DONUTS & OREOS?! What I eat in a day no calorie counting!

[@Jaxxie1981]

I've been binge watching your videos, because I'm coming out of 4 years of disordered eating. May I just say that I find the fact that a lot of the foods you eat come from Aldi oddly comforting? I tend to get discouraged when I see intuitive eating videos with lots of extremely expensive specialty foods. Your videos are so reassuring and relatable and they're helping me a lot 💜

[@ColleenChristensen]

So glad!! I love Aldi so much!!! 😘😘

[@thealabasterbox459]

WAIT - - whole milk, sourdough bread, real mayonnaise AND egg yolks?! YOU ARE MY AMBASSADOR QUAN 👑

[@1337karm]

Hey, I just discovered your channel, and I’m excited to try your tips to better my relationship with food. I’ve had an eating disorder since I was 9, so I’m being really careful, but I love your approach to nutrition. I’ve already broken one of my food rules, I had sugar in my coffee. I didn’t have that in over fifteen years. So thank you.

[@sayjahxx]

I really enjoy your videos. I'm trying my best to get out of this diet mindset, but it's so stressful. Your videos help calm me down and remember that I'm learning, and not perfect. Thank you so much for the inspiration. Also, your lunch, INCREDIBLE 😍

[@bethiebrown9848]

Love seeing all the healthy carbs and meat you are eating!!! I am getting sick of carbs are the enemy diet mindset. Love seeing what I eat in a day!!! I use them to get inspiration but realize we are all unique. Lately been eating Greek yogurt, berries, and granola every morning for breakfast. Didn’t think about eating it as an afternoon snack.

[@ColleenChristensen]

So glad you loved this video!!! Yes! If you love granola you've GOT to try the birthday cake! I'm so hooked!

[@karunanathan1271]

I’m literally having the worst day right now because I’m just a little depressed and can’t stop thinking about binge eating & throwing up because of a girl in a movie doing that which triggered me (I had that problem for a month) and this video made me feel better just because of how wholesome it is:) thank you Colleen

[@ColleenChristensen]

I'm so so sorry to hear this! I'm glad the video made you feel better though! Don't be afraif to reachout for support it you need it!

[@Candytuft-CookingPan]

I never thought of using pudding as a thickener for smoothies! That's such a good idea!

[@hettijayne]

How much do you exercise, could you do a video on your journey with intuitive exercise?

[@ColleenChristensen]

Hey gorgeous! Really great topic I'll add it to my list! I workout 4-5x a week typically. I make sure to have some rest days!

[@Twin_peaks93]

Your dog is a peanut butter fiend 😍 love it. That sandwich looks banging, thanks for showing a realistic but satisfying day of eating. You really help me to stay away from restriction

[@ColleenChristensen]

Just like his mama! LOL!

[@tatimonroe8878]

I just bought from safe and fair wow the power of advertisement. I also have an appointment with a nutritionist because I’ battle with food! First day of a new beginning 🙌🏽

[@EmThrives]

I recently moved out on my own for the first time and still have yet to buy a blender! I've been missing my smoothies! Something about summertime always makes me crave sandwiches! Thanks for sharing this video (:

[@ColleenChristensen]

Get yourself on the smoothie bandwagon girlfriend! So delish! So glad you loved this video!

[@joannealton6041]

I love that you gave your dog some peanut butter. The look on his face was so cute.

[@ColleenChristensen]

Theo is the true reason anyone watches my videos 🤣🤣🤣

[@jasminew2087]

This was awesome! I really enjoyed watching your full day of eating! I’d love to see more videos in the future 😊

[@ColleenChristensen]

I'm so glad you loved it Jasmine! I'll def do more!

[@Sara-kc2sz]

I’ve followed your instagram account for so long and never realized you had a youtube channel!?! 🤦🏽‍♀️😍 Been loving your videos so far 🥰

[@ColleenChristensen]

So glad you found it!!! 😘😘😘

[@jeganka]

This is what healthy eating looks like...don’t be afraid of food!!

[@vee5315]

Your morning journalling.. do you have any videos elaborating/ explaining what that's all about? Also finally a video someone uses normal milk 👍

[@amylocke5666]

Love the pudding idea in a smoothie! Looks amazing...for the longest time I had a rule that I was only allowed veggies/fruit and water in my smoothies. Looking to break that with a fun smoothie like you showed!

[@samantha9164]

I have been recovering from anorexia for a little over a year (I also have HA, haven't had my period in a little over 2 years). I never get hungry and never feel full...I have no cues AT ALL. I have been trying to eat 5-6 times a day at around 2500 calories. do you think that by doing this, I will get my cues back?

