Better Health Nutrition - Denver

Save this post for the days you’re feeling pressured to make a drastic change to your nutrition or exercise. 🙅‍♀️

I think everyone knows this pattern all too well... We look so forward for the holidays to come around only to be told that we need to make up for everything we just did the past few months.

Before we’re even through with the holidays, try to etch this in your brain...
❌ You don’t need to change your eating habits after the holidays.
❌ You don’t need to exercise more than you normally do.
❌ You can continue living and enjoying your life.

If the new year typically brings about stress or anxiety related to this, please feel free to reach out. You don’t have to go through it alone.

Do you need the colon cleanse or do you need to eat? 🤨

Engaging in any of these behaviors, regardless of an eating disorder diagnosis, can be extremely detrimental to the way in which our gut functions.

Not eating enough for our body’s needs can:
⬇️ cause our metabolism to decrease, which means our organs, including our heart, endocrine system, and gut aren’t able to operate at 100%
⬇️ deplete electrolyte availability
⬇️ cause changes to the gut microbiome, or the community of microorganisms that live in our gut and allow it to function optimally
⬇️ impair GI function, including gastric motility, gastric emptying, intestinal motility and pelvic floor function

So ask yourself that first question again... do you need a colon cleanse or do you just need to eat?

You can have your pie and eat it too! 🥧

I’m bringing back an oldie but a goodie today. The holidays can be a challenging time for a lot of people, specifically around food.

Don’t let diet culture get in the way of enjoying time with family and friends. Don’t let it take away the value that food holds during the holidays - satisfaction, connection, memories and joy. ✨

I really love the work I get to do with my clients. One of my favorite aspects is challenging food rules that have created such a tumultuous relationship with food and exploring new food options, likes and dislikes.

It’s so possible to not have to live your life beholden to food rules that our culture encourages us to follow. There’s more to life than trying to trick our body’s hunger and fullness cues, feeling poorly when we eat an off-limit food, and not allowing ourselves to enjoy foods that we know bring us satisfaction.

If this resonates with you and is something you might want to explore, reach out!

We're told its our fault when we eat too much, don't exercise enough, gain weight, aren't productive enough, aren't present enough, don't show up as 100% every day, etc.

Our bodies can only do so much for us. And they do a hell of a lot! Next time you find yourself bashing your body for not allowing you to do more...
..think about what it DOES do for you.

It keeps us alive, it allows us to engage with others, it allows us to perform at work, in school, in our sport, it allows us to show up for others, it gets us through everything we put it through.

Your body is enough. And it deserves to be fed and given rest no matter what.