The allure of a new diet is tempting. Starting over. Renewed hope. Maybe this one will work. This time I’ll stick with it. 20 pounds in 30 days! But as the days and weeks pass, the new diet becomes overwhelming. The strict rules are frustrating. If you eat something you’re supposed to avoid, you feel guilty. If you’re at a social event flush with foods not allowed on your diet, you feel miserable and alienated. There’s another way. It’s not a fad. It’s not sexy. It won’t promise you rapid results. There are no foods or food groups to avoid (yay carbs!). No restrictive guidelines. It can be adapted to every social situation. And you can indulge in your favorite treats without feeling guilty on occasion. It’s what I call … [Read more...] about Eating Healthy Doesn’t Have to Be So Damn Complicated
The Truth About Willpower + Weight Loss
There is this belief that willpower is a finite resource. Research done in the 90’s + early 2000’s hinted at the idea that if you use a bunch of willpower early in the day, it will become depleted. Then later in the day, you’ll make all these decisions you might not have otherwise made if your willpower tank was full. This hasn’t exactly been debunked, but what’s true (based on what we know today) is that willpower is a finite resource or something that strengthens with practice depending on WHAT YOU BELIEVE. Say what? If you believe willpower is a finite resource, then it will be for you. But if you believe willpower is muscle that strengthens, not weakens with use – then you will actually have MORE willpower after … [Read more...] about The Truth About Willpower + Weight Loss
Pleasure Changes Lives + Bodies
Picture this. You decide you want to lose weight. You’re ready. This is YOUR time. What’s the first thing you do? If you’re like most women out there, you clean out the kitchen. No more ice creamToss the cookiesBread = no bueno Diet. Fast. Restrict. Detox. Deny. Avoid. No wonder diets fail 98% of the time. After nearly a decade of doing this work, what I’ve discovered so many of my clients need more of – is PLEASURE. More fun + laughter + beauty + love + connection in their daily lives. When we begin to bring beauty and art and flowers and music and meaningful projects and books back into our lives —then we don’t need to turn to food for our pleasure. We no longer rely on food to satisfy all of our emotional … [Read more...] about Pleasure Changes Lives + Bodies
The “Chapters” of Habit Transformation
This inspiration poem by Portia Nelson somehow escaped me until very recently. Human beings make mistakes. That’s a given. It’s important to understand the process of learning. To analyze our mistakes, to learn from them - and to not repeat them. Sometimes we are just not paying attention - or are living our lives on autopilot. The beauty is – it can be changed. Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson Chapter 1I walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I fall in.I am lost. I am helpless.It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter 2I walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I pretend that I don’t see it.I fall in again.I can’t believe I am in this same … [Read more...] about The “Chapters” of Habit Transformation