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Heyya 👋 as we hop into the holiday weekend for some, a quickie reminder that you don’t need to justify *any* food or exercise you want or don’t want this weekend. There might be foods available that aren’t your usual ie. chocolate eggs, deviled eggs etc BUT that doesn’t mean that anything else needs to change, they can fit in just fine as a fun and hopefully enjoyable part of your weekend or celebration (just like they can fit in any day of the year, too). No matter what or how much you eat or move this weekend, your body will continue to need food the next day and the next and the next, you never need to “earn” it, so let’s get ahead of that “diet starts Monday” attitude because it really just makes you feel not so hot.
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If you need some tips on navigating holiday food talk or the satisfaction factor around food - I have lots of posts on it if ya scroll, or DM me and I’ll send you the link to my mindful eating & satisfaction guide. Mostly, I hope you have a wonderful weekend - whether it’s a holiday for you or not 💕
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Also tagged some great RDs and resources to fill up your feed with this weekend! #thewellful

Back it up with that food shame plz 👋 I know it’s easy conversation to joke about how “bad” you’re being for reaching for the cookie in the break room or ordering what you want at dinner. But can we not?? You’re not being bad by eating - no matter what you’re eating, and promoting shame around food isn’t a positive way to promote health so let’s stop pretending it is or that it “works” - making someone feel badly about themselves or their food is not your business (and definitely shouldn’t be anyone’s business plan).
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Serving sizes are one measure but not the end all be all and while they may be helpful in some cases, they don’t need to be a source of stress or prescription. You may want or need more or less of any type of or combination of food and you’re more in tune with that than a food company is or recommendations that are meant to guide hundreds of thousands of people. Plus! Did you know that a food company could just make the product smaller or switch up the serving size or # of chocolate chips or raisins in a product to make the label *fit* whatever their demo is? It doesn’t mean a product or you are good or bad - just means there’s more grey for ya to leannnn into. There are much worse things you can do than eat and enjoy your food without guilt. #thewellful #unpackingfoodmarketing

If I was in charge of the language we use to talk about food & health the first words to go would be “guilt-free” and “cheat” day/meal 🙅🏼‍♀️
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What are you guilty of? What are you cheating on? The words we use MATTER so let’s be mindful of them, what they imply and how they impact our own behaviors and the people around us. Yes, all of our eating patters, preferences, priorities and beliefs may be different, but promoting guilt or shame around nutrition & health feels so backwards. We have a lot of unlearning and relearning to do and I think a place to start is in the language we use to talk about these topics. Sooo I hope you’re doing what feels good for you today - regardless of what you did, or didn’t do or eat this weekend ✨ #thewellful #languagematters

Sunday brunch reminder!!
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Tbh I do love the ease of 2-ingredient pancakes recipes (super easy & allergen friendly when traveling or if you don’t have other ingredients on hand) but, there’s still nothing wrong with a stack of some traditional fluffy pancakes 👏 IG can make it seem like pancakes are only “allowed” when they’re in this healthified version, but truth is neither kind is better, or makes you better for choosing them. So you’re not “being good” or “being bad” either either (or any food) choice. There are lots of “why’s” we eat - satisfaction, taste, experience, nutrition, convenience, foods that fill you up or feel good, or because pancakes taste great when you don’t eat them with guilt👏 Happy brunching ✨✨ #thewellful #WHYiatewednesday

Anddddd we’re back because language still matters so let’s change the way we talk about nutrition & health 👏
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Most of the time these terms are thrown around without much thought, or because they are so accepted in our daily conversations. But what are you *really* saying when you use them? Sharing in stories a conversation about the term “empty calories” because it came up a few weeks ago. Think about the term “cheat” meal - why would we choose or try to eat in a way that we’d want to cheat on after a few days? Cheating is something that we’re taught is shameful and wrong, so the idea of a “cheat” meal or day is automatically associated with feelings of guilt + shame, when then associates those foods or way you’re eating that day as guilty + shameful - SO not helpful!! Yes, some foods are more nutritionally dense than others, yes some foods have antioxidants and vitamins or fiber, and that’s important but so is enjoying food and eating in a way that doesn’t feel like one long math problem or something you can do “right” or “wrong”. There’s a lot of grey in there that this language just can’t capture.
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What are some other terms you want to see go away or have questions about?! #thewellful #unpackingfoodmarketing #languagematters

Piggybacking off of our most recent podcast episode where Nekisia @earlybirdfoods says “Are we gonna throw love out there or are we gonna throw fear out there?”
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I will be the first to say I love food companies, I love food marketing and I love the people who create a product & biz out of their passions. BUT I’m so not about these messages that make it seem like you need to buy this expensive set of products or foods in order to chase this unattainable image of health or ‘wellness’. Truly the name “The Wellful” came from wanting to promote wellness from a place of ‘fullness’ not a place of restriction like we so often see. So if what you’re buying or the messages you’re seeing online are telling you that you’re in need of fixing, they’re wrong and they’re trying to make a buck (or many bucks) off of making you feel insecure. Plz don’t let anyone trick you into thinking that’s true. #thewellful

**food shouldn’t need 73 health or other claims to convince you to buy it**
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Let’s stop telling people they need to be “fixed” with your product and instead promote cool, fun, great-tasting, innovative products, recipes and foods. I’m much more interested in the story of you and your sister baking cookies or you making an easier way to make creative dinners in your dorm room than a cracker made to “suppress your appetite” or “allow you to have your favorite food without the guilt” - because spoiler: your appetite doesn’t need to be suppressed? And guilt is never an ingredient - sooo those claims aren’t saying much and they’re just making your relationship with food more complicated 🙅🏼‍♀️
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The reaction to yesterday’s post on the language we use around food proves that this topic is BIG and we need to lean in and talk about it more. Challenge accepted 😏 Click the link in bio to subscribe for more about this topic coming up (and you’ll get my mindful eating guide as a free download!) Let’s change the way we talk about food & make nutrition less confusing ⚡️ #thewellful #unpackingfoodmarketing

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