New Hope Counseling & Wellness Center Blog
by Amy Helms, Registered Dietitian & Licensed Therapist
A Balanced Plate
How to Create a Nutritionally Dense Meal When working with clients, my goal is to help them break away from the idea of designing meals around what they think will help them manage their weight. Planning meals around the fear of...
7 Common Food Myths Busted
While many food and nutrition myths start with some string of truth attached (maybe one small and poorly designed study led someone to shout a "truth" from the mountain top) some have no scientific backing at all, but have made their way around as fact. We're busting...
Disordered Eating: When to get help
National Eating Disorder Week is a time to bring awareness to what eating disorders are, what they do, and the stories that people have about the trials and triumphs over their ED. But what if you don't have an eating disorder? Are you automatically a "normal eater"?...
Stop the Shame and Learn to Love Your Mom Body
Open a magazine and you will see celebs bragging about fitting into pre baby jeans, or flip open facebook and your neighbor has their before and after swimsuit pics up (thanks to the AMAZING shakes they are drinking that you just HAVE to message them about!). Here are...
Choosing Your Next Diet? Ask Yourself These Questions
The term "How to lose weight" has almost 500,000 searches each month. If you are among on of these half a million people choosing your next diet to shed some pounds, asking yourself these questions will help you in your search. What Do You Hope Your Next Diet Will...
Why Eating Less and Exercising More Isn’t Working
If you're on a mission to lose weight, for whatever reason, you may be tempted to try the ages old recommendation of eating less and exercising more. Keep reading to find out why this tactic often backfires. Calorie Defecit It is true that for any weight loss to...
What is Set Point Theory?
Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, your weight stays within the same 10-15 pounds? Or you diet and lose weight, but your weight always goes back to where you started (or a bit higher)? This isn't some flaw or glitch in your system. Set point theory explains...
Stop Weighing Yourself for a Healthier Mindset and Body
You step on the scale daily or weekly and stress about a pound up or celebrate a pound down. If your bathroom scale holds the power to change your mood or behavior, then it might be time to evaluate if the habit of weighing yourself is healthy or not. Read the post...
7 Ways To Make Every Day A Self Care Day
Self care is not pedicures and bubble baths. Self care is giving yourself the attention and nurturing you need to live out your life values. Self care day doesn't have to be an occasional or infrequent splurge. These 7 easy practices will make every day a self care...
7 Tips to Eat Mindfully Even on Your Busiest Days
The thought of slowing down, savoring each bite, and tasting, feeling, thinking about every morsel you put into your mouth is enough to put the breaks on mindful eating all together. You don't have to set aside an hour for each meal or stop everything and pay...