I generally recommend you eat the highest quality food you can afford— organic, pastured, grass fed, wild, whole, and unprocessed. On a high fat low carb diet, it’s especially important to choose organic, pastured, free-range, and grass-fed animal products in order to ensure that the animal fat you eat is high quality. In Read more about Food Quality Matters[…]
If you are struggling with your weight and eating habits, your solution to “control yourself” might involve jumping from one restrictive diet to the next, looking for the perfect macronutrient calculation to tell you exactly how much to eat, or eliminating generally healthy “problem foods” like nuts from your diet. I suggest you stop Read more about Embrace Discomfort[…]
Here is some general advice for what to buy when you go grocery shopping for Phase 1 of My Low Carb Café. You don’t need to buy all of these foods. You don’t need to force yourself to eat foods you don’t enjoy. Take some time to scroll through the weekly menu. See what’s Read more about My Low Carb Cafe PHASE 1 Shopping List[…]
How do you treat yourself: After you’ve overeaten or given in to a craving? When you find yourself once again falling into unproductive eating habits? After you’ve finished the entire container? When you know you’ve eaten well beyond your natural hunger? I’m going to guess that it is not with kindness or Read more about Dealing With Overeating[…]
Eating is about nourishing the body when it’s hungry. It’s not about: “I’m bored, a snack sounds good.” “That was really good, I’ll have some more.” “I do not want to finish this project, I’ll have some nuts.” “This is overwhelming, I want peanut butter.” When we make food and eating about Read more about Behind the Food Chatter[…]
Being on a diet can be very consuming. When your time and focus are spent on calculating macros, thinking about what you should be eating that you aren’t or that you are eating but should not be, weighing and measuring and tracking every morsel that passes your lips, scheming all the ways you Read more about Food Chatter[…]
I think it is important to eat based on physical hunger most of the time, especially if weight control is an issue. If you struggle with your weight it might be helpful for you to become curious about what you are doing with food and why you are doing it. When you start to Read more about The Obstacle is the Way[…]
A huge component of being able to eat a healthy diet when you’re physically hungry and stop when you’re physically full is to eliminate processed foods and sugar as much as possible. Focus on consuming real, whole foods. I think that any remaining problems one has with food and overeating likely have little to Read more about Surrender[…]
If you struggle with overeating and aren’t reaching your weight loss goals on your low carb diet, here’s a tip: when you’re eating, eat. Put away your phone and turn off the tv. Don’t eat in front of the computer. Turn your attention to what you are eating and how you are eating it, Read more about Practice Bringing Attention to Your Eating[…]
I’ve observed many people use various formulas to calculate their “macros”— how many grams of protein, carbs, and fat to eat in order to lose weight. They use these numbers to guide, and restrict, their eating. Using external tools to reign in appetite doesn’t address the fundamental question as to why one is driven Read more about Using Low Carb Menu Planner to Gain Insight[…]