Have you seen all the Instagram Reels, Pinterest images, or TikToks of a fridge stocked with cute meal prep containers? You’ve felt inspired to plan ahead, to eat healthier, but when you open your Tupperware cabinet you’re discouraged by your mismatched containers and missing lids. Maybe you still push through and you make the […]
Tag: nutrition
Finding Your Why – The Key to Effective Goals (3 minute read)
Growing Up Bigger Than My Peers The first time I remember being aware of how much I weighed was in 3rd grade. Though it may be hard to believe at my full-grown 5’1” stature, I was 4’10” and definitely wore at least an A cup bra at only 8 years old. I could share a […]
3 Tips for Healthy Eating (4 min read)
Eating right is something we all know we should do. For most of us, it’s easier said than done (I’ve never understood those ‘I eat to live’ people; I also don’t believe them!). Whether it’s an addiction to certain additives, the convenience of take out, the lack of knowledge about nutrients, an absence of self-control when it […]
Is your culture getting in the way of your wellness? (3 min read)
Being Japanese American has always been an important part of my identity. Despite being a fourth-generation American and speaking more Spanish than Japanese, I try to keep some traditions and cultural aspects in my life and pass them down to my children. But as with many other cultures, some of the beliefs and traditions are […]
Are you sweet on sugar? (6 minute read)
Oh how I loved sugar. Desserts were my best friend and if the loveliness also included some flaky crust, I was in heaven. But it turns out sugar and refined grains are actually abusers who sneak into your life with their sweetness and allure of a good time and then weasel their way into your life so […]
Why Trying New Recipes is Good for You (4 min read)
How many of you have ever been frustrated with someone who loses weight easily, feeling like if you mess up just one meal you’ve ruined it all? I’m guilty of this myself. I wish I could hold my head high and say I haven’t been affected by diet-culture or placed value in a number on […]
What face do you have on? (3 minute read)
I started baking at a young age in my grandma’s kitchen using her fancy Japanese painted bowls because they were the perfect size and the hand mixer that I actually had to crank by hand because she didn’t have an electric one. I’d make a mess on the round kitchen table and don’t have any […]
Eating My Emotions of Joy! (2 min read)
For so long I believed what society had ingrained in me about food, especially as a woman. I should only eat so much of it and certain kinds of it, otherwise I’d be fat forever. Eating was never an enjoyable experience for me because I was constantly presuming that whatever I ate was going to cause […]
Making Sense of Dietary Guidelines & Nutrition Facts (6 min read)
If you follow USDA dietary guidelines or read the Nutrition Facts Labels on your packaged food, you might find yourself saying, “WTF do they actually mean?!? Ounces, cups, ounces again, calories, g, mg, mcg, %…. And why are there so many fats?? Why can’t this be written in normal people language!?” Let’s do a […]
Why Should I be Mindful of what I Consume? (2 minute read)
How We’re Conditioned to Eat Growing up my parents were always on some sort of diet, South Beach, Atkins, Weight Watchers, even a cabbage soup diet. They were always conscious of their weight and attempted fad diets or quick fixes, but the rest of the time they weren’t really paying attention to the frozen pizza […]