The Family Fork
Feel like you’ve tried everything to lose weight in perimenopause, but nothing works? Maybe you want to feed your family healthy meals, but can’t get them on board with food that supports your goals? If this is you, you’re in the right place! A wife and mom of two, Ashley Malik is an expert in anti-inflammatory nutrition, a Certified Life Coach, and former therapist (MSW). Ashley brings simplicity to family meals, nutrition, and weight loss. If you’re tired of trying to DIY your way to perimenopause weight loss and better health, The Family Fork gives you solutions you need. Each week you’ll discover approachable techniques for cooking healthy family meals, how to make simple anti-inflammatory swaps, and solutions for eating on-the-go. Plus, with every episode you’ll uncover the right mindset to stick with your nutrition, so you can lose weight and be healthy for life. To learn more, and to work with Ashley directly, visit www.ashleymalik.com.
Episodes
29 episodes
28: Ready To Give Up? Listen To This
Ever feel like throwing in the towel? Like you just want to give up on it all? This week on The Family Fork, we're diving deep into those feelings of overwhelm and frustration that can leave you wanting to escape to a deserted island. (And hone...
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27: How To Get Your Family On Board With Anti-Inflammatory Eating
Tired of the dinnertime struggle? Juggling perimenopause, family, and healthy eating can feel like a constant battle. This week on The Family Fork, we're tackling a common challenge: how to get your family on board with anti-inflammatory eating...
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26: The REAL Reason It's Hard To Lose Weight Over 40
Feel like you've tried absolutely everything to lose weight in midlife, but nothing seems to work?It's natural to want to blame perimenopause, hormones, or your age. And in desperation you start looking for a supplement, medication, or ...
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25: Easy Ways To Crush Perimenopause Cravings
Struggling with cravings? As a midlife mom, you might think you've lost all willpower when it comes to food. Because when those cravings come on, they are so strong!The good news is that you CAN do a lot to manage (and prevent!) your cr...
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24: How To LOVE Your Anti-Inflammatory Food
Juggling perimenopause, family, and weight loss goals can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like "healthy" and "anti-inflammatory" food means "no fun." In this episode of The Family Fork, we're tackling a common struggle: how ...
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23: 7 Ways to Eat Anti-Inflammatory On a Budget
Ready to take charge of your health with anti-inflammatory food on a budget? This week on The Family Fork, we're diving deep into how to eat healthy, delicious, anti-inflammatory foods without breaking the bank. I know, it can feel overwhelming...
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22: The 2 Questions To Get You Unstuck On Your Weight Loss Journey
Want to get unstuck by simply asking yourself 2 questions?When we feel stuck in our health or weight loss journey, it can be difficult to see a way out. We often blame it on our circumstances (hello, perimenopause!)But by asking...
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21: 4 Levers To Pull For Better Weight Loss & Workouts
Curious to know how to make your workouts more effective? So that you finally start losing weight in perimenopause?In this episode of The Family Fork, we're looking at four different levers you can pull, for more effective work...
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20: 3 Taboo Things You CAN Do For Weight Loss
DId you know you CAN weigh yourself everyday while you're losing weight, if you want to? The world of weight loss is filled with so many "dos" and "don'ts", it can be tough to know what the right thing is.But in this episode of The Fami...
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19: How To Master The 3 Levels Of An Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Have you tried an anti-inflammatory diet before, only to crash and burn? Maybe it was too hard to stick to. Perhaps it was too hard when you needed to cook a meal for yourself, and then a separate meal for your family.Imagine feeling re...
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18: These 5 things won’t help perimenopause weight loss
Struggling to lose weight in perimenopause? If you're doing any of the things we talk about in this episode, you may think you're helping weight loss...but you're not!If you're sitting there feeling bloated, overweight, and fed up (than...
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17: 5 Things I Did To Lose 65 Lbs In My Late 40s
When I tell women that I've lost 65 lbs in my late 40s, they're always shocked, and want to know how I did it.I'm not always sure of the best answer, to be honest! You already know the typical things for weight loss: watching what you e...
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16: Creating Perimenopause Weight Loss Goals Part 2: Your Solution
How would you like THE solution to losing weight in perimenopause? It's one thing to have the strategy (which we covered in Episode 15, which is Part 1 of this conversation).In today's episode, you're getting a complete coaching session...
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15: Creating Perimenopause Weight Loss Goals Part 1: The Strategy
How would you like to build your exact strategy for losing weight in perimenopause, and know that it was going to work for YOU?! Wouldn't that be great?Losing weight in perimenopause is really a two-part project. First, you have to nail...
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14: Power of Pause: How to Reclaim Your Life After a Difficult Time
Raise your hand if you can look back in time, and wonder how in the world you survived that difficult week, month, or year. It felt so difficult in the moment, it's a wonder you didn't fall apart!Believe it or not, there's a lot to be l...
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13: Save Time with Easy, Family Meals and the Component Cooking Method
How do you feel when you hear the phrase "What's for dinner"? If you're anything like me, it brings up a bunch of different emotions!If you're trying to prioritize your OWN health, with anti-inflammatory meals, you might find that it's ...
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12: THE Perimenopause Weight Loss Method
Feel like you're always looking for that ONE THING that will finally help you lose weight in perimenopause?I wish I could tell you there was an "easy button". But the truth is that it takes a well coordinated effort of a few approaches,...
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11: How to Manage Holiday Food and Alcohol
Are you trying to manage your weight, and other perimenopause symptoms...but you're worried about falling off track over the holidays? (Or worse yet, thinking about "restarting" in the new year?!) Don't let the upcoming season throw yo...
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10: Does perimenopause cause gut issues?
"Gut health” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot these days. You even see it on products like soda, chips, and prepackaged snacks, claiming that they’re good for your gut health.But what does it mean to have good gut health? How d...
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9: Protein for Perimenopause
You've heard that you should eat more protein in perimenopause, but what does that even mean?It leaves you wondering how much, what kind is best...and ultimately you just grab a protein shake.In this episode of The Family Fork y...
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8: Stop Giving Up: Managing Resistance
Do you get down on yourself when you give up (again!), when things get really challenging?Believe it or not, this is just your brain trying to keep you safe! Because challenging things like weight loss and eating healthy require hard wo...
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7: Losing Weight: Perimenopause Edition
Did you know it IS possible to lose weight in perimenopause?It requires a different approach than you're used to, but doing the "right" things with your nutrition, fitness, and mindset can help the number on the scale to budge. Finally!...
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6: Do You Need an Anti-Inflammatory Diet? How To Decide
You've heard about an anti-inflammatory diet, but how do you know if it's right for you?An anti-inflammatory diet can help women with hypothyroidism, who are in perimenopause, and who are over 40 years old. (It definitely can't hurt you...
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5: Easy, Anti-Inflammatory Snacks
Maybe you have your meals figured out, but you wonder what you should eat for snacks? With an anti-inflammatory diet, there is a place for snacks...but they shouldn't take the place of balanced nutrition.In this episode of The Family Fo...
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4: Can't stay motivated with your health journey? Here's your solution
Struggle to stay motivated with your health and wellness journey? Can't figure out why you always lose motivation, before you even get started? You're not alone! In this episode of The Family Fork we talk about why you don't need motiva...
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