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The Freedom You've Been Waiting For

I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom lately as I’ve been working on our program:  The Common Sense Transformation. Freedom from restrictive diets. Freedom from obsessing about when to eat, how much to eat or what am I allowed to eat.  Freedom from the siren call of the latest lifestyle diet trend. Freedom from the guilt and shame connected to food. Freedom from hating our bodies. Freedom from the circus of our diet culture.  

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How I Put Off My Old Self

If you are confused about what is good nutrition, what is good to eat, this is for you.  If you have tried time and time again to lose the weight and keep it off, this is for you.  If you have tried keeping up with the latest “nutrition research” and popular diet advice only to continue to run circles and fall back into your old ways, this is for you.  If food, nutrition and body issues dominate your thoughts and influence your actions, this is for you. If you know you need to take a step towards living a healthier lifestyle but feel lost as to how to even begin, this is for you.

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Transform Your Life

Imagine waking up and not having food rule your thoughts.  Imagine not feeling guilty or filled with regret about your food choices.  Imagine not white-knuckling your way through a day because today is the day you will start being “good.” Imagine not fearing real food; wondering if a banana has too much sugar or if carbs are making you fat.  Imagine trusting that you can eat more than just chicken and salad. Imagine living a life free from dieting.

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Nose to Tail Eating: A Nutrition Gold Mine

I grew up in a home where we had liver and onions every Friday.  Yep. My Mom, greeted with the joy you can imagine from a child faced with liver as their ONLY dinner choice, would exclaim, “Its good for your blood!”  That was my cue. Sit quietly, cut it up into small pieces, bury some of it in my potatoes, stash some in my napkin and move the rest around on my plate so it looked like I ate enough liver to be excused.   My Mom was always baffled by my dislike. She loved liver?!?

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Julia Child's French Onion Soup

My dad loved French Onion Soup. These are the french crocks that I grew up with so this is comfort food on every level for me. You can find so many recipes out there BUT hands down none will ever beat Julia Child’s. Her technique to perfectly caramelize the onions is worth the extra time (hands off!) because of the depth of flavor. Try this...promise you won’t regret it! 

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Fuel Your Body, Feed Your Soul

What if I told you if the bulk of your intake is food products and you don’t cook, that you will be over-fat?  What if I told you marketing and nutrition labels are not truthful?  What if I told you all diets are the same?  What if I told you any eating plan that tells you it is not a diet, but is focused on quantity and elimination is, in fact, a diet.  What if I told you that quick, deprivation-based weight loss is not sustainable? What if I told you the food industry and diet culture know their promises are lies, but their wealth is built on your belief that you fail because you lack willpower and not because they fail you?  

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Fat loss for good: the one article you need to read.

In the first post I published on this blog, I talked about (more like hinted at) the true measure of the health of a body. True health is not measured by body composition or by muscular strength or cardiovascular endurance. And it’s not even measured by perceived energy or mental clarity, although these are often tell tale signs of what lies within. 

If we want to know if we're healthy, we need to take a closer look at our hormones.

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