I've been an intuitive/mindful eater for decades. It's become so..intuitive I don't know I could have defined or explained how I came to this place until the addition of the cupcake-muncher pictured above. I realized I not only did I need to need to practice what I longed to preach ("hmmm, what am I in the mood for? what food is my body requesting in this moment? am I hungry or bored?) I ... Continue Reading
Why I exercise intuitively.
I became an intuitive eater long before I tapped into the notion of intuitive exercise. For some reason I was able to trust my body's "knowing" with regards to food yet was slow on the proverbial uptake with heeding its messaging about workouts. I created a workout plan. I followed said plain. Period. I do think some of missing the intuitive exercise message happened because of ... Continue Reading
Nourishing by Heart (guest post)
Aloha! Gina living here on Maui and blogging over at Nourishing by Heart. Living and blogging about mindfulness with food and life. Carla has given me a chance to look back over my own journey to mindfulness and what a journey it has been! I originally had visions of sharing some profound words of wisdom with you regarding why eating mindfully will change your body and your life, but ... Continue Reading
Six Steps to MIZFIT eating.
This is part three in a three part HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET TO THE AFTER?! series. You may feel free to commence celebrating the series is over or hit me up with "I had hoped you were going to answer XXX" questions in the comments. We all know how easy it is to pull the “starting Monday I shall” or “on the first of the month I will…” & yet we all are painfully aware (in our hearts. where it ... Continue Reading
Intuitive eating (guest post).
Size 16. Great. How did I end up here again? I counted my points, weighed my food, forced myself to run miles upon miles. What is wrong with me? Why can't I keep this weight off? Because it isn't about the points, the miles or even the food. This was a long and hard lesson for me, one that took years to learn. I started binging on chocolate cake frosting when I was eight, ... Continue Reading
Intuitive eating (new Two Fit Chicks podcast).
At long last the topic for which you've all been clamoring (and for once Im not even being facetious!). Episode 14 is here and focuses upon Shauna & my experiences with eating intuitively. We chat about how we've both come 'round to thinking this is the food approach which works best for us. We share the tips we've found which have helped us along the proverbial way. And we suggest ... Continue Reading
Middle Management (guest post).
Wrote A Blog About It. Like To Read It? Here It Goes. Here I am. MizFit's slice of the universe. And, strangely, I am using that to gauge my overall coolness. Why? Well, because this is obviously the cool kids table, and she invited me to pull up a chair. This is intriguing for me though. My site is pretty cut and dried. My research and opinion (after all, some giant percentage of ... Continue Reading
Big Dietary Changes One Small Step At A Time.
This post is all about you. The collective you. The greater you who fill my in-box (which I adore) with your questions about health, fitness, tattoos and more. Recently Ive been receiving variations on this question a *bunch*: I'm ready to change my eating habits and don't want to do a diet (I've done ww before and jenny craig and south beach). I want to try and eat intuitively ... Continue Reading
Link Love and a Friday FREEBIE!
First, a check in: how was your week & how did this all pan out? Make any strides in silencing the negative self chatter within? Have any AH HA! moments? We'd love to hear about them if you'd wanna share. You never know when *your* Ah Ha! moment mightcould be just the trigger someone else needs to have theirs. On to the links. This first one more falls under a like and not a ... Continue Reading