Joyful Eating

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.

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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.