Don’t Wait Until Monday To Start Your Diet
This week's topic couldn't have been more relevant to kick start [most of] the second half of 2022... Why Not Now? In this episode of Be Your Best Self Health Chats, we talk about what's holding you back on your health and nutrition goals and how you can get started...
The Easiest Thing You Can Do For Your Health
I believe the easiest thing you can do for your health is to drink your water. Yes, something THAT EASY. Why is drinking water the easiest thing you can do for your health? Most people do not drink enough water during the day. We rely these days on pop (or soda/coke,...
How To Stay On Track With Weight Loss During Summer Events
Summer brings fun in the sun but it can also bring a string of commitments and events. When it comes to sticking to your goals, it can be mentally hard to stay on track with weight loss during Summer events. Over the last two years in the nutrition coaching industry,...
Making The Most Out of Seasonal Produce
Seasonal produce is something that we all talk about, but can often be overlooked as a simple way to help with our nutrition goals, especially in the summer, but also as we move into the fall and winter. This week on the podcast, we are talking about how to make the...
What’s The Deal With Low-Fat Diets?
We are finishing up our three-week series on macronutrients. Over the last three weeks, we've talked about the three nutrients your body needs the most to function at its best. The first week, we talked about protein, because protein is the one that most people are...
Are Carbs Really That Bad For You?
This week we continue our three-part series on macro nutrients, which means, we are going to have an honest conversation about carbohydrates. Carbs are very demonized these days so I mean this in a nice way... they are so important and their importance needs to stop...
How Much Protein Should You Eat?
Today we are going to start a 3-part series that will go for the next three weeks. We are going to talk about macro nutrients. I’m not talking about counting macros, as in dieting, but we are going to talk about the macro nutrients protein, carbohydrates and fat....
3 Ways To Measure Your Health Goals That Don’t Involve The Scale
TW: We are going to talk about this scale and using it as a tool and not as not being the be-all-end-all method for measuring your health. If this scale is something that triggers you or bothers you, please go ahead and skip this week's podcast. A scale is a tool and...
How You Define “Healthy Eating” Matters For The Success Of Your Health Goals
This week’s podcast is actually inspired by the Listen To Your Body Challenge that I hosted two weeks ago. This was a conversation that I felt like came up multiple times throughout the challenge. The definition of eating healthy matters when you're looking at making...
Accountability & Nutrition, Why It Matters
In 2014, my office hosted a weight loss competition. What wound up being a great friendly (but fierce) battle I went head to head with my best friend for 3 and a half months. I had no idea what I was doing, but I quickly figured out that by running and restricting my...