The "Cake Doesn't Count" Podcast

It can be incredibly challenging to find some "control" around food, especially during quarentine. We're all stuck at home and it can seem like the only thing to do is eat. So how do you feel in control around food during the stay at home order? Check out this episode for 3 tips!

I've had women sheepishly admit to me: "I have this secret hope of weight loss while I'm quarentined...like I'll emerge this thinner, smaller version of myself." They are rife with guilt for admitting this to me. (And I always say:  this is a judgement free zone! Nothing you say or do shocks me, because I've thought and done it all!) Two things women have talked to me about these last few weeks: T...

Use this meditation when you feel ungrounded, afraid and overwhelmed.

Do you use food to comfort you? Is food your remedy to sooth your frazzled nerves, to calm your overwhelmed brain, to quiet down those incessant thoughts ping-ponging inside your mind? You are not alone. If you use food as your comfort, today's episode is just for you. If food has become your go-to way to deal with emotions, then join the Break Free From Emotional Eating challenge, starting April...

When we get caught up in worry, fear, anxiety and stress, it can lead to using our coping mechanism: Soothing ourselves with food. With everything that's going on in the world, I wanted to give a few tips to help you move through uncertainty without eating. Can you get through this stressful time without turning to food? YES! Here are 3 Tips to help. ?♥️ ​ If you do need more support, explore the...

There are tons of different tips, tools and strategies to stop bingeing or overeating at night. ( I talk about some of them in this post) But on today's episode, I wanted to give you ONE question to focus you and help you tune in to breaking the overeating cycle. If you get caught in the "eat healthy all day but it all goes out the window at night", then this is for you! For more support on how to...

Have you ever had that internal battle where you try to NOT weigh yourself, but you do anyway (just to get a quick "check in" on your progress)... ....​But then it ruins your mood, makes you feel terrible about yourself and you're convinced all of your weight aspirations are impossible? I lived 1/3 of my life in that cycle. The scale is a real battle. And since I've been having a lot of conversati...

The other day someone asked me if I still emotionally ate. "Well," I said. "The reality is even 'normal' eaters emotionally eat every now and then!" And I'm only human so... The short answer is yes, I do occasionally. The long answer is in today's podcast. If you've ever wondered HOW to actually move through an emotion (without turning to food), then this is a must listen! For more support around...

I have wanted to talk about this topic for a long time. How do you be intimate with your partner when you don't like your body? (Except that my Dad, Mom, Grandma and entire family follow me, so it's not something they need to hear me talk about.😂 ​) But it's an important one.  Why?  Because we usually avoid this like the plague when we don't like our bodies.  Forget intimacy, we don't even want t...

I did an in-person workshop last week on Intuitive Eating and lo and behold...Intermittent fasting came up. There were tons of questions about it. Why? Because it's the latest and greatest trend in the diet world! Which got me thinking... Why do we get so tempted by things like intermittent fasting and Keto? More on that at in today's episode!

We all have those days where we just can't stop snacking or eating sweets. I'm sharing a story and some tips in today's episode!    

When we feel like we're at a standstill with our body, it can be hard to imagine getting to a place  where we love what we see in the mirror. Picturing anything other than self-criticism can feel downright unrealistic at times. There are ebbs and flows on the path of body acceptance, and I've talked about many of them. (See articles  here  and  here ) But there's something I haven't talked about t...

Compulsive eating can be so challenging because it seems to come from nowhere. This intense feeling pulls us off the coach or out of our chair and into the fridge or pantry. It screams at us until we get the food to satisfy it. How do you ever move through it? I'm sharing a few tips and a story that happened at the meditation retreat I went on.  

I spent the weekend meditating for 7 hours a day, in silence, talking to no one. Why on earth would I do such a thing? I spill the details on today's podcast!  

Do you think that you should be "further" along on this path? Maybe you've been working on intuitive eating or trying to love your body or let go of bingeing... And you're still not where you think you should be. Then today's episode is for you :)

Want to set yourself up for "success" to start 2020? Try one of these 3 things (instead of making a resolution!)

Here's part two of the "What do I do want when I want to binge" series:

What exactly do you do when you want to binge? Here is part one of me walking you through what I do when I want to eat:

So why do we revert back to old habits, even when we know they don't serve us? You know, when you ask yourself questions like this: Why can't I stick to eating healthy for the long term? Why can't I stop bingeing for good? Why can't I have longer periods of time that I stick to something? Here's why we do this (and how to begin to see it from a different perspective):  

I remember when I first began this journey, I wanted to know what/how normal people ate because I couldn't believe anyone who actually ate real food  (i.e. wasn't on a diet) could lose/maintain a "normal" size. (Which is why I wanted to do a "here's what I eat in a day" post!) I had been practicing the "less is more" habit for years and tried to eat as little as possible to be as thin as possible....

Thanksgiving is a loaded holiday for me. It's typically filled with a lot of food, tons of family time, loads of sitting around, and excess dessert...with can be a recipe for disaster for me! In today's podcast, I'm sharing 3 tips to help you move through this holiday without overeating! And if you aren't in the States celebrating Thanksgiving, use these tips for any party, event or holiday that r...

What is listening to your body and how do you actually do it? I think many people gloss over this concept  ("oh you know, just don't diet and listen to your body") When I first heard this, I was like,  "that's nice...but HOW?! Give me the steps to do it." When we've spent years with what we "should" eat in our brains, it can be challenge to listen to your body.  Today, I'm sharing what it means to...

When we're immersed in the diet world, it's easy to be consumed by one thing: the RESULT. So if we aren't focused on that, how do we measure results on the intuitive eating path? Every food plan or diet program promise a result: "Do Whole30 for a month, and you'll lose 15 pounds!" "Cut out carbs for 6 weeks and you'll drop 2 sizes!" "Follow our 'lifestyle' food plan and just 6 months, you'll shed...

Do you ever get overwhelmed by the amount of diet information out there (and all of the conflicting information like: "dairy is good for you", "no, steer clear of dairy!" or "sugar in moderation is fine", "no, don't eat any sugar at all!"). This podcast episode is inspired by my own internal conflict and overwhelm. This last week, I had a mental battle with myself about what I wanted to eat vs wha...

What do you do when you can't face your body in the mirror? Maybe you're getting undressed to hop in the shower or you're seeing if your outfit looks okay before you head off to work. Or maybe you walk by a window and catch a glimpse of your reflection and you gasp and think, "holy crap, is that ME?!" That sinking feeling of dread, despair and anxiety of body hate settles in to the pit of your sto...