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I love it when I see you my taquito 🌮⠀⠀ I wish I could pretend I didn't need you⠀⠀ But every bite is ooh la la la⠀⠀ It's true, la la la⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ If you didn’t catch it, you gotta sing that in a @camila_cabello and @shawnmendes voice 😂😂⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ But seriously I decided it’s time that we start talking about what we CAN eat. So many women are told they can’t eat this. Or can’t eat that. And I’m tired of the can’t!! I wanna feature the CAN! So tag me in your pics using the hashtag #sheCANeat⠀⠀ .⠀ 📸 @abriellaaaa_ ⠀⠀ ⠀ Cannot wait to see all the delicious foods!! ⠀⠀ ⠀
When my client shared this with me I literally could cry. How could a health care provider be so cruel?! ⠀ ⠀ But the harsh reality of this world is that when you are considered overweight you’re judged. You’re judged by people on the street, sometimes even your family and even health care providers. ⠀ ⠀ We as humans are mostly driven by numbers. And don’t get me wrong numbers DO MATTER. Your blood sugars matter. Your cholesterol matters. And a bunch of other internal numbers are SUPER important. ⠀ ⠀ But the scale is subjective. You can step on it multiple times in a day and get a different reading. ⠀ ⠀ But someone’s dignity should never be taken away like this. When we talk about HAES (health at every size) we want EVERYONE to be treated and listened to equally no matter what that scale says. ⠀ ⠀ Not every health care professional is like this. But if you encounter one like this. Know that you can find a new one. And please do. Do NOT ever let someone speak to you like this. EVER.
Protein. Protein. Protein. ⠀ ⠀ Everyone knows protein is important. I think that for the most part no one has any issues with it, except maybe picky eaters. Other than that, we def all get enough. Some WAY more than others. ⠀ ⠀ BUT I have been trying to make a conscious effort to add more plant based proteins to my diet and a little less meat. Not that there’s anything wrong with meat but I wanna eat more diverse foods. ⠀ ⠀ Growing up in a Dominican home I never really ate hemp, seeds, or even peanut butter! I know, don’t judge me. It’s just not a Dominican thing 😂😂 ⠀ ⠀ So here are some great sources of “other proteins” from the great @kids.eat.in.color ⠀ ⠀ What’s your fav non meat protein source?! ⠀ Confession, I’m not a fan of tofu. I’ve tried it all diff ways. Just ain’t for me 🤷🏽‍♀️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @kids.eat.in.color
When you truly let go of food fears AMAZING things happen. ⠀ ⠀ So often my clients come to me with all these fears surrounding food that have been passed on to them by the media, bloggers, celebrities and even books! ⠀ ⠀ I was just told yesterday that there’s a book out there comparing flour to drugs 🤦🏽‍♀️ ⠀ ⠀ Because when you grind grains down to powder form you change its composition 🙄 da fuq?! ⠀ ⠀ How does this make any sense?! But these quackos are out there publishing books, being funded by bigger agendas and getting their message out to the masses. ⠀ ⠀ Then there’s us, professionals doing the work on the ground having to fight off all these crazy misconceptions and educating based on scientific truths. ⠀ ⠀ 🍎Nutrition is a science. Just because you have abs doesn’t qualify you as a professional.⠀ ⠀ 🍐because you lost weight on your own watching your macros and going to the gym doesn’t make you a professional. ⠀ ⠀ 🍓 taking a 3 hour online course doesn’t make you a professional. ⠀ ⠀ You know what does?! ⠀ ⠀ 🍊 Getting an actual degree from a didactic institution who teaches basically what happens to food the minute it touches your tongue to the min you poop 💩 it out. ⠀ ⠀ What’s the craziest food fear you’ve heard?! ⠀ ⠀ Also tagging my favs, so give them a follow! ⠀ . Side note: check out @vitamin_ri latest rant, that goes hand in hand with this rant!