Craving something once in a while is not really a problem, it’s pretty normal. Do not feel there is something wrong with you.  Having food cravings does not doom you to a life of yo-yo dieting. It’s how you respond to cravings that makes all the difference. We all know that food cravings can be […]

People losing weight spend most of their time changing WHAT they eat. But the “what” of one’s diet is almost never the only issue, and it’s often not the biggest contributor to a weight problem… “WHAT” is just the most obvious, easiest, and fastest thing to change, so it’s the lever we pull first and […]

I’m going to start by setting your expectations correctly. Spoiler alert: It will at first be very hard to like what I’m about to tell you. We have not been taught what to do after weight loss, and we don’t know what to expect, except that we’ll feel better, have more fun, and maybe post […]

I was recently asked by a friend how to avoid holiday weight gain. I can definitely empathize. This wouldn’t be so hard if the holidays were simply a day or two of feasting in November and then again in December. But the holiday season has become a 2 month food free-for-all, and getting through it […]

You’re not only human. You’re also a soul having a human experience. Your body is the vehicle through which your soul expresses its unique gifts and talents; your body is how your soul gets things done here on the material plane. Your body is also a sensory instrument through which you experience and interact with […]

I’m in favor of the flexible, self-directed approach espoused by proponents of intuitive eating. (1) In fact, it could be said that I eat intuitively. I eat when I’m hungry, and stop when I’m not. I only eat foods I like, and I choose what I feel my body needs at the time. When someone […]

Many women notice that weight maintenance gets harder in their 30s, and harder still in their 40s. It just takes more effort to move the needle in the right direction with every passing decade. We often blame hormonal changes as the culprit. In reality, while hormones do complicate things, they’re usually not the whole story. […]