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Why can’t I just lose weight?
Why can’t I just lose weight? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Or sat around wondering why the hell you do things that don’t serve you? Like, why would I binge on fries [...]
How to eat intuitively
How to eat intuitively I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “intuitive eating” before. I’ve seen it in articles and online. But I’ve never heard someone explain what that actually means. [...]
How much water do I need to drink
How much water do I need to drink? Before I got my certification in nutrition, I worked with a nutrition coach. I also worked with a personal trainer at my local YMCA. They both [...]
Are your sleep habits keeping you from losing weight?
Are your sleep habits keeping you from losing weight? Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Do you wake up feeling unrested? So many of us do. What we don’t [...]
Are you sending your children back to school during a pandemic?
It feels like you’re damned if you don’t and you’re damned if you do. Everyone has an opinion, but no one has a solution. Ugh. Being a parent and having to make this decision right now is [...]
Black Lives Matter
When I was in college, I had a black boyfriend. And it never occurred to me that our relationship would be a trigger for other people. What did I know? I grew up in a diverse [...]
What You Need To Be Doing During This Pandemic
I’m sure you have heard a thousand COVID-19 news broadcasts and heard from many experts, all with conflicting recommendations. It’s enough to make my head explode! So, instead of focusing on the [...]
How to Deal With Uncertainty (COVID19)
It can be difficult to navigate uncertainty. And for a lot of us, the coronavirus pandemic has brought up some anxious feelings. It’s even more difficult when the information is readily available [...]
The Real Reason You Can't Stick to A Diet
How many times have you tried to lose weight? And how many times have you dieted, cut out food groups, stopped eating all sugar, cut out alcohol, only to gain whatever weight you lost right back? [...]
What to Do When You Feel like Giving Up
So far 2020 has kicked my ass! Our fence broke. Our pool emptied out. Our tenants vacated our condo pretty suddenly, although I understand their circumstances. My mom was sick. My dryer broke. [...]
How to Stop Stress Eating For Good
Do you Stress Eat? I have been known to stuff a cookie, or two, or five, in my mouth when I was frustrated. I have also been known to down a couple of glasses of wine and top them off with a [...]
How to Create New Years Resolutions that Don't Suck
New Year, new you? I hate that phrase, lol. But, wouldn’t it be cool if we could all just reset ourselves at the beginning of the year? Past habits erased. Goals met. Just like that, snap, and [...]
Stress Fighting Tips that Don’t include Bubble Baths
Stress is always going to be here. Sorry, but that’s the truth. We are human beings living in the real world. You get sick, you get injured, you’re overwhelmed by your busy ass schedule, you run [...]
When you just can’t get your body back…
When I work with women specifically, they tend to say things like “I want to look the way I used to.” “I used to have abs…. or I used to be thin…. Or I used to think I was fat, but now I just [...]
I Don’t Think You Even Really Want to Lose Weight…
Hear me out…. How many times have you tried some new diet and failed at keeping the weight off? How many times have you felt worse after finishing the diet than you did before you even started? [...]
Can You Lose Weight Without Exercising?
You’ve read all the posts about weight loss and exercise. Seen all the commercials for gym memberships and body change. But what if you can’t fit in time to work out? Or even more so, what if you [...]
How to Reach Your Goals
How many times have you tried to lose weight before? How many times did you succeed and then gain it all back? How many times have you said “I just want to lose this freaking weight”? First, [...]
How to Leave Mom Guilt Behind
Mom guilt. That shit takes over sometimes. Feeling guilty for being “busy”. Feeling guilty for overreacting. Feeling guilty for feeling stressed. Guilt for working or not working. Guilt for [...]
What the hell is Intuitive Eating?
Do you remember when you were young and were told you had to finish the food on your plate or you couldn’t have dessert? Or that it was rude or disrespectful to the cook if you didn’t eat all the [...]
Combating A Negative Self Image With Gratitude
Do you ever stare in the mirror and hate what you see? Or do you avoid the mirror all together? Do you poke and prod at your “problem areas” and focus on how badly you want to change them? Do [...]
Letting Go of Expectations for the “Perfect” Family
When I had a hypothetical family, I was the best mom! My kids only ate healthy food. They were happy and calm. They did their chores without question. My house was clean and organized. My [...]
