When in doubt, run experiments
If you’re not sure what the next step is, try things.
For example, if you regularly overeat/eat when you’re not hungry, check in with how you’re feeling and if you might be using food to avoid something.
If you are, write down 10 healthier things you could experiment with doing instead.
Don’t put pressure on yourself to find the right one right away, just commit to experimenting. :)
If you’re not sure what the next step is, try things.
For example, if you regularly overeat/eat when you’re not hungry, check in with how you’re feeling and if you might be using food to avoid something.
If you are, write down 10 healthier things you could experiment with doing instead.
Don’t put pressure on yourself to find the right one right away, just commit to experimenting. :)
Food is medicine
Why: Food can heal, or it can be the root of health and mood issues.
Regularly eating highly-processed foods that cause stress and inflammation in your body can lead to disease over time.
I’ve worked with clients who have overcome rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, acne, bloating/gut inflammation, clinical depression, and daily panic attacks — simply by changing what they eat.
Limiting processed foods and understanding your food sensitivities can not heal many health issues, but it can also change the way you look (e.g. I became drastically less puffy by identifying my food sensitivities!).
Why: Food can heal, or it can be the root of health and mood issues.
Regularly eating highly-processed foods that cause stress and inflammation in your body can lead to disease over time.
I’ve worked with clients who have overcome rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, acne, bloating/gut inflammation, clinical depression, and daily panic attacks — simply by changing what they eat.
Limiting processed foods and understanding your food sensitivities can not heal many health issues, but it can also change the way you look (e.g. I became drastically less puffy by identifying my food sensitivities!).
Be mindful of sugar
Why:
Sugar can reduce sensitivity to signals that tell you you’re full, making you eat more overall
The liver processes excess sugar into fat, which can contribute to fatty liver over time
Spikes and dips in blood sugar can affect energy levels, focus, mental clarity, and mood
Frequently eating sugar can trigger reward pathways in the brain, making it habit-forming
If you’re trying to reduce your sugar intake, start by replacing highly processed options with minimally processed versions like fruit, dark chocolate, yogurt – without limiting portion sizes at first, so you don’t try to change too much at once. These foods can satisfy cravings with fewer calories and less inflammation.
Why:
Sugar can reduce sensitivity to signals that tell you you’re full, making you eat more overall
The liver processes excess sugar into fat, which can contribute to fatty liver over time
Spikes and dips in blood sugar can affect energy levels, focus, mental clarity, and mood
Frequently eating sugar can trigger reward pathways in the brain, making it habit-forming
If you’re trying to reduce your sugar intake, start by replacing highly processed options with minimally processed versions like fruit, dark chocolate, yogurt – without limiting portion sizes at first, so you don’t try to change too much at once. These foods can satisfy cravings with fewer calories and less inflammation.
Don’t skip meals
Why: When you under-eat for too long, your body responds by conserving energy — slowing metabolism, increasing fatigue, and holding onto fat stores for safety.
Eating enough signals that it’s safe to use energy, rather than storing it as fat.
Many of the people I’ve worked with who struggle with fat loss are actually eating too little / not consistently getting enough to eat.
Why: When you under-eat for too long, your body responds by conserving energy — slowing metabolism, increasing fatigue, and holding onto fat stores for safety.
Eating enough signals that it’s safe to use energy, rather than storing it as fat.
Many of the people I’ve worked with who struggle with fat loss are actually eating too little / not consistently getting enough to eat.
Get your salt & minerals
Why: Low electrolytes can show up as extreme fatigue, poor concentration, headaches, cravings, and that “wired but tired” feeling.
Helpful sources are high-quality salts (sea salt, Himalayan), mineral-rich foods (leafy greens, beans, nuts), and low-sugar electrolyte drinks.
Why: Low electrolytes can show up as extreme fatigue, poor concentration, headaches, cravings, and that “wired but tired” feeling.
Helpful sources are high-quality salts (sea salt, Himalayan), mineral-rich foods (leafy greens, beans, nuts), and low-sugar electrolyte drinks.
Get vitamin D
Why: Vitamin D is a hormone precursor, meaning your body needs it to make hormones that regulate energy, mood, immunity, and metabolism.
Being low can leave you tired, moody, more prone to illness, and make fat loss harder.
Ways to get it: Regular sunlight exposure, eating vitamin-D–rich foods (like eggs, salmon, and mushrooms), or taking a supplement.
