The second principle of Intuitive Eating put forth by Tribole and Resch is “Honor your Hunger.” Here’s their introduction to the principle: ”Keep your body fed biologically with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise, you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating [...]
The only thing wackier than the content in many women’s magazines are the advertisements. While on the treadclimber at the gym this morning, I came across a doozy. At first it seems rather innocuous. It’s not telling you to DIET, I mean, we all know that’s a load of malarkey at this point, right? It’s [...]
So many people claim to know what the ONE thing is that has turned our country from normal sized humans into overweight and obese people. Some claim it’s high fructose corn syrup, others blame McDonald’s, many say it’s the prevalence of soda pop, still others say we’re just “lazy Americans.” The reason I want to [...]
Last week was Thanksgiving–or have you forgotten already? Did you “miss the target” as it were? Did you have the best intentions to eat only until you were satisfied and not until you were stuffed? Were you planning to take dainty sips of low calorie beverages and ended up chugging egg nog straight from the [...]
The holiday season starts in two weeks! Are you ready? Are you excited? Are you dreading it? Are you terrified that you won’t be able to maintain your weight loss or that you’ll gain even more weight? Thanksgiving is about celebrating a bountiful harvest, recognizing the wonderful life we have, being grateful for loved ones, [...]