How Not to Lose Yourself in a Relationship
For some people, being in a relationship means giving up who you are. I’ve seen friends and family members get into relationships and leave all their interests behind. If their new partner likes [...]
You are the One Responsible for your Happiness
Remember that scene in Jerry McGuire, when Jerry says “You complete me…” and everyone melts and thinks he’s the sweetest, most emotionally evolved person??? I love that scene, but I freaking [...]
Breaking the Myth! Losing Weight Isn't Just About Food
Every time you turn on the TV or scroll through social, you hear about diets, cleanses, detoxes, miracle shakes, etc., etc., etc. You see amazing before and after photos with shocking [...]
How To Have It All…
Someone recently said to me, “Damn Ev, how do you do it? How do you keep up with your house, exercise, work, and still hang out with your kids and husband”? Well damn, that’s a loaded [...]
Five Things Your Nutrition Coach Won't Tell You
With the abundance of information that is available online, it is difficult to decipher the good from the bad. In the world of nutrition, that can be even more difficult. Should we eat carbs? [...]
How to Lose Belly Fat
Belly fat…. We’ve all got it. Even people with slender frames have some. Of all the concerns people share with me about their bodies, belly fat is consistently number one! Aside from the [...]
How to Talk to Your Daughter About Her Body
Having a negative self-image carries over into so many other parts of our lives. When you don’t love how you look, it’s hard to love the rest of you too. As moms, the last thing we want to do is [...]
How to Exercise for Fat Loss
After I had my second daughter, I joined a running club because I just knew that running was the answer to my stagnant weight loss. I met with my group three times a week. We ran 5 miles at a [...]
The Truth About Meal Plans
Okay If I'm being serious… Trying to be a mom who is present, a wife who is attentive, and an individual who can keep it all together, while juggling house work and full-time work is [...]
When is the Best Time to Exercise?
It can be difficult to find the right answers for your exercise questions. There is an abundance of information online and on social media. For every topic you search, you will find tons of [...]
How to Stop Feeling Guilty Around Food and Never Diet Again
Over the holidays, I, like most other people, was surrounded by cookies!! As a kid, that was one of my favorite parts of the holidays (except for getting presents, of course)! I’d sample a [...]
How to Reframe Your Mindset in 2019 to Hit Your Fitness Goals
Every new year we make resolutions to change, to do better, to workout more, to finally lose those pounds. And every year we start off determined, and finish feeling defeated. We promise [...]
Don't Let Perfection Stop You From Seeing You're a Good Mom!
If being a mom isn’t the hardest job in the world, I don’t know what is?! I mean who the hell else has to literally think and make every decision for more than one person, 24 hours a day? It’s [...]
5 Reasons Why You're Not Losing Weight
I often am asked “Why can’t I lose weight?”… or told “I’ve lost 20 lbs. and can’t seem to get rid of the last 10!” or “Nothing I do is working”. It’s difficult to stay motivated when you’re [...]
Taking Responsibility for Raising Confident and Unique Children
I totally let my daughter wear whatever she wants! I don’t care what it is, as long as it is weather appropriate. Some people think I’m crazy. I don’t really care, lol. She has gone out in [...]
My Top 5 Ways to Stop Dieting
Keto, Paleo, Weight Watchers, Isagenix….the list goes on. With many options, it’s near impossible to guess what will work for you. Let’s take a quick look at the them: Keto: Keto gets its name [...]
How I help my kids learn healthy eating habits
Getting kids to eat healthy can be a freakin chore! They want quick snacks that crunch and taste good: enter Cheez-Its, GoldFish, and chips. Fruit snacks, ice cream, candy, Cheetos, M&M’s, you [...]
15 Family Activities to Keep Kids Active
Being a mother is hard. You’re pulled in a million directions and question your decisions every step of the way. Am I making the right choices? Is this what is best for my family? Am I doing [...]
My Top 10 Tips to get kids to eat healthy:
Eat the types of food you want your children to eat. Be a model. I know that some people believe children should “Do as I say, not as I do”, but that doesn’t always work. Children learn by [...]