The authors of Intuitive Eating suggest ten principles. When I loan my clients a copy of this book, I tell them to take what resonates with them and leave the rest. You may practice many of these core principles already while others may be novel and new. So, take what you want and leave the [...]
I love the book Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elyse Resch, MS, RD, FADA. It’s a book that seems to resonate with so many people. In this series of posts I will discuss some of the main points of the book, but encourage you to purchase your own copy if you see [...]
I cry at the end of “Terms of Endearment.” I cry at the end of “Rudy.” Sometimes I even cry at the end of “Forrest Gump,” but the one that really, really gets me is “The Biggest Loser.” I’ll be doing dishes and sweeping the floor and cheering and crying for those contestants. They are [...]
Sometimes we look at exercise as just a way to burn calories– this is a weight loss website after all! But by focusing on going fast, lifting lots and working up a sweat, we forget to slow down and do one thing that’s relatively easy and will make us feel so good. Stretching.
Why bother? Because [...]
1. Don’t drink your calories. Fruit juice, sweetened coffee drinks (think caramel macchiato), sports drinks and alcohol all have lots of calories that don’t really satisfy us. Instead of fruit juice, opt for a piece of fruit. Use a sugar free sweetener (or sugar free flavored syrup) in your coffee. Skip the sports drinks all [...]
I was reading Shape magazine at the gym today and there was an an article about a woman’s weight loss journey. I think she had lost about 40 pounds or so and was doing really well. She was feeling healthy, attractive and “flirty” and was excited about the new clothes she got to wear. The [...]
In all sorts of areas, the term “Best Practices” is used to describe what things have been shown to work best in any given situation. There are best practices for teaching, for health care, for food service, for businesses. These are basically ways of doing things that have consistently shown success. So what are the [...]
I just read the announcement on People Magazine about “How Jennifer Garner got her Body Back.” I thought, was it stolen from her on-set trailer? Perhaps she left it in a first class seat on a trans-Atlantic flight. Oh, dear, had she loaned it to somebody because she was too tired to do another romantic [...]
Do you remember that silly Saturday Night Live skit with the two body builders, Hans and Franz? “We’re here to PUMP you up!” Anyway, I want to talk to you a bit about what we in the biz call “Resistance Training.” Some people refer to it as “Muscle Training” and sometimes it’s “Weight Lifting.” No [...]
So I’m looking at this CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Website and I understand what it’s about and what it all means and it’s still a little bit confusing. For someone who hasn’t been very active or doesn’t really know where to begin, all of this information can be a bit overwhelming and it [...]