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Let's talk food, weight loss, and Food Freedom....

A few key points to straighten up (once again, mainstream is messing women up when it comes to understanding and seeing body and health results. Do yourself a favour and get OFF of social media. Halt the TikTok, Instagram, FB scrolling, Google searches...no really!

FIRST: Inflammation is NOT negative. 

Inflammation is a part of exercise...it is NOT a bad word. Our muscle tear during exercise and knit together to strengthen and TONE the body.

Cortisol is NOT the reason you have excess weight. It is your gradula changes in lifestyle, your poor food choices that likely have been there for years, and too much interference from excess techie devices, living against our circadian rhythms and seasonal fluctuations, and carrying around stress that can always we 'reframed' into something we can work on (what is the source of your stress...are you a people pleaser? can't say no? Procrastinator? overworked? Under valued? NOW we can see what the word 'stress' really means, and work on ourselves to manage our worlds in a different and healthy way (for women, it is often about unhealthy boundaires). 

Insulin is NOT a bad thing...we NEED insulin for proper blood sugar maintenance, and body management, but when we over feed our emotions with sugar, processed carbs, our bodies are NOT meant to manage this much, and the pancreas gets tired. Enter...diabetes (insulin resistance is very, very scary. You do NOT want to go there...)

The Scale...can we PLEASE put the scale away? it is an obsessive habit and the only way to break it is to never go to it again. Measure your bodyfat and lean tissue levels FIRST. That is a better use of your time and brainwaves.

That is why it is IMPERATIVE that you eat whole foods, eating the F.R.E.S.H. way as outlined in our Mastery Program (and the framework we use to construct your individualized Eating plan).  

Freedom (no more counting, measuring, apps or 'playing with your food' as I call it). Our thoughts on food should never consume us...this takes time to learn and to unwind years of poor thoughts around food based on restriction, control etc. 

Real: Real food requires no label, no packaging. Yes, whole foods is where it's at, and while many people chat about the 80/20 rule, I like to say the 90/10 rule...because if we are 80% whole, 20% 'other' foods, we tend to slip and slide, and this eventually lands around 70/30 or even 60/40. Aim higher and you will hit your mark better.

Empowering: You are empowered when you eat to fuel your body, energize your cells...to eat well is honouring your body at the highest level. And in the metaphysical world, food has its own energetic qualities and when we eat real food, our intuitive abilities are heightened. Not to mention, it just feels good to treat our bodies well. This is Empowering YOU!

Simple: eating clean and well need not be hard. Consistency and routine are the cornerstones.

Healing: eating clean, whole foods is healing to the body in every way...lowering inflammation, improving our biomarkers (sugars, blood pressure, hormones), increasing energy and strength, building a strong immune system, strong digestion and elimination, reducing the risk of many diseases ...need I say more?

 Learn to listen to your body for what it is really craving...self love? Attention? forgiveness? To be noticed? 

Is there an emotion / memory or feeling that you are trying to thwart with that cinnamon bun you are reaching for?

Likely, yes...

 Get to the truth of it. Don't be afraid to dig. 

And get used to befriending 'tolerable' hunger. It is your friend. It signals a well working metabolism. It means your Leptin and Grehlin (hunger and satiety hormones) are working fine!

 And as you lose the weight (if that is your issue), you will not be able to eat as much as you did. Your 'engine' (body) is smaller now, so it doesn't need as much fuel. It's the Law of Physics. Just be OK with that. Adjust.

When we are fixated on food, that in itself becomes a 'diversion' of sorts (sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious) where we are 'too busy' in our heads to look outside to the real world, with what needs attention, and we lose ourselves in this inner madness of repetitive and obsessive thought.

The Bad news is you created that obsessiveness. 

The Good news...you can un-create it too.

Step in...

 Living consiously, with awareness is a skillset that few employ. 

 Have a lovely weekend, all.