Instead of telling ourselves that food is off limits or we are bad for eating them

or we can't trust ourselves so we should never have it in the house,

you actually do the opposite and you keep those foods that you once felt so out of control

around you actually keep those in the house regularly and when you actually trust that you have

permission to eat it whenever and you always have access to it, the food loses its power.

I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others

but your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best self means standing firm in your

decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest

look into the challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity

to choose what life looks like for herself. Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Brooke Miller

from the Mama Well podcast. Her co-host Alyssa was back on episode 74 and in that episode we focused

on nutrition for our littles but today we are going to dive into nutrition, body image and all

things food as it relates to women and mothers. Brooke can you introduce yourself for our audience

and tell us why you felt called to get into this work in the first place? Sure thank you guys so

much for having me on. I'm a registered dietitian and I started out like so many other registered

dietitians going into this field to help people but also I secretly hoped I would find the perfect

diet and the best health practices along the way. So when I was in college I was studying exercise

science I was a college athlete which to nutrition and during my internship to become a dietitian

I was constantly worried about how many calories I was eating really paranoid about people judging

me for my food preferences. I was constantly under eating and overexercising but because dieting

and overexercising is praised in our society I thought I was being really healthy and I didn't see

that I was doing anything wrong. So later I realized after years of working through my own body

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