Posts by Camille Martin, RD
How You Express Your Goals May Be Keeping You From Achieving Them – Here’s How to Fix It
If you’re reading this, I know you want to lose weight. And I know that you’ve probably spent years trying to do it. I also know that you have goals like eating healthier and working out consistently – goals that are essential to making your weight-loss dream a reality. And there’s one more thing I…
Read MoreThe Benefits of an Accountability Partner – And Why You Should Get One
My good friend Amy and I often work out together. We go for runs, do a weekly barre class, and fit in the occasional yoga session. On the days when I feel like walking more than running, she pushes me to get moving. And on days when I’d rather have my teeth pulled out than…
Read MoreOn Your Mark, Get Set, Fail: How to Escape the Dieting Mindset Trap
When I signed up for my first marathon, I didn’t train at all. I decided to do the whole thing without building up to the entire 26.2 miles. Instead, I bought all new gear — clothes, expensive running shoes, a fancy watch — and threw out all my old stuff. I set a goal of…
Read MoreHow to Reframe Your “Failures” and Make Success Inevitable
My girls love to cook, and my youngest always wants me to try her creations. The other day, she reheated some s’mores that she and her sister had made and wanted me to take a bite. It was first thing in the morning, and I would normally never eat something so sweet that early. But…
Read MoreWhy Momentum Matters More Than Motivation – And How to Get It
You know those mornings where you have a workout planned, but you wake up completely unmotivated and say “No way, not today”? We’ve all been there. But haven’t you also had mornings where you put on your workout clothes, laced up your shoes, got on the treadmill, and had a great workout – despite feeling…
Read MoreHow Your Inner Mean Girl Keeps You From Losing Weight — And How to Shut Her Down
You know that friend, the one who never has anything positive to say? The one who constantly criticizes other people and wants you to commiserate with her? The one you keep spending time with even though she makes you miserable? We all have that friend. You know when you hang out with her she’s going…
Read MoreTo Weigh or Not to Weigh
My friend Brooke called me the other day to catch up. I hadn’t seen her for a few weeks, and she was telling me how she had been traveling for work and had just come back from vacation with her family. She said she had been eating and drinking the whole time and was ready…
Read MoreBad Taste
When I got my first real job out of college, I lived in Atlanta with one of my best friends. We would slave away all week (at least we thought we did) and then blow it out on Friday night. So a greasy fast-food breakfast on Saturday morning – usually a bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuit with hash…
Read MoreIf It Feels Good, Do It
In our culture, we celebrate success. And success means doing whatever it takes to get results. So we celebrate people who push themselves, who constantly strive to achieve, who work hard to beat their competitors. We celebrate people who work around the clock, who don’t sleep, who force themselves to keep going. We celebrate people…
Read MoreGood Dietitian, Bad Dietitian
Back in 2003, I was in the middle of my dietetic internship, which consisted of a year-long series of rotations at various clinical settings to learn how to be a hands-on dietitian. One of those rotations was at an upscale bariatric surgery clinic in Atlanta. People who came to the clinic all wanted to lose…
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