MFV Wellness

Emotional eating is a very common thing, even before the global pandemic!

Now, all the stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, even grief, fear, or uncertainty can easily cause us to turn to food for comfort.

We often use food to solve problems food cannot solve! And we feel trapped and guilty afterward, which just helps perpetuate this detrimental behavior.

Learn how these 3 strategies can help put an end to stress eating! You might resonate with more than the others, but I encourage you to try all of them!
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Crash diets cause metabolic damage. Truth or myth?

For many, it might feel like it’s true.

Maybe you’ve been working out consistently and intensely, eating carefully, but still aren’t losing weight.

Or maybe you were losing weight consistently, but now you’re stuck, even though you’re doing exactly what’s worked in the past.

Is your body broken? Is your metabolism damaged?

Well, it’s not that simple.
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There’s a lot of research on milk and dairy, yet, many people aren’t so sure they are good for our health.

As with any topic on nutrition and fitness, there’s always new research and evidence coming out.

This post contains the current scientific evidence about what’s true, what’s false, and what’s undecided about dairy, so you can make your own decision whether to include it or not.

So, do you consume dairy? Let me know!

Protein timing matters.

Our bodies need a certain amount of protein to begin synthesizing muscle protein and build muscle.

As time passes, free protein in our body starts to decline. We need more protein, not just a little bit, but a considerable amount. Which is why many meals with just a little bit of protein usually isn’t the best approach, neither is only two big meals many hours apart, because your body would begin MPS, but it would decline and stop before your next meal.

This is why eating every 3 hours or so is one of the best ways to maintain MPS all day long! If every meal has about 20-25 grams of protein (about a scoop of protein powder or a chicken breast), and you’re drinking a shake of slow-digesting casein protein before bed (for example), you should be able to keep MPS going from the time you wake up to the time you wake up again 😂💪

How many meals do you eat a day (including snacks)?

If you have a stressful job or a long commute, Friday can become a kind of gateway drug to the rest of the weekend.

“Just because it’s Friday night. Because it’s Saturday. Oh, Sunday brunch.” Sometimes we even go as far as to say: “It’s Thursday night; close enough to Friday.”

Stop thinking of the weekend as a time where “normal rules” don’t apply. While it is a time to relax from work, it doesn’t mean it’s a time to completely throw your diet in the trash.

Find out how to ditch weekend overeating and love every step of the way!

Share this with someone who needs to see it, and leave a comment if you have any questions!
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Calories-In vs. Calories-Out (CICO), Truth or Myth?

A lot of people claim they eat 1,000 calories a day and can’t lose weight. Others say they eat as much as they can and cannot gain weight. So what’s up with that?

Adopting any extreme position, either saying CICO is simple and straightforward, or saying it’s a complete myth that doesn’t account for hormone imbalances, insulin resistance, etc., is problematic.

We need to have an open mind and look at the big picture: Energy Balance.

Read on to find out how CICO applies to our daily life and how to create a healthy and sustainable calorie deficit.
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