Food Coach LLC

06/24/2025

Salads for dinner with added protein are great choices for summer. 😀
On Sunday morning, before the days of intense heat started, I harvested all our heat sensitive crops, including baskets full of lettuce.
Stay safe, everyone!!!

06/24/2025

On Sunday morning, before the days of intense heat started, I harvested all our heat sensitive crops, including baskets full of lettuce.
Salads for dinner with added protein are great choices for summer. 😀
Stay safe, everyone!!!

03/21/2025

How do you know if food is a really good choice?

The secret is knowing and understanding how to look at the nutrition facts and ingredients list. 👉But it goes beyond that.

It's also about knowing what to ignore on food packages and labels.

It's also developing the skills to avoid being fooled by some common tricks marketers use on food packages and social media.

Read the article at the link below for some tips.

https://www.foodcoachforme.com/food-package/ ‎

Food packages can trick you if you’re not careful. Here's how not to get fooled by food marketers when you grocery shop

03/16/2025

When you're in a grocery store or shopping online, it can be so difficult to decide what are good choices for you to eat. The front of every package, or the description if you shop online, is designed to get you to do three things:
• Notice the item
• Think that it is the right food for you
• Buy the item

That last point is especially important!

Now, the company that's producing the product and the marketing team they've hired to design the package and promote it online and on social media really do not care if the product is good for you or not. They are only interested in getting you to buy it.

That may sound harsh, but it's true.

02/14/2025

What type of oatmeal has the most fiber?
What oatmeal is the best for gut health?
Is one type of oatmeal better for eating healthy or losing weight?
Read this post to find out!
https://www.foodcoachforme.com/what_type_oatmeal_is_best/

01/27/2025

Evening snacking is a challenge for many people, including me!

Keeping your hands busy can help reduce snacking.

At this time of year, I frequently knit socks. This weekend, I finished these simple ones for my husband.

What do you do to limit snacking?

01/27/2025

If you have a bird feeder, as I do, you know that squirrels are masters at changing the plan.😆

We could all learn something from squirrels! If you're trying to change how you eat, stop using the same plan that's failed in the past.

Need help with that? Contact me!

01/23/2025

Many people are uncertain if they should be eating starchy vegetables or not.

One of the most common pieces of advice about "healthy eating" is that starchy vegetables are bad for you. But is this nutrition fact or nutrition fiction? Or is it somewhere in between?

Like so many things in life, there are nuances to answering this question. Contrary to popular belief in the keto diet world, eating starchy vegetables is not bad for you.

But there are three things you want to think about when eating them.

Read more at https://www.foodcoachforme.com/eating-starchy-vegetables/

01/20/2025

There’s been a lot written and spoken about building and keeping healthy eating habits. After years of helping people change how they eat, however, I’ve found that a simple but powerful piece of information is often omitted from all of that advice.
Healthy eating habits are habits!

I know that seems obvious, but the simple fact is that most diet plans, weight loss programs, and “quick start plans” forget this. Many of them have people changing how, what and when they eat overnight.

It takes time and practice to build the skills and set new eating habits. Sometimes, your brain or your metabolism works against you.

As you progress in your journey of adopting healthier eating habits, don't expect that you're going to eat "perfectly according to plan" 100% of the time.

What's the other secret?

Getting personalized, professional help. Visit the link in my bio for information - your insurance may even cover the cost of working with me!

01/16/2025

To boost your chances of success in changing how you eat, it is critically important that you shift the focus of your goal. Instead of focusing on your ultimate goal, focus on how you are going to achieve that goal. I teach this "shift focus" technique to people who see me for nutrition counseling.

It’s easiest to explain this with the analogy: Imagine you are trying to explain to someone how to get from city A to city B without using a travel app or GPS device. You aren’t going to spend the majority of your time telling them how wonderful city B is.

Instead, you’re going to focus on how they will get there.😀

Need help with this? Reach out to me!

01/13/2025

This is a simple concept but an important one. When you are building healthier eating habits, you are on a journey to go from how you eat now to how you want to eat in the future. Like any journey, unless you’ve got a magic transporter, you don’t get from one place to another instantly.

01/09/2025

Here’s another reason why “Progress, not perfection” works!
Diet plans that have you make multiple changes at the same time can also lead you down the insidious path of negative self-talk, self-doubt, and loss of self-confidence. That’s the voice in your head that whispers or screams, "You blew that one!" or similar phrases. Hearing that often leads us to abandon our efforts to change.

“Progress, not perfection” succeeds because it recognizes it takes time and practice to develop new skills and habits that support healthy eating habits.

It encourages you to build on incremental changes instead of berating yourself when your brain reverts to old habits.

Need help change how you eat? Reach out to me!