335 // When Eating More Can Actually Help You Lose Weight

Written By Nicole Hagen

In this Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast episode, host and Nutrition Coach, Nicole Hagen, talks about the fear that comes up when women begin eating enough after years of dieting - that uncomfortable thought: “This feels like so much food.”

Throughout the episode, you’ll learn about:

  • Why this fear is completely normal after years of diet culture conditioning

  • Why your body needs more calories than you think simply to survive

  • Why eating more nourishment can often lead to eating fewer calories overall

  • What happens when you finally fuel your body adequately 

…and so much more in-between.

If you’ve ever looked at a balanced plate and thought “there’s no way I should eat all of that”, this episode will help you understand why that thought exists, what your body is trying to tell you, and how to rebuild trust with your hunger, your fullness, and your food.

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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