Joyful Eating

I want to stop mindless eating — that’s the exact thought I had last night, standing in my kitchen with a handful of macadamias I don’t even remember picking up. My Irishman had left the jar out after breakfast. Next thing I know, macadamias are in my mouth. Then I’m going back for more. And I catch myself thinking, “Whoa, what am I doing?” This used to be me all the time. Before I learned to listen to my body, I’d spend whole afternoons in the kitchen, picking. Grabbing random bites here, there, everywhere. These days it’s rare. But it still creeps back in… which is exactly why I want to talk about it. Want help to stop mindless eating? Having support around this makes such a difference. If that sounds good to you, come and join us in the Naturally Healthy Club . It’s my six-month group coaching program, where you learn to listen to your body and build your own simple, doable process to eat more intentionally. You’ll become a naturally healthy person who eats what you want and feels good in your clothes. So you reach your ideal weight, with ease and joy. No rules. No counting. Find out more about the Naturally Healthy Club

For years, Sandra avoided mirrors. She dreaded clothes shopping. And she’s not in many photos with her own kids growing up — because she couldn’t bear to be in front of a camera. Within twelve months of joining Naturally Healthy Club, all of that changed. Sandra can look in the mirror now. She goes clothes shopping without dread. And she’s done it while still travelling the world and eating the food she loves. Here’s how she did it. Your turn Sandra spent decades believing her body and her love of travel, food and family life were at odds with ever feeling calm around food. She was wrong. It took less than twelve months to prove it to herself. She put it best herself: “If I can do it, anybody else can, because I had some major issues there.” If any part of her story sounds familiar — the Naturally Healthy Club is where that changes. Not through another restrictive plan, but through rebuilding your relationship with food and your body, for good. Don’t do what Sandra almost did and wait another six months to find out. Join the Naturally Healthy Club TODAY

Mary had been reading my recipes and following my content for 14 years before she ever joined the Naturally Healthy Club. Read on to discover how to eat cake and lose weight like Mary did. What struck me most wasn’t how long she’d been around — it was how much has shifted for her since she actually joined. Not just her weight. The whole relationship. Here’s the bit that stopped me in my tracks. Mary told me that friends have started noticing she’s lost weight — at the exact same moments they watch her say yes to something tasty instead of turning it down. That contradiction is the whole story. Keep reading and you’ll see exactly how she got there. Ready to write your own version of this story? Mary spent years thinking she just needed more willpower, more rules, more restriction. What actually changed things was learning to trust herself — with the right framework, the right community, and permission to experiment instead of white-knuckle. If any part of Mary’s “before” sounds like your today, I’d love to show you what’s possible on the other side. Find out more about the Naturally Healthy Club

Recently when I surveyed Stonesoup readers the same theme kept coming up, over and over. You lose the weight. Then you gain it back. Then you lose it again. So today I want to talk about how to stop losing and regaining the same weight, especially if you’re a food lover like me. Want help to stop losing and regaining? If you’d like to learn to actually listen to your body, properly, I’d love you to join me in the Naturally Healthy Club . I say properly because the first time I heard about intuitive eating, I tried it and it did not go well. There’s real nuance to it. It’s a group coaching program, six months, slow and gentle. No 30 day challenge, no pressure. We work on the habits and the identity shift too, so you stop seeing yourself as someone who yo-yos, and start seeing yourself as someone who is naturally healthy. Someone who travels, eats out, enjoys her food, without it being a problem for her weight. We open twice a year and often sell out, so get on the wait list and you’ll be the first to know when doors open. Find out more about the Naturally Healthy Club

If you’ve been wondering how to lose weight without counting calories. This week I want to tell you the story behind how I lost two pounds in a week. No counting calories. No counting macros. Nothing hard at all. This is exactly how I made it happen for me. My invitation to You If you want the scale to move like this, working with your body instead of against it. Not going hungry. Not fighting yourself. Just noticing that sense of satisfaction and stopping there, I’d love you to join me in the Naturally Healthy Club. New groups open in September and March. Get on my email list to be alerted the moment registration opens. And grab the free training on three micro-habits to get the scale moving while you wait. So you can start building momentum today.

