5 Ways Stress Prevents Weight Loss
Tis the season when many of us are focusing on losing weight. Whatever you do, please don’t go on a diet. I've said it before and I'll say it again: diets don't work. If you are tired of yo-yo dieting,…
Top Five Holiday Sabotaging Thoughts for Dieters
The holiday season often brings real challenges for those watching their weight, and especially for those with emotional eating tendencies.The pressures of parties, cookies, and traditions, on top of the emotional stress and anxiety that often arise at this time,…
Interrupt Emotional Eating
You can't get over emotional eating unless you can learn to interrupt/break the automatic habit. In the moment you are reaching for food or standing aimlessly in front on the refrigerator, try this:Change your environment: move out of the kitchen, move to…
Emotional Eating Quiz
Is it really food you are craving, or comfort? Answering YES to more than one of the following questions may mean your eating patterns are driven by emotions rather than hunger. Are you an Emotional Eater? Do you often eat…
The Cure for Yo Yo Dieting
Dieting again?Losing the same weight you've already lost before?That's Yo Yo Dieting. Been there done that.Why Diets Don't WorkWe do what we do based upon the thoughts we think (conscious and subconscious) and the emotions we feel. Diets focus only…
Think Your Way To Thin
The diet frenzy is in full swing during this time of year. As we focus on being able to get into our tank tops, shorts, and swimsuits...we forget this simple truth: Diets don't work! Somehow we forgot that the last…
Find Out What You Really Crave
Is it really food you are craving, or could it be something else? Answering YES to more than one of the following questions may mean your eating patterns are driven by emotions rather than hunger. Are you an Emotional Eater?…
Is It Stress Or Hunger?
Ever eat when you're stressed? Join the club! We're actually hard-wired to eat when we're under stress. This comes from the brain's evolutionary process, from a time when fight-or-flight was a necessary daily survival skill (think Cave-People). The energy gained…
Eating Away At Anxiety
Food affects how you feel. What you put into your body has a direct relation to how you feel both physically and emotionally. We know that we need food to fuel us physically, but we don't always think about how…
Emotional Eating: The Mind-Body Connection
Ever eat when you're stressed? Eat when you're not really hungry?Join the club!Wired to Eat Under StressWe're actually hard-wired to eat when we're under stress or anxiety. This comes from the brain's evolutionary process, from a time when fight-or-flight was…