It’s Friday afternoon at 3 :30 p.m. and you are trying to finish an assignment by 5 p.m. Suddenly, you have a craving for peanut M & Ms to get you through the rest of the day. Or you are watching TV in the evening and suddenly you have cravings for some Oreos and milk. […]
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Last week I talked about recognizing emotional eating. When something happens at home or at the office that upsets you and you then reach for something to eat off your plan or you know that is not helping you – cookies, candy, chips, you name it. Anything to soothe you. Paying attention to what thoughts
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So you’ve had a pretty good day. You have been very careful to eat whole foods and to stay on your eating plan. You are very proud of yourself. But it wasn’t so easy when you got home. Your husband is short with you. He makes a comment about what you prepared for dinner. No
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It’s 9 p.m. and you are hungry. Yes, you ate a normal dinner at 6 p.m. You don’t want to snack. You are trying very hard not to eat again. But that gnawing feeling has started in your stomach and you know it’s a long time until breakfast. It’s not helping that your partner may
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So you are rocking along having a good week staying on your eating plan, then suddenly cravings hit. Hard. You see a doughnut you want in the break room, or you are at the movies and the smell of popcorn is making your mouth water and you are drifting towards the concessions, or you just
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I have heard from clients, friends and colleagues that they really want to lose weight and they have tried before, but losing weight is just too HARD. Is that what you are thinking? It’s too hard to lose weight. Nothing has worked in the long term. I would like to offer three reasons why you
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If I asked you the question, “How do you see your body headed in 2018?” what would you say? Have you made a promise to yourself that next year is the year that you are going to make some changes? You are going to “eat right” and exercise. You are going to resist the desserts,
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It’s that time again when your firm, your office, your friends and family have holiday parties. Of course, with parties comes lots of food. Lots and lots of food. How in the world are you supposed to enjoy a holiday party without overeating and then feeling awful afterwards and beating yourself up? Maybe you have
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Do you have a tendency to look to your past when contemplating what could happen in your future? Old, negative thoughts getting in your way? Let’s say you want to start dating or you are dating, and things don’t happen the way you want them to. Do you say to yourself, “Well, I’m not surprised.
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It’s mid-July and in the midst of vacations, children out of school, your job and fun outings, your regular spiritual practice has been practically non-existent. I get it. I am right there. I realized the other day that my regular practice of sitting in my favorite chair journaling and reading scripture has become very infrequent.
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