[@axllil]

One thing that has helped me is to eat mechanically...so if I am not hungary in the morning I will still eat at 9am for sure, same for all my meals, I have a time at which I eat regardless of hunger levels....and I did this for a while untill I started to feel the cues

[@Portraitstar76]

I just ordered a bag of basically every flavor! If you order over $20 worth you get free shipping, and it will still let you use the discount code, so that's a WIN. I'm going on a road trip in a week, so I hope they get here before I leave so I can sample them while I drive!

[@jenniferforderer8237]

Hi there! Oh Yummy birthday cake granola i need to try that!! 🤗💟 Love the sandwich you made! Looked so good!!

[@ColleenChristensen]

It's INSANELY good! You'll love!

[@jenniferforderer8237]

@@ColleenChristensen 😘❤💟

[@joycooper4023]

Awww my babies always get a little PB too :) Love your videos-they really give e courage to push myself and keep going. Something I find myself still hanging on to is this idea of appropriate macros at every meal-especially breakfast. Some days i feel like just toast and peanut butter but have this idea that i need protein (and no pb does not count in my mind).This video helped me to realize that maybe it’s not all wrong but i could have it a little later in the morning then-using gentle nutrition.

[@victoriashi545]

Hey Colleen, love this video 😁 Random question, do you normally finish all the food you showed in the video? (Morning smoothie & lunch sandwich etc.) Or you only ate a portion of some of the food you show?

[@karunanathan1271]

Also I’ve literally read all of those blog posts referenced in here😂

[@ColleenChristensen]

I'm so glad!

[@xoHAUTEGLiTTERS]

Did you finish everything you put on the plate for yourself? I personally would be stuffed from this much, but I’m also still working on refeeding

[@theninth5691]

You easy A LOT and very well. You've given me motivation. Ty!!

[@ColleenChristensen]

XOXO

[@sarahhume3220]

Do you count rollerblading as your workout or do you workout in addition to rollerblading? Love this video 💜

[@aliciasb1907]

Thank you SO MUCH for the State & Fair discount code! Costco had monster bags of the Birthday Cake granola back in March and I only got one and then moved. :-( It was satisfied my sweet tooth and was amazing with yogurt too. I just ordered their starter pack plus a bag of blueberry granola to try. Love the videos and advice! Thank you again! Now what to eat while I wait for the delivery? ;-)

[@danicahaverty6433]

Loved this! More of these videos please!

[@ColleenChristensen]

So so glad you loved!

[@marissamitchell8728]

Thank you for the video. Everything looked tasty...except maybe the Oreo rice! I would love to see more on meal planning or meal prep for the week, especially as I’m trying to limit how often I go to the grocery store due to COVID but still want meal options with the ingredients I buy.

[@ColleenChristensen]

Haha I know the rice was SO strange but once someone told me about it I was like "I HAVE to try this!" hahaha! We def can talk more about prep!

[@anastefani7954]

This. was an amazing video!!!! Loved every one of ur meals, they all looked soooo delish like yessss U have such balanced meals and eat sooo well im sooo happy for u and it honestly helps me as well with my own disordered demons ;) Pls do more vids like this they r good

[@ColleenChristensen]

So glad you loved this video Ana! I'll def do more!

[@feebeci]

You eat so healthy ! Those tacos looked bomb

[@ColleenChristensen]

Taco obsessssssed over here! All foods fit! my body does feel best eating "healthy" foods, but as you saw, love me some oreos too!

[@taylorgordon4632]

It all looks so good and you look so happy and free eating! So weird to see videos where portions and calories are mentioned and drilled. I like it but it's so strange to see I must be used to diet culture

[@sarahbartlett9870]

Great what I eat in a day. Please do more. Minor point, I saw bananas in your fridge. I don’t think they should be stored in the fridge as they go off quicker. Plus I was surprised to hear you call “jam”, jam as I thought it was called jelly in USA

[@ColleenChristensen]

Go glad you love! I actually find the opposite! They keep them from going bad but maybe I'm wrong haha

[@alyssa4157]

I randomly bought that granola at big lots for really cheap and never opened it lol! time to try it

[@bxmplbee]

You didn’t have one in this video but you should try making your own protein bars for fun. I make my own and they come out tasty. It’s just hard to get the texture right 🤔

[@arykah34]

You are so cute and fun! Love your videos, can’t wait to try the birthday cake flavors! 😍

[@ColleenChristensen]

Awww you're so sweet, Erika! You MUST try them! They're mind blowingly good haha!

