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Counting More Than Calories: Factoring in months and years
Those who avoid holiday weight gain appreciate that “change is a process” that takes time.
Sugar News, Sugar Blues
Those of us concerned with diet, health, weight, eating disorders, and addiction follow what I call “Sugar News” with great interest. Today, binger eaters or self-identified “food addicts” benefit most from the news.
One New Fall Habit: BYO Lunch
Bringing your own lunch can boost weight loss and nutrition. Here’s how to build the habit into your life for good.
A DOZEN IDEAS FOR FALL WEIGHT LOSS….And a Dozen Free Workbooks
As we say farewell to summer and return to fall routines, know that this is a potent time for planting the seeds of new eating habits. For a variety of reasons, fall resolutions can work better than those made on January 1. This means better chances of weight loss success and improved fitness. What’s more, planting now means habits can take root by the holiday season, maybe saving you from inevitable weight gain then.
“Food is a Wonderful Place to Hide”
I reprint here the most recent post from my Psychology Today "Thin From Within" blog: In a true sign of our times, binge eaters have shown up significantly in the pages of several novels I’ve read this year. In one fine example, The Middlesteins, by Jami Attenberg,...
Cooking to Eat More Sanely
I offer here a revision of the 2011 post “Cooking to Eat More Sanely”, with an updated resource list. Preparing our own food helps weight and sane eating in countless ways that are worth revisiting…. It would certainly be great to adopt all those habits that lead to...
More on Feeding Kids
From time to time Eat Sanely highlights the ways that home cooking helps our health, our weight, our "eating sanity" overall. The following link came to my attention recently: "30 of the Best Blogs with Healthy Breakfast Recipes for the Whole Family". Starting...
Summer 2013 Newsletter
In case you haven't received our Summer 2013 newsletter, we reprint it here. Check the useful links for keeping your good habits through the season.... It can be a lot easier to eat sanely in the summer….but the season does bring some challenges as well. The...
MORE HELPFUL LINKS
Here, more helpful words for those on the sane eating path: On staying fit on vacation. On family meals. Every idea potentially helps!
Beyond Weight Loss: Lots of Reasons to Move!
Here are facts, some we’ve known for a long time, others from recent research. Sometimes it"s easier to get going without the "I"ve got to lose weight mentality...." Exercise for your health and well-being, period, no matter what"s going on weight-wise. Focusing on...
On Building Healthy Eating Habits
Once again, I direct my readers' attention to an article of interest: How to Promote Healthy Eating Habits in Young Children. Of course, we're always working on developing and keeping up our own good habits....but how much easier when they're solid to start with!...
Hot Off the Press: Sane Eating News
My recent post at Psychology Today looks at helpful new releases--books, articles, columns--for those aiming to eat more sanely. If weight loss or food addiction concerns you, check these out:...