or have some hidden advantage available only to them. Yet the truth of the matter is that every one of us possess exactly what we need, right now, to lose any extra weight we are carrying around and live a healthy and fulfilling life. In fact, everything you need to change from unhealthy habits to [...]
Have you ever committed to this dieting plan before? How did that work for you? The truth is that when you completely deny yourself something, human nature kicks in and you rebel. This diet plan typically ends with you at the grocery store loading your cart with Hershey bars and little chocolate donuts. The alternative [...]
One thing many people feel they have to do in order to lose weight is change their eating habits. And most people believe this takes things like willpower to achieve. Another popular belief is that after 21 days of practicing a new healthy eating habit that they will abandon older destructive habits and be born [...]
Do you find that you eat in response to stress? This can seem like a vicious trap especially if weight is a concern but when you learn how to question the beliefs that underlie the stress you can break out of this habit. I’m not sure it is accurate to say that “Stress makes me [...]
Do you wonder how to control your eating? I did, too, until I discovered how to question the thoughts that were leading me to eat when I didn’t need to. When I believed the thought, “I have to control my eating” I found that my focus would zero in on food. I would feel an [...]
Why do you turn to food when you are upset with your spouse, frustrated by bills or anxious about an upcoming event? Food and emotions seem to be two unrelated things but as most people discover food has the ability to calm a bad mood and dampen an unpleasant emotion; it is similar to a [...]
Brian Wansink has a fascinating job, he spends his days studying food psychology and consumer behavior (i.e. what makes us eat the way and the amount we eat). I love this topic and recommend you take a look at his book Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. Through his research he has uncovered some very [...]
Does your hand put food in your mouth without any conscious thought? Do you eat in front of your computer, television, or while on the phone? Do you have trouble recalling what exactly you ate? Then you might be a Zombie Eater. Zombie Eaters eat mindlessly, paying little if no attention to what they [...]
Joy Bauer is a registered dietitian and has been seen on The Today Show and The View. I have had the pleasure of seeing her segments and find her to be clear and sensible when it comes to dishing out diet tips and advice. She recently had an article on her [...]
I was introduced to a technique called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) about a year ago as a tool to overcome barriers to success, little did I know at the time that the positive effects of this science could also be applied to overcoming emotional eating. I think it is human nature to dismiss solutions that [...]