One of the questions within my coaching program in the weekly-check in form: “How is your hunger? Are you constantly thinking about food? Do you feel hunger and fullness cues throughout the day? “

I ask this question because: When your body is properly FED, so is your mind.☺️
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I will never forget how it felt to restrict myself.
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Not just of food…of fun experiences, I will never, get back.
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I will never forget HOW STRESSED I would be, if I’d be gone from the house for any length of time and I didn’t have food with me. Most of the time, I’d pack my lunch box and be eating cold chicken and asparagus out of plastic containers no matter where I went.

I’ll never forget, when I was following a strict meal plan, told to eat 6 small meals per day, & having to set a timer for 2.5 hours, to allow myself to eat again. My meals were SO SMALL ~250 calories, I’d be so hungry, I’d have to force myself to wait until it was time to eat again. (this is NOT okay)
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I will never forget thinking ‘I can’t wait for that one moment where I can eat a burger…for my re-feed, because I earned it for all the work I have done’.
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They said:
“Your body is #goals!”
“I wish I could be like you! How do you do it?”

I was celebrated for depriving myself, I got in stage in a tiny bikini & won trophies for this “willpower”. 🏆

I was so wrong.
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I was starving.
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Your body is smart. It KNOWS when you are underfed & overdoing it. You cannot outsmart it, no matter what you do.
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For many people, a yearning for food, longing for that next meal & daydreaming about food, is not a sign of a lack of ‘willpower’ or a mindset issue.
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It’s your body screaming at you to feed it.
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When we are properly fueled, it has a beautiful in flow effect throughout our entire system…& that includes your mind.
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Imagine CLARITY about what you actually WANT & NEED to eat.
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Imagine FOCUS on life outside of your next meal.
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Imagine achieving BALANCE, not because your TOLD you must, but because your body TELLS you itself.
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And the only way to get there, is to stop restricting and start nourishing.