I have many clients that tell me they find it hard to eat well when they also have to please a family (including small, picky eaters!). I can totally relate - pretty sure I gave birth to the pickiest eater as some kind of karma for something I did! In my house, it's really important to me that we eat as a family as often as we can. Weeknights can be really hectic, but we try to sit down as a family for dinner. I enjoy a wide variety of healthy eating but I also have to please

It’s so easy to get lost in the information overload of nutrition facts, tips and science. Just picking up a food item and trying to decipher the nutrition fact label or even pronounce of the ingredients is enough to cause a headache! To help you begin to wade through the non-sense and get to the facts, here’s some clear definition of nutrition terms you could come across: Light: For a food to be able to be labelled as “light” it has to be reduced in fat or reduced in calorie

Whether you’re an emotional eater or just feel out of control with food, you are not alone in having an unbalanced relationship with food. This relationship could have developed from childhood experiences or from recent events, but the end result is the same – letting food control you and using it to find comfort instead of fuel and nutrients. While there is always room to enjoy our food and indulge in what we love, it is important to start building a better relationship with

I'm a firm believer in habit building and a great habit to work on is eating more foods your prepared yourself! It can feel complicated if you're starting out, so here's a great formula to follow that will ease you into this habit! Pick Your Protein: Choose lean meats and fish including chicken, eggs, ham, turkey, tuna, flank steak, shrimp, black beans, cheese, peanut butter, etc... Pack on the Veggies Your options are endless! Pick your favourites and pack a small portion

I get a lot of people asking me questions about diets - when they should eat and how much of certain foods they should have. There really isn’t one “diet” (hate that word) out there I would promote or encourage besides a real food approach. I’m not knocking any of them – if it’s something you have to follow and it’s working without causing you harm, then more power to you! But from what I can see, most of them are strict, a lot of work and not maintainable for long term. I pr