Hi Reader! Do you know what the #1 behavior is when you stop dieting and start intuitive eating? Fuckit eating. You've done it. I've done it. Maybe you're still doing it. Why? Because when we spend more years following food rules than trusting our bodies, we see a pan of pizza and think... "Too many carbs" We see a pint of ice cream, and think... "Too much sugar" and "Too much fat." When we desperately want our favorite blue corn tortilla chips from Trader Joe's, we think......
about 2 hours ago • 2 min read
"This is terrifying. I didn't think it was going to be like this." Jenn said as we peered over the edge of another cliff. We were halfway down a nearly 4000-foot descent from a remote lake most hikers don’t venture to. Smart. We thought our route down would be cruisy through a gentle-ish valley. Instead, we didn't trust our instincts and followed 3 gym bros down a more direct route. This left us triggering rock slides, clinging to granite walls, and removing leg hairs by butt-sliding down...
7 days ago • 3 min read
How's your summer so far, Reader? “I thought I was going to have all this time off to eat healthy and work out consistently this summer, but THAT hasn’t happened. Summer is chaotic around here - it’s good chaos, but I need to get back on track. I want some better habits going into the fall when I go back to teaching - a different kind of chaos.” This was Mel’s answer to the question above. Her good kind of chaos involved a family trip to Colorado, with mountain biking, easy rock climbs with...
14 days ago • 2 min read
I made it back, Reader! But I'll be honest. Last week had me reconsidering my life choices. "Jenn's 50th birthday is worth it, right?!?" I think to myself as I heaved my body and 25+ pound backpack up a 3500 foot climb littered with over 200 downed trees. I think I told you about Jenn's epic thru hike in last week's email. The most important question before these adventures is always... How do you pack enough food to be satisfied and well fed on a week-long backpacking adventure? The texts...
21 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, The Savor Crew and I are about to finish our brain-health-boosting 90+ mile hike for Jenn's 50th birthday. I can't wait to share all the best moments of the trail with you next week! Until then, let's dive into a question that lurks like an elephant in the room... Can you eat to support brain health without falling into the dumpster fire of diet culture? Yes! Gentle nutrition can support brain health without rigid food rules. Try these 5 strategies: 1. Create your meals and snacks...
28 days ago • 2 min read
What did you do for your 40th or 50th birthday, Reader? Was it memorable? When our friend Jenn said she wanted to do an epic lodge-to-lodge 50th Birthday hike, of course, the Savor Food and Body Crew was all in. We did NOT invite the friends who think... POV 1: hiking is boring… "You just walk along, feet get tired, shoulders ache, to see what? More mountains and lakes?" POV 2: "Walking doesn’t count as REAL exercise unless you wear a weighted vest." Does this look boring? Scrambling up and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, How many balls have you dropped this week? "Ugh, last week was rough," Jenn said as she came into our session. "What happened?" I asked "I dropped SO many balls, including forgetting to pick up my daughter after scouts. She looked so sad when I drove up in front of the concrete steps at her school." "After I apologized, and we got ice cream, all was well. Later that night, I had an aha moment." "Say more!" I said "I realized that the stress of trying not to drop balls isn't worth...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! What are you up to for the 4th of July weekend? Our little mountain town celebrates the unofficial kick-off to summer with "Shake the Lake," a 5+ hour fireworks boom fest with the sound of explosives reverberating up mountain drainages. It's a bucket-list experience for tourists while locals console their dogs and hope no wildfires start. Independence Day can mean different things to people. About 12 years ago, a client texted me a picture of her scale in the trash with the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
“I just don't have the motivation to make healthy meals,” Kate said. ”Well, that’s not true. I want to eat more vegetables and cook at home. But when I buy fresh vegetables, they go bad before I get around to eating them.” ”Salads aren’t satisfying unless they have some protein on them, and I don’t have the motivation or time to cook the chicken, or fish, or tofu to put on the salad.” “So, having prepared foods like grilled chicken or fish, baked tofu, or canned beans on hand would make...
2 months ago • 2 min read
“I feel like my metabolism is broken,” Liz said on our discovery call last week ”Say more,” I said ”Well, since I turned 49 last fall, it doesn’t matter what I eat or don’t eat, or how much I exercise or don’t exercise, I keep gaining weight,” she said ”I’ve tried different diets over the years. Some worked better than others, but nothing works now. The weight doesn’t budge.” ”You feel like your metabolism is broken because it seems like your body doesn’t burn calories like it used to?” I...
2 months ago • 2 min read