‘Tis the season of amazing Christmas cookies and so much more. What’s your mindset these days? A. It’s the holidays so I’ll eat whatever I want and deal with it next year. B. It’s the holidays so I’ll eat whatever I want and spend more time exercising. C....
December. Holidays. Parties. Gifts. Puppies. The commercials and ads portray this as a wonderful, gleeful, joyous time of year. And it is, for a much different set of reasons than the marketing people make it out to be. At the same time, some real-life stuff brings sadness,...
It’s that time of year. Buffets and holiday gatherings abound, and they’re all centered around delicious food and drink. LOTS of food. The setting can cause anxiety for some. What will I eat when there is SO much? How do I get through this without gaining weight? HELP! Never...
I feel as though time is accelerating, even though we turned the clocks back an hour. That hour always messes with me—and my dog. She looks for her breakfast and dinner earlier. I stay up too late and wake up earlier with the dog. And I’m tired...
Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away. In this moment, it feels as though we have plenty of time to prepare. And we do. IF we start NOW! It hit me when I stopped in the grocery to pick up some fish for dinner yesterday and noticed all...
Every year, the question is the same. What kind of candy to buy for those little trick-or-treaters? Here are some options: Buy your favorite in case there’s candy left over Buy your least favorite in case there’s candy left over Don’t buy any and leave home...
As promised last week, I’ll present the last 5 principles of Intuitive Eating. In review, the first five are: Reject the Diet Mentality Honor Your Hunger Make Peace with Food Challenge the Food Police Discover the Satisfaction Factor Principle #6: Feel Your Fullness Just as we are...
Diet: a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight; to eat sparingly or according to prescribed rules. (Merriam-Webster) Intuitive Eating: rejects diet culture, a set of beliefs that values thinness, appearance, and shape above health and well-being. This past weekend I attended an...
Some of us haven’t seen the sun in…well, days. There’s been so much rain that I’ve been looking around town to see if anyone is building an ark. Temperatures may swing from eighty degrees during the day to the fifties (or lower) at night. Do I...