If you’ve ever borrowed another diet book from the library, promised yourself “this time it’ll stick,” and quietly known it wouldn’t — Helen’s story is for you. Before joining the Naturally Healthy Club, Helen had tried it all: calorie counting, weighing food, goodfood-bad-food rules, follow-this-plan programs. None of it lasted. Six months after joining, she’d lost 20 pounds, healed her relationship with her body, and changed the way she talks to her grandchildren about food. Here’s her story. Ready to be in charge of your weight like Helen? If you want to get to your goal weight with ease and joy… By learning to actually listen to your body the Naturally Healthy Club could be your next step. New groups open in September and March. Get on the email list to be alerted the moment registration opens. And grab the free training on three micro-habits to get the scale moving while you wait. So you can start building momentum today. __________________

If you’re trying to stop weekend weight gain, you’ll know this loop. On weekends, I overindulge. Monday morning the scale’s up. Then it goes back down. Round and round. For me, because I just want to maintain my weight, I don’t mind the rhythm. But if you’re after a weight loss trajectory, that weekly bump can keep you stuck for good. So this week, we’re looking at why why weekend weight gain happens and how to interrupt it. My invitation TURN YOUR CURRENT WEEKEND TREATS INTO A POUND LOST… The ONE POUND WEEKEND FLIP Interrupt the pattern that’s undoing your progress Join my 3 tiny habit flip to maintain or lose a pound over the weekend, without counting, giving up treats, or feeling deprived socially. So your clothes fit better and staying active as you age is easier. YES! SHOW ME HOW

I have a goal to be happy active and healthy until I’m 122. So today I want to share the anti aging foods I eat most days to help me get there. And because they help me look and feel good as I age. Want help putting this into practice? Then check out my new workshop, 7 Tiny Habits for Natural Vitality .

If you’re searching for how to drink less without quitting, I have good news! You don’t have to choose between boring sober and messy out of control. There’s a whole middle ground. And I live there. I’m a former winemaker. I still love wine. And I’ve gone from drinking more than I wanted to one or two glasses a week. Not because I’m being good. But because that’s genuinely all I want now. Before I share the secret to how I achieved this truly miraculous change, let’s first look at why drinking less is an excellent idea… Want Help Drinking Less Without Quitting? If you’d like support putting this into practice I’d love you to join the Secret Society of Intentional Boozehounds. It’s a private weekly group, runs over six months, and you’ll build the skill of drinking less without missing out on any of the fun. Learn more here:

Cooking with kids is one of those things that sounds hard in theory. In reality, it’s been one of the best things I’ve done for our family’s health. Physical, fiscal and emotional. Here’s what I’ve learned after 18 months of getting my boys into the kitchen. Want help? If you have kids in your life — children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, close family friends — this is for you. Joyful Cooking for Kids and Teens is a short online course. You learn to cook without recipes and have real fun in the kitchen together. You even get to use screen time for good. If you want a holiday project with the side benefit that your kids to grow up knowing how to feed themselves well, this is the place to start. LEARN MORE ABOUT JOYFUL COOKING FOR KIDS + TEENS

Wondering how to avoid vacation weight gain without giving up the food you love? You don’t have to miss out on anything. It is possible to enjoy the ice cream, the wine, the local delicacies and feel great when you get home. Without missing out AND without significant weight gain. Want help putting this into practice? Then my Joyful Weight Loss course can help! Lose weight with ease. Eating food you love. Without counting, missing out, going hungry or thinking about it all the time. Learn more about Joyful Weight Loss

If you’ve been wondering how to stop overeating in social situations, you’re not alone. One of my clients posted in the Naturally Healthy Club group this week. She’d been doing brilliantly for three weeks eating at home and her usual restaurant meals. The scale was moving. She felt great. She wasn’t missing out on anything. Then she went to a birthday party. Lunch got delayed. The chips and dips came out. And she completely overdid it. Sound familiar? There’s nothing wrong with you. You have a normal human brain doing what human brains do. Social situations can be genuinely hard to navigate. But it is possible to change this pattern. Here’s how. Want help putting this into practice? Then my Joyful Weight Loss course can help! Lose weight with ease. Eating food you love. Without counting, missing out, going hungry or thinking about it all the time. Learn more about Joyful Weight Loss

If sugar cravings feel impossible to resist in the moment, you’re not alone. And good news: you are more powerful than you think. Here are my two favorite strategies to stop sugar cravings. One works immediately. And takes 10 seconds. Literally. The other reduces how often they happen in the first place. Want help putting this into practice? Then my Joyful Weight Loss Course can help! Lose weight with ease. Eating food you love. Without counting, missing out, going hungry or thinking about it all the time. Learn more here.

