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What is your relationship with food?

December 1, 2022January 27, 2023Leave a comment

Now if you have been following my blog for quite some time you know that I have LPR (Laryngopharyngeal) re flux. I have been dealing with this re flux for many many years before I was officially diagnosed at the age of 23 and 10 years later it is still here. It hasn’t been the easiest journey for me but it has certainly changed my relationship with food. Then fast forward to now I have gained almost 40 pounds within the past three years whew! Sometimes I feel like I am in an up heel battle with my relationship with food. With acid re flux there are so many foods that you can’t eat and that have to be avoided that you feel like you can’t eat anything at all, and then with all this weight gain, I feel like everything I eat is going to hurt me because I am going to keep gaining more weight.

It’s exhausting but I want to get it right. I don’t want to be stuck in the battle of being afraid of the foods I eat. What would you say your relationship with food is? When we talk about our relationship with food this takes us back to intuitive eating. Intuitive eating is all about fixing your relationship with food. Intuitive eating has 10 principles and some of those principles are honor your hunger, make peace with food, and challenge the food police. I love that intuitive eating makes us take a deeper dive to the traumas that may be causing us to eat the way that we do in order to have a better relationship with food. When you are in tune with yourself and the way you eat it makes eating easier. You don’t have to beat yourself up if you had a piece of chocolate today or french fries tomorrow. The goal is to still make those right choices but even when you make the wrong food choices to not beat yourself up about it the goal is to enjoy food , be healthy, and be happy with YOU.

What’s your story?

– Vanessa Jo A short blog post read time: 3 to 5 minutes

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November 14, 2022Leave a comment

Hello Everyone!

I just want to say first and foremost thank you to everyone that has followed my blog for the past four years! I can’t believe I have been writing blog posts for the past four years, it’s something that I never thought I would do but I am glad I made the decision too. It has become one of my most favorite things to and to be able to talk about a topic that is near and dear to my heart, nutrition. As I am getting back in the swing of content creation and writing blog post I invite all of you to join me on YouTube as well!

I am getting back into the grove of filming again and I hope that I can bring you some great topics and discussions! If there is any particular topic you would like me to talk about when it comes to nutrition please comment down below! Be well, Be healthy, Be safe

The Real Reason Why You Are Gaining Weight

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So we all know the saying that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and guess what it’s true. The number one reason why I would say in my opinion we gain weight is an over consumption of calories or to simply put it, overeating. Now of course there are other factors that can tie into gaining weight that may not have to do with overeating such as certain medications, hormones, conditions and disorders.

But overeating is a big part of our problem, our portion sizes are way too big! When we make a home cooked meal most of the time we are not measuring out how much we should really be consuming. When we go out to eat, which most of us love to do, they throw these big portion sizes at us. We feel like we have to eat it all by the time we are ready to leave the restaurant we can barely move. Same thing with fast foods such as McDonald, Burger King, Wendy’s, Popeye’s, they all give us these big portion sizes but why is that? Are we being set up to gain weight?

It is up to us to be aware of how much we are, but I know sometimes the food is so good we just can’t help it but this is very important. When we are not aware of it all we are doing is putting so many calories into our body and most of the time those calories don’t come from healthy foods which just adds more fuel to the fire. So there is another point, one we have an over consumption of calories and two we are eating unhealthy foods.

What I am learning as I am on my own journey to weight loss is that weight loss takes a lot of discipline and at first it is going to be very challenging. I am learning that in the past I would overeat, I would eat late at night, I would eat sweets, and that I pretty much did not have a lot of self control when it came to eating. Now I am paying attention to what I eat and how much I eat. Now I won’t get into all the details now but something that I found very tedious and still is , is calorie counting. But it is so important and it has helped me out so much that I have been successful in losing my first 5 pounds on this new weight loss journey. I have now gone from 190 pounds to 185 pounds within the past two and a half weeks.

The journey is not going to be perfect but it is possible. I would love to hear your stories! Leave your comments down below!

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Eating Healthy Shouldn’t Be So Hard

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To simply put it, eating healthy shouldn’t be so hard but the reality is that it is. The reason why it is so hard is because we are surrounded by fast foods whether it be fast foods down the block or processed foods in our supermarkets. Eating junk foods is like poison to our body. It doesn’t do anything good for us but makes us prone to conditions such as heart disease and it does not have any nutritional value. I know doing groceries and cooking food can be time consuming and sometimes we don’t have the time for it and buying groceries can cost a fortune (trust me I know) but it is worth it and it outweighs the risk of all the things that can happen when you eat an unhealthy diet for such a long time.

So the question really is how should we eat? From a holistic standpoint the answer I would give is eat a plant based diet and do not eat any meat. But that is not the reality for most of us and a lot of people still eat meat and do not want to give up meat. So I would say eat more plants and less meat. Eating more plants and less meat doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t eat what you like, it just means the things that are not good for us such as sugary and highly processed food should be eaten in moderation and really it’s that simple.

When it comes to processed foods, if it comes in a packet and has a lot of ingredients that you can’t pronounce more than likely you shouldn’t eat it. Stay away from refined carbohydrates, white flour, white sugar, and anything that has high fructose corn syrup. Try to aim to eat more organic food when possible and eat animal products that are organic and grass fed. The most important factor when it comes to eating food is that your body must be able to digest and absorb nutrients. Take your time when eating food and don’t rush it, chew your food thoroughly.

Even though eating healthy sounds boring it really doesn’t have to be. Even when it comes to eating vegetables you can give any vegetable flavor and seasoning. It doesn’t have to be bland, season your foods with all the flavors and tastes that you enjoy ( go easy on the seasoning because of salt) but, give your food flavor and have fun. Hence, eating healthy doesn’t have to be and shouldn’t be hard.

Written By: Vanessa Jo

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Let’s Get Real About Inflammation In The Body

October 3, 2022January 27, 2023Leave a comment

To simply put it, inflammation is a mechanism in immunity. Inflammation is something that always takes place in response to any kind of damage to our cells or tissue. It also occurs if we get injured or from organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The inflammatory process must occur in order for our bodies to heal. For example when we have a high grade fever, that fever is an indication that the body’s inflammatory process has kicked in and is sending everything it needs ( certain fighter cells) to tackle the problem taking place. When this happens the blood vessels will dilate (open up) to allow more blood to go to the problem area. The area of inflammation may also become swollen, hot, red, and painful.

What I just described is acute inflammation, after it occurs the body and problem area should return back to normal. Now, when acute inflammation is not able to be resolved our body’s in return enter a chronic inflammatory state. When our body’s remain in a chronic inflammatory state this is return can lead to diseases such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, asthma, depression, and so much more.

Now when we think of nutrition we also want to keep in mind that there are foods that can enhance and trigger inflammation and there are foods that can heal the process of inflammation and help the body return back to a normal state.For foods to be able to do such a task goes to show you how important good nutrition is and how foods heal the body.

Foods that reduce inflammation are foods such as dark green leafy vegetables ( spinach, kale), flax seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, potassium broth, and foods high in omega 3’s.

Foods that will keep the cycle of inflammation in the body include animal fats (meat), dairy (milk), sugar, salt, refined grains ( white rice, white bread), and fried foods.

Animal fats can help us to initially to promote the inflammatory process because they make pro inflammatory “eicosaniods” but the problem is that the western diet promotes more “building blocks” to keep these pro inflammatory eicosanoids in our body so the inflammation never goes away and becomes chronic.

Remember we all have a choice to make when it comes to the way we eat and good nutrition. Choose the foods that will heal your body.

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Deeply Holistic By : Pip Waller

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