As humans, we are great at over-complicating the heck out of everything!

But the truth is, there are just 3 simple steps to lose weight and keep it off for life, all the while eating the foods you love.

Step 1: NO Bad Foods

It sounds simple, and it is, but it doesn't always...

Welcome to a brand new series:

3 Simple Steps to Lose Weight for LIFE (whilst eating the foods you love!) ;)

One of the most common problems people come to me with is that they can lose weight... but it always finds them again.

• They're tired of losing and regaining the same weight...

Most diets are designed to take food away, especially the food that tastes good. 

We moralize food, making it good or bad, and then we moralize ourselves based on what we ate. 

How many times have you thought something like:

“I was so good and only ate a salad at...

There are some long-standing beliefs out there that weight loss has to be hard, painful, or a struggle.

You have to give up sugar or wine or carbs, stop eating out, and avoid the “bad” foods you love so much.

You have to break family traditions, avoid the neighborhood BBQ’s, or...

Often we think about emotions as sabotaging our weight loss progress, but some emotions can actually be extremely useful.

And the  #1 most useful feeling? 

Certainty. 

Because when you’re certain you’ll hit your weight loss goal, there’s...

How many times have you let the scale dictate your mood for the day? 

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If you’re like me, too many times to count. 

The problem is we end up weighing our self esteem and self confidence as we weigh our bodies. 

Because over...

For years, I struggled to make decisions.

Mostly because I was afraid of making the “wrong” decision, and the wrong decision always = regret, disappointment, or some other negative emotion.

So in an effort to avoid the negative emotions, my brain learned it needed to make the...

Last weekend I noticed I REALLY wanted ice cream, even though I was definitely NOT hungry.

I put the baby to bed and then got really curious about why I really wanted dessert…

And the answer came to me in a matter of seconds.

Even though it had been a great day, I noticed I was telling...

Our brains are wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain (mental, emotional, or physical) via the path of least resistance.

This means it's really easy for your brain to learn that food (or alcohol) creates a rapid, reliable, and effective sense of relief. 

This is emotional...

I spent many many years over-relying on exercise as a way to lose weight. And if you asked, most people would confirm the ‘secret sauce’ to weight loss is to simply eat less and exercise more. 

But we’ve become hyper-focused on exercise, when in reality, it accounts...

Everyone’s brain is wired for disbelief because your habit-brain is simply trying to keep you safe and wants to avoid the threat of negative emotions (disappointment, shame, frustration, etc). 

In order to ‘hedge our bets’ we often make our belief conditional on past...

It’s ok to experience negative emotions - this is part of the human experience. 

Nothing has gone wrong. 

You don’t have to try to fix them, eat through them, or avoid them; in fact, THIS is often where we go wrong.

If you find yourself reaching for food when you're...