Maybe you can’t lose weight without exercising, but sometimes slowing down, and even sitting, help more than you might think. Last week my Psychology Today (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within) blog explored research on how the very presence...
There’s no one best diet for everyone. Looking at how much people lose and keep off, research tells us a little about which diets might slightly outdo the competitors. A few constants emerge, nevertheless, from the many studies carried out over the years. Most...
The following foods carry a “healthy” label from the manufacturers: Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Cocoa Pebbles, McDonald’s Happy Meals, Burger King Kids Meals, certain frozen corn-dog-and-fries dinners, and…..you get the picture. As people push to get more fruits and...
Back in February and March, I blogged on topics related to emotional overeating, including the question of how addiction factors in. I share some further thoughts on this issue at "Thin From Within" this week. Read at...
Sane eating was recently the subject of an interview on "That's Fit", an aol column. Here's the link: http://www.thatsfit.ca/2010/07/25/do-you-eat-like-a-sane-person-or-has-your-diet-got-you-in-a-ti/
Sweets top the food pyramid—they sit on that tiny “eat sparingly” point. We know “eat sparingly” is easier said than done. Sugary foods fill way too much of the average person’s diet these days. It’s hidden in foods we buy, we love it, and it’s hard to stop after any...
Sugar can doom our weight loss or sane eating plans. Even as diet trends rapidly zig-zag and change, “avoid sugar” remains a constant. Our craving for sugar remains constant, too. And it continues to flavor more and more of our nation’s foods. Why avoid sugar? ...
People in relationships, and married people especially, gain much more weight over time than singles. The reasons for this are many and complicated. I’ve written about some of these issues during the past two weeks at my Psychology Today blog, “Thin From Within”...
This week I’m happy to introduce you to a new blog I’ve launched at Psychology Today. Called “Thin From Within”, it’s subtitled “how inner conflict keeps people stuck”: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within The Eat Sanely blog will continue to comment on...
Every so often, we scramble to shift how we eat in response to the latest diet news. First we aim to avoid fats as if they add instant pounds. Then we learn we can eat all the fats we want, but they have to be the right kind. First we seek “high carbohydrate living”,...
This time of year I hear lots of worries about the coming warm weather—specifically, about the swimsuits, tank tops, and shorts now called for. Suddenly, women start to fret once again about upper arm flab, the size of the thighs, weight overall. It doesn’t seem to...
“But not all overeating is emotional….” I blogged on March 21. In part I’d reacted to a headline stating “What Are You Hungry For?...It’s Not Food…In Fact, It’s Everything But Food.” While I bristled at that, it did precede some good wisdom in the form of an excerpt...