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. […]