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.
Bringing your own lunch can boost weight loss and nutrition. Here’s how to build the habit into your life for good.
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.
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...
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...
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!...
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:...
How do you lose weight?.....Keep it off?.....Learn to like eating better? There’s no shortage of books prescribing how to lose weight. Whatever ends up working, though, most people need a “toolbox” to keep themselves on a helpful plan, to stick with changes, and,...
I'm reprinting here an earlier blog, in response to headlines I read yesterday from Gretchen Reynolds of the New York Times (see her article at times.com/2012/10/17/get-up-get-out-dont-sit/): "You May Want to Stand Up For This: Sitting is Bad", and "Get Up. Get Out....
Here are some interesting new thoughts on moderation--Dr. Katz was recently interviewed for this article in the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/why-the-tyranny-of-everything-in-moderation-sets-us-up-to-fail/article4527973/ Also, for more on...
From http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within, by Terese Weinstein Katz, Ph.D. As the bad news on sugar grows ever more grim, we may find ourselves overwhelmed—worried, yes, but not sure just what to do. Solid science now labels sugar a toxin, an addictive...
I reprint here a blog from 7/8/10, as a companion to the above entry on how to deal with the new findings on sugar....this was originally posted as SUGAR: Eating with a Sweet Tooth (Part 2). Sweets top the food pyramid—they sit on that tiny “eat sparingly” point. ...