Why: Vitamin D is a hormone precursor, meaning your body needs it to make hormones that regulate energy, mood, immunity, and metabolism.
Being low can leave you tired, moody, more prone to illness, and make fat loss harder.
Ways to get it: Regular sunlight exposure, eating vitamin-D–rich foods (like eggs, salmon, and mushrooms), or taking a supplement.
Eat balanced meals with protein, fat, and carbs
Why: Eating sugar and high-glycemic carbs alone can cause a spike-and-crash and mood dips.
Protein and fats are more slowly digested than carbs, so eating them as part of a balanced meal keeps you full longer and your blood sugar steadier.
Why: Eating sugar and high-glycemic carbs alone can cause a spike-and-crash and mood dips.
Protein and fats are more slowly digested than carbs, so eating them as part of a balanced meal keeps you full longer and your blood sugar steadier.
Eat protein at every meal
Why: Eating a palm-sizing serving of protein at each meal is a great way to help with fat loss, body composition, and overall health.
It helps you full longer, stabilizes blood sugar and mood, and supports muscle repair.
It’s also essential for maintaining healthy hormone production—especially for women, who often under-eat it relative to what their metabolism and hormones need.
When protein is consistently low, it can show up as irregular hunger, low energy, hair shedding, dull skin, mood swings, weaker workouts, slower recovery, and stubborn body-composition changes that don’t match the effort you’re putting in.
Why: Eating a palm-sizing serving of protein at each meal is a great way to help with fat loss, body composition, and overall health.
It helps you full longer, stabilizes blood sugar and mood, and supports muscle repair.
It’s also essential for maintaining healthy hormone production—especially for women, who often under-eat it relative to what their metabolism and hormones need.
When protein is consistently low, it can show up as irregular hunger, low energy, hair shedding, dull skin, mood swings, weaker workouts, slower recovery, and stubborn body-composition changes that don’t match the effort you’re putting in.
Lifting weights supports a healthy metabolism
Why: Muscle burns energy even at rest, helping your metabolism stay stronger and more stable over time.
Why: Muscle burns calories even at rest, helping your metabolism stay stronger and staying lean easier.
How to optimize fat loss / body composition
Why: Protein and healthy fats are digested more slowly, helping you feel full for longer.
Sugar and high-glycemic carbs are more quickly digested, so you might feel hungry again more quickly. They’re also what we tend to overeat more than protein or healthy fats.
Why: Protein and healthy fats are digested more slowly, helping you feel full for longer.
Sugar and high-glycemic carbs are more quickly digested, so you might feel hungry again more quickly. They’re also what we tend to overeat more than protein or healthy fats.
Move after eating carbs/sugar
Why: Movement helps your muscles use up some of that sugar for energy so it’s not floating around your bloodstream. It helps keep your blood sugar more stable and make it easier for your body to respond to insulin.
Go for a walk, dance, or do some squats!
If you eat more carbs than you need for your current activities, your body turns them into fat to store for later, an intelligent survival mechanism.
Why: Movement helps your muscles use up some of that sugar for energy so it’s not floating around your bloodstream. It helps keep your blood sugar more stable and make it easier for your body to respond to insulin.
Go for a walk, dance, or do some squats!
If you eat more carbs than you need for your current activities, your body turns them into fat to store for later, an intelligent survival mechanism.
Balance & moderation is key
Why: Crash diets don’t work because you can’t eat that way for the rest of your life. The goal is “the middle way”, where your favorite foods are still part of your routine.
Freedom is being able to make healthy choices out of awareness of energy balance and what works best for you – not by blindly following restrictive rules.
When you understand how different foods affect your body and support your needs, you can make intentional choices that move you toward health and joy.
Why: Crash diets don’t work because you can’t eat that way for the rest of your life. The goal is “the middle way”, where your favorite foods are still part of your routine.
Freedom is being able to make healthy choices out of awareness of energy balance and what works best for you, rather than blindly following restrictive rules.
When you understand how different foods affect your body and support your needs, you can make intentional choices that move you toward your health and physique goals.
If you’re struggling to find balance, let’s talk!
Go for organic if you eat the skin of the fruit/veggie
Why: Pesticides often stay on or just under the skin, even after washing.
Why: Pesticides often stay on or just under the skin, even after washing.