[@arykah34]

Colleen Christensen I ordered them today!! I think my kids will also enjoy the popcorn, so I got that too! Also, I wanted to tell you that I have been watching all of your videos (found your channel because I was going to try the 21 day fix and was worried about how I could actually limit my portions, knowing I would fail). You are very inspiring and I love the no food rules approach. Already, I have learned so much and actually just recognized my hunger that I would have probably ignored because I thought depriving myself would be better for weight loss. I made myself a smoothie and will hopefully not be as ravenous by supper! I also downloaded the e-book and can’t wait to read through it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making me see that food is not the enemy. ❤️❤️

[@imnotokayandthisisgospelfo247]

You really put me on that birthday cake granola 😂 got my hands on it once now every time I go to the store it’s sold out 😢😂

[@ColleenChristensen]

You can order online! They actually have the costco sized bags on sale for 10 bucks right now! Then the code NOFOODRULES saves you an extra 15%! Scoreeeee

[@mylifeasbella679]

this is such a great video!!

[@ColleenChristensen]

Thank you! I'm so happy you loved!

[@sarahoatley7289]

I love granola xxx and def donuts for me

[@ColleenChristensen]

This granola is MIND BLOWING! lol! And totally donuts are mah jam!

[@MicaelaSerediuk]

Why is the peanut butter upside down?

[@llamawaldo]

Im alarmed at most of your videos because you never, ever show how much of the food you eat. You are excited about food, yet you eat very very little. I hope I’m wrong.

[@sassyt1545]

Agreed.

[@paulabailey9791]

Pretty sure she said she doesn't show how much she ended up eating because she doesn't want what she ate for her body to become the standard for others and potentially create or exacerbate disordered eating.

[@anabragatrad]

I'm sure I would put on weight if I ate like that 😂 but I absolutely love what you advocate. #almostnofoodrulesforme

[@arianarodriguez8951]

Ana Braga this is an incredibly backanded and rude comment

[@bxmplbee]

Nice editing skills!

[@ColleenChristensen]

Thanks! My team is amazing!

[@bxmplbee]

7:01 pro tip: SALT THOSE TOMATOES Also, you should try gardening your own tomatoes. Nothing will ever EVER taste better than home grown.

[@nfig-f8l]

Odd question, how tall are you?

[@ColleenChristensen]

Haha not odd at all! 5’7”!

[@amyclark7373]

STOP! Colleen your fridge is too clean and organized even for this organized freak! Just kidding, I'm really jealous. 😉😊

[@2345-d2h]

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[@MrGogop]

Hello. I tried doing the 21 day fix but didn’t work out for me. Kept getting hungry. I’m trying to loose about 40 - 50 lbs. Do have any videos for loosing weight/Fat? Thanks

[@Hi-wz8ev]

Hi, I love how freely you are with food and I really want to be like you. but I want you to help with one of my disorder thought. watching your video, my disorder mind can't stop but calculate, aren't you worried that you eat more than you need and therefore, the weight will continue to gain?

[@wendywertz8828]

If your at your normal healthy weight and not overweight metabolically unwell you can eat like this video BUT IF YOUR OVERWEIGHT/ OBESE WITH VISCERAL FAT TO LOSE YOU CANNOT !

[@millieflanagan2001]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ColleenChristensen]

XOXO

[@beachbaby-qu1cr]

Do you need to be at a certain weight before doing this type of life style?

[@ColleenChristensen]

Absolutely not! It's actually how you find the weight you feel best at and function optimally. Checkout my video on the set point weight theory! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGKYhp19pLOIoqc

[@audiochicky]

You know your body/metabolism is way off when you realize you eat less than half of the food shown this video in an average day and still weigh 270lbs. :( It's so frustrating!!!

[@ColleenChristensen]

It CAN be so frustrating! Dieting and food rules can hurt our metabolism, but as we regain trust with our body and fuel it we can repair!

[@elisearnold-levene4388]

Have you checked out Autumn Bates on KZbin? She's similarly thin but eats in a way that models healthy eating and is helpful for her viewers in terms of wellness and weight loss for those of us with some lbs to shed.

[@joycooper4023]

Elise Arnold-Levene im glad you found her helpful but i found her really triggering and in my opinion disordered.

[@elisearnold-levene4388]

@@joycooper4023 oh, interesting. I can see it. She has a very particular and regimented way of eating. I've found that eating too much sugar gives me major cravings and I have trouble stopping, and Autumn's plan addresses that.

[@annefitzgerald1744]

@@elisearnold-levene4388 That's interesting that Autumn Bates has helped you. I find her to be very regimented and "authoritarian" about food and fasting. I stopped subscribing to her. But I'm glad her strategies have worked for you!