Ever wondered if it’s possible to lose weight without counting calories? Well I’ve been helping people do exactly this for years. Spoiler: it’s not only possible, it’s actually more effective than calorie counting for keeping the weight off for the long term. Want Help Putting This Into Practice? I’ve just released a short on-demand course called Comfortable in Your Clothes . You’ll discover the 3 tiny habits to help you eat what you want AND feel confident in your clothes again. Without counting calories. Without going hungry Without missing out on your favourite foods LEARN MORE ABOUT COMFORTABLE IN YOUR CLOTHES

She’d eat well all day. Then evening would come and everything would fall apart. The urge for more snacks. Craving more and more and more. Here’s why we over eat at night during menopause. And what to actually do about it. Before we dive in… By implementing what I’m about to teach you my client went from her night time snacking causing problems with her weight. To feeling good about her evenings and comfortable in her clothes. She’s in a completely different place now. So just know that it’s possible for you to stop the overeating at night too. Even during or after menopause. Even if you currently have strong food cravings. Want Help Putting This Into Practice? I’ve just released a short on-demand course called Comfortable in Your Clothes . You’ll discover the 3 tiny habits to help you eat what you want AND feel confident in your clothes again. Without counting calories. Without going hungry Without missing out on your favourite foods LEARN MORE ABOUT COMFORTABLE IN YOUR CLOTHES

If you’ve ever wondered ‘Should I eat if I’m not hungry?’. The conventional answer is NO. Wait until you’re hungry. Don’t touch food unless your stomach tells you to. It sounds logical. And I get why people say it. But that rule can lead to overeating. And worse, missing out on some of the most enjoyable parts of our experiences with food. Personally I eat when I’m not hungry on the regular. It actually helps me stay at my favourite weight with ease and joy. Here’s why I think you should experiment with it too.

I’ve always been someone who puts weight on around my middle. When I was younger I automatically assumed that I would be a victim of the classic middle aged spread. Luckily that isn’t what happened. One of the surprising side benefits of learning to listen to my body is that my waistline stopped being the problem it used to be. I actually have a (mostly) flat stomach even thought I’m a 53 1/2 year old food lover. And I want that for you too.

Over the last three years portion sizes had crept up for one of my clients. When she thought about eating less, it felt like punishment. Like going back to those smaller meals from when she was thinner was some kind of deprivation. It’s a common feeling, and it’s also not the full picture. So today I’m sharing my not-so-secret habit that helps you actually eat less without it feeling like punishment or missing out on anything.

For years, I avoided weighing myself. I thought it would make me obsess more. So I didn’t do it. But here’s the irony: I was obsessing constantly anyway. Every time my clothes felt tight, every time someone I hadn’t seen in a while asked if I was still running, my brain would spiral. Do they think I’ve gained weight? Have I? Then I read my friend Darya Rose’s book Foodist, where she recommends experimenting with weighing yourself every single day — without shame or pride — as a way to actually stop the obsession. I decided to give it a go. It changed everything. Not only did I know exactly where I stood (no more guessing), but I also discovered that after a big eating day, the damage was almost always much smaller than my brain had convinced me it was. And the most beautiful unexpected bonus? Doing this daily helped me separate my self-worth from the number on the scale. I no longer see myself as a better person when the number is lower, or a worse person when it’s higher.

One of my clients was doing brilliantly. Making real progress on the scale. Feeling great about her relationship with food. And then she checked in with me and said something I hear a lot: “It was working, but now it’s kind of losing its magic. Help.” Sound familiar? This is so common it’s practically universal. But luckily I know exactly how to get back on track with your habits. Here’s how. Your Invitation If you’ve been going around in circles with food and weight — trying things, getting somewhere, then ending up back at square one — it’s not your fault You’ve been using strategies that don’t work for the long term. I can help you find a strategy that works. I’m offering a limited number of one-on-one clarity calls where we get on Zoom, just the two of us and map out a simple, personalised plan to get you to your ideal place with food and your body. If you’ want to stop searching and start knowing exactly what to do, click here for all the details.