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Relaxed holidays without snack guilt? 6 tips
The holidays can be challenging when it comes to snacking without feeling guilty. Not just during the holidays, by the way. I've been eating Easter eggs for three months now (so basically just after they stopped selling Christmas chocolate 🤪) and they're already gone...
How writing helps you to deal with cravings
Writing helps you organise your thoughts and gain new insights. It helps you to put things into perspective. And it can help you deal with binge eating, with a negative self-image, and the need to keep dieting. In this blog, I'll give you tips on how writing helps you...
Falling back into unhealthy eating patterns: how to get perspective
We've all been there: you're finally living a healthier life and just going about your business, when at ome point, you're experiencing a tiny setback. And another one. And maybe another one. And suddenly it feels more difficult again to maintain your healthy...
4 steps to eating healthier. Including food swap examples
When we plan to start eating healthier, we often make too many changes at once. But this often turns out too difficult and your good intentions go down the bin, along with it your motivation. You might even give up. The trick is to change one little thing at a time....
How to stop dieting and feel good about yourself again
Diets, healthy living and the pursuit of a healthy weight: it seems to have become a religion in our society. Everyone has to be tight, fit and lean. And if you don't have a healthy lifestyle or a 'normal' dress size, you get the feeling that you don't count. Our...
Dietary fibre: the secret to a healthy body
Dietary fibre does wonders for your body. If I'd have to recommend one thing to get healthier, it would be to eat enough dietary fibre every day. And that's a lot easier than you think. Eating enough dietary fibre, will leave you satiated longer so you are less likely...
Do you need vitamin and mineral supplements?
If you Google 'vitamin supplements' you get 5.260,000,000 results. So I say: plenty of space available on the web for one more blog on this subject 😜. Do we really need vitamin supplements? And do I use them myself? I'll tell you below. Also why you might need...
How to improve your sleep by improving your diet
Improving your sleep: as a bad sleeper, this topic is on my mind a lot! Living a healthy lifestyle is nice and all, but if you sleep poorly, it can be difficult to maintain your healthy habits. Poor sleep can cause unbalanced eating behavior, because you need more...
How to prevent overeating and the accompanying guilt. And how this relates to my dentist’s appointment…
Overeating means eating more than you intended, beyond satiety. You ate too much, maybe until you had a stomach ache, or maybe it ended in a binge. You may have felt guilty afterwards ('I wish I hadn't'). If I would advise one thing that can help you avoid this, it...
Weight loss ads and how to resist them
In the new year they pop up everywhere again: advertisements and influencers promoting 'revolutionary' diets, shakes and cures. Research* shows that none of this works, but we still fall for it again en masse. Unfortunately with unpleasant side effects, namely kilos...
How to burn fat: fact, fiction and tips
After a year of writing silence, during the Christmas holidays I decided to pick up blogging again. I just missed writing too much! And to inspire as many people as I can, English versions will now be available too. We kick off the new year with: facts and fiction...
Learning a new habit? Not as difficult as you think with this tip
Learning a new habit, such as eating healthier or exercising more, can be very difficult. It helps if you link it to something you already do anyway.Formulate your new habit Formulate what your new habit should be. Is your goal to drink more water? Try and link this...