Cheese crisis averted!

Written By Nicole Hagen

Yesterday, my husband made me breakfast before he went to work. He knows it makes my morning a little easier and extra special when he does, so he went out of his way to do so.

When he came home later in the day he asked me how I liked my eggs and I told him that they were delicious and tasted extra cheesy.

He responded by telling me that he used his usual portion of cheese (2X what I normally use) by accident when making my eggs.

I smiled and told him how much I appreciated him making me breakfast and then immediately acknowledged how much that small serving size error would have ruined my entire day before I repaired my relationship with food.

TWO WHOLE SERVINGS OF CHEESE in my eggs!?

I might have tried to be super strict for the rest of the day or made up for the calories with an extra long workout. 🙄

And the way I spoke to my husband wouldn’t have been kind, gentle, or grateful as a result of my unhealthy relationship with both food and my body.

But because I’ve put in the work to:

  • make peace with food,

  • honor my hunger and fullness cues

  • understand how to nourish, love, and respect my body,

  • unsubscribe from Diet Culture rules and restriction, and

  • embrace an all-foods-fit mentality

Two servings of cheese in my eggs simply meant I enjoyed an extra cheesy breakfast and moved on with my day without any guilt, fear, punishment, or shame.

And for that, I am incredibly thankful.

If you’re ready to create a healthy, confident relationship with food, reach out.

I’m here to help.

Coach Nicole

Nicole Hagen

A Nutrition Coach, adoptive mom, dog mom, and mint chocolate chip ice cream lover.

I didn’t always have this business: the Masters degree in Nutrition Science and Public Health, the passion, the clients... in fact, years ago you could have found me endlessly counting calories and trying to find my worth on the scale and at spin class, exhausted in my pursuit of (what I thought was) health and happiness.

In my early twenties, I struggled with crash dieting and disordered eating. Little did I know, those circumstances would be my one-way ticket out of my restrictive relationship with food & fitness. Those experiences led me here: to the life-giving, sustainable, habit-based nutrition philosophy I embody today. Today you can find me living life without a calorie counting app and spending time with my husband, one year old son, and our two crazy golden retriever pups.

I enjoy spending my free time reading, sipping on matcha lattes, and dreaming of ways I can help other women create healthy, confident relationships with food without selling their souls to food rules and calorie counting apps.

Because nothing lights me up more than helping women live full and vibrant lives without food fear, rules, or restriction. I want to be that permission granter in your life that whispers: “you really can do this” while the rest of the world continues to settle for short-term satisfaction.

https://nutritioncoachingwithnicole.com/
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