Cravings: an intuitive eating series

01/30/2023

Use Venmo to connect with Cravings Course by Megan Andrietti () - A 28-day guided exploration of your body's desires for Food and Nourishment.

01/27/2023

01/11/2023

I'm already thinking about tomorrow's breakfast.

A lot of mornings, this is what I crave...

☕️Black, dark roast coffee. First and foremost. Usually made in the French press.

🥑Whole-grain toast with a spread, spices, some fresh herbs and produce.

🍓Freshly made juice or a vegan smoothie.

My kids can get on board with variations of this as well.

Some days, I just don't have it in me to make it all happen on my own. During the 3rd and 4th trimester with my last child, for instance, my energy was so low at the beginning of the day that I relied on one of the local juice bars to get me started a few times a week.

Most of the time, though, it's just me, my trusty blender, my cravings, and my intuition.

During the Cravings: February experience, I will be supporting participants in being excited to wake up and start the day, in looking forward to breaking their fasts in ways that match how they want to feel, and in making sure their bodies and souls are satisfied with their choices.

If you're interested in joining me, feel free to send me a DM or text to 614-600-2560, and I'll get you registered.

01/09/2023

The first time I put myself on a diet I was 8 years old.

My Mom had brought home some xeroxed copies of magazine articles describing the Cabbage Soup Diet and the Grapefruit Diet.

I'd read them and asked what a diet was.

She said that she and my Dad wanted to lose weight and these would help them do that.

At the time, I was being bullied, as a first grader, about my body size by several boys my age. I remember having thoughts like, "Why did I get this body? Why can't I be skinny like everyone else? Why do I have to special things to get smaller?"

"Special things" like go on restrictive diets that centered foods I didn't even like.

Food became a punishment. I didn't feel good about myself unless I was hungry and in contempt of the foods I did allow myself to eat.

Thus began an 18 year dysfunctional relationship with food and my body.

I starved. I yo-yo'd. I obsessively weighed, measured, and criticized myself. I suffered from body dysmorphia.

The only thing I happily consumed was diet culture. I found peace in the hope of each new diet program I saw on TV or read about in magazines.

In 2008, on New Year's Eve day, I joined a gym and weighed-in at 186 lbs. That's the most weight my 5' 0" frame had ever carried. And I was fu***ng miserable.

Over the next 2.5 years, I gradually lost 67 lbs.

2 years into the journey, I started a holistic health coaching program, and it wasn't until then that my relationship with food and my body really started to shift.

A massive unlearning of the diet culture that had poisoned me since childhood would be the thing to help me shift my personal paradigms.

After several years of being a wholistic health coach and continuing to experiment with my own body's needs and desires for food and nourishment, I started to really see the value in approaching the process intuitively.

I made a complete shift from a calorie-based approach to eating to a cravings-based approach to eating.

And I can honestly say, I've never looked back.

I currently have no idea how much I weigh or what size I am. I haven't measured a portion size, counted a calorie, or looked at a dress size in a decade.

I eat what I CRAVE and what tastes good in the moment.

I eat how much I want, when I want.

I eat with the seasons, I eat with my cycles.

And most importantly, I don't worry about any of it.

I have a healthy, complex relationship with my body. We know how to communicate. And we don't thrive on punishment anymore.

If this is something that resonates with you, I teach a course called CRAVINGS. In its current format, it is a 28-day education, inspiration and mindfulness experience designed to guide you through shifting your personal paradigms about food and nourishment. You'll receive daily curriculum to your inbox and are free to process and participate on your own time and at your own pace.

If you'd like to participate or have any questions, send me a DM or text to 614-600-2560.

May we all find what we crave and what truly feeds us,

Megan

10/15/2021

Same day, similar cravings.

On the left: Scratch made, gluten-free black bean burger spiced with chorizo seasonings on a bed of torn kale lightly tossed in wasabi aioli. Topped with a generous smear of wasabi aioli and a seared slice of fresh pineapple.

On the right: Scratch made, gluten-free black bean burger spiced with chorizo seasonings on a bed of cilantro-lime rice. Topped with chipotle aioli and a seared wedge of fresh mango.

Which are you choosing?

10/15/2021

Fall session of CRAVINGS is closed, Loves.

Winter session begins January 9th.

You can put your name on the pre-registration list here:

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10/06/2021

10/06/2021

CRAVINGS: an intuitive eating series

Fall Session Oct 17 thru Dec 11

An 8-week guided exploration of your relationship with FOOD.

Weeks One + Two: The History of Food Systems and Food Politics

Weeks Three + Four: The Body

Weeks Five + Six: Cravings

Weeks Seven + Eight: Food in Community and Connecting with Spirit through Food

Package A: Weekly Curriculum, Bi-Monthly Virtual Workshops, private FB Group

Full Tuition $550 or $300 to register/$300 due by Nov 15

Package B: All of Package A, a 2-HR Virtual 1:1 Welcome Session, Bi-Monthly 1-HR Virtual 1:1 Sessions, 2 Care Packages delivered to your home

Full Tuition $1,600 or $850 to register/$850 due by Nov 15

REGISTRATION:

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10/06/2021

Registration Form for the Fall Session of CRAVINGS

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Fall Session Registration

10/04/2021

Itinerary for CRAVINGS Fall Session