse.Eating can be such a sensual and pleasurable experience, heightened by meaningful connection to other human beings.I’m here…

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It’s so simple. All you have to do is …

“Losing weight is simple. All you have to do is eat veggies and lean protein for most of your meals”Sure, that’s true … If you wre an emotionless robot who had a mostly effortless life, with low demands on your time and emotional and mental energy.Any blanket statements around health and weight loss entirely ignore the human experience and place an impossible burden of expectation on the individual.On top of that, when someone fails to adhere to said guidelines, they’re often told that they just don’t want it bad enough.Are you freaking kidding me?Whenever someone makes such a blanket statement,…

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I’d rather shave my face with the pavement than do this …

That’s a pretty strong sentiment.“I’d rather shave my face with the pavement, than go back to being an employee in a mindless job”That’s the feeling that I had, when I had to walk out of my crumbling, failed business, and the financial mess that followedI had lost everything I had spent years of my life trying to build, and I had to go home to my wife, and try to explain what had happenedAnd, despite how devastating and heartbreaking that experience was, I could not be more grateful that it happened.I had been pouring my life, my energy, my soul…

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