Last fall I blogged about Obie, a 77-pound dachshund who had been over-fed by his elderly and infirm owners to the point that a family member arranged to have the dog removed from the home. Obie's weight loss journey is incredible: as of last week he's lost about 46 pounds (thanks to his adoptive human ...Read More...
A recent nutrition headline popped out at me: "Going on a diet will make you irritable and angry." This is news? According to researchers, having to exert the self-control needed to skip favorite foods is more likely to make people easily irritated and gravitate to angry messages in the media instead of milder ones. If you've ever ...Read More...
Checking in on March's Just One Change: measuring what you eat. Why? Because it's impossible to know if you're eating the right amount until you do. I know, I know - you're really good at estimating. Humor me, won't you, and pull out some measuring cups. Write down how much you're eating and compare that ...Read More...
It's that time of year when people struggle with grand New Year's resolutions: lose 30 pounds, exercise every single day, give up all sweets. Ugh. Those are big changes and while they're admirable goals, they're not stated in a way that makes them seem do-able. Let's do something different this year. Let's resolve to make just ...Read More...
How's your holiday eating? Are you staying on track and enjoying the occasional splurge or is it more like a free-for-all? While it's true that the holidays are just once a year, they're a big part of the year. Plus it can be harder to lose any weight gained, especially if your exercise decreases because of ...Read More...
Weight gain is a real concern during holidays. I'll let you in on a little secret: eating until you burst on a holiday is not the problem. Eating anything we want every day is. What we tend to do when faced with a string of food-related holidays is let our everyday eating get off-track. We succumb to the ...Read More...
Is your calendar filled with parties this time of year? Mine is, and that can be stressful from an eating point of view. I'm not just concerned about gaining weight, I also don't feel great when I eat cocktail party food several nights in a row. And yet I still want to enjoy myself. Whether ...Read More...
One of our main sources of sugar and sugar-like substances is soda, both regular and diet. Neither one is something I recommend as a regular part of your diet, for a few reasons: • Regular soda is full of completely empty calories. One 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about 150 calories, and no nutritional value. • ...Read More...
