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Joann’s Kale Salad Recipe
My kale salad recipe was requested at my live seminar, so I thought I would share it here as well. The topic of eating foods just because you think they are “diet” food was discussed and someone brought up kale. There was a group groan. But then I sheepishly shared...
The Weight Loss Mindset
Last week I delivered my first in-person seminar, The Weight Loss Mindset, locally in the Hudson Valley. Yes, I was nervous in the weeks leading up to this, that is until I created the presentation tablet covering the bullet points for seminar/workshop. When I was all...
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet
Cheating on your “diet” or just cheating on the healthy eating patterns you want to maintain? What are you thinking? Seriously - what are you thinking? When you are pulled by that urge and head to the kitchen, what was in your head? Whenever you eat anything, you...
Emotional Hunger
One more piece to the overeating puzzle: The Emotional Hunger Scale. In my last couple of blog entries, I’ve discussed the physical hunger scale and keeping a Super Powerful Eating Journal. So if you've been using those tools, you're beginning to identify your...
A New Kind of Food Journal
Have you noted your food in a journal, counting calories or counting points until you want to stick pins in your eyes? Me too. My inner rebel eventually emerges and silently screams, “I don’t want to add up all those numbers anymore!” But it is, nevertheless, an...
What Is Your Sure-Fire Diet Plan?
Would you like to know the magic list of foods that will help you drop weight like crazy? Me too. But something I’ve learned over the years is that there is no one-size fits all list of foods to eat. Recently I posted the link to an article in The Washington Post...
The Big Backslide
It happens – the big backslide. You find yourself off in a different environment for a few days or something happens that totally throws you off your game. I spent Christmas out in California with family. The five days I was out there was an overload of fabulous...
Make it a Must
Motivation doesn't always come. You know you want to do something about it – intellectually, you know you should. You can think about all the reasons your life will be better, and all the reasons you should make that change. So why can’t you get yourself to want to...
This Is No Time For Small, Easy Changes!
I have read often that we should make slow, permanent changes in our eating and exercise habits so that they become your new lifestyle rather than adopting a temporary fix. This is not something I have ever found to work for me. Those slow little changes just do...
Quantum Decision
Back in California for the holiday - really wanting to say, "hey, we need to drive a couple of hours north of here - - - there is a patio table I need to visit." I went to El Dorado Hills, California and spent a bundle of my savings because I wanted to become...
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