It’s so easy to eat too much!

Serving sizes have a sneaky way of growing over time. It doesn’t matter if you’re counting calories, fat grams or carbohydrates. [Read more…]

Do you struggle with the clean-your-plate rule?

If you just can’t bring yourself to throw away what’s left on your plate, retrain yourself gradually by leaving one small piece of food at a time. [Read more…]

As a child, were you told you should never waste food?

I sure was!

I grew up on a farm and there were some pretty tough times financially. [Read more…]

After a long, stressful day, Kathy grabbed a pint of chocolate cherry ice cream from the freezer, and then sank into her couch.

As she ate the ice cream straight from the carton, she kept thinking, “Maybe this is the bite that will do it.”

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If you have problems with late-day eating, take a look at what you did earlier in the day.

Struggles with hunger, fatigue and food cravings in the afternoon or evening usually relate to how you ate in the morning. [Read more…]

I was really busy so I didn’t eat lunch. Sound familiar?

Skipping meals might sound like an easy way to lose weight, but it rarely works. Why? Because your body outsmarts your plan. [Read more…]

Take a close look at the foods you eat most.

Are you getting adequate amounts of fuel? Or do you keep adding lots of filler to your tank? [Read more…]

Sometimes, we forget that food isn’t just for entertainment. It’s time to get back to some very basic principles.

From now on, plan that you will eat for only two reasons: [Read more…]

Sometimes support people try very hard to give us a compliment, but we don’t know how to handle their comments.

Instead of appreciating their words, we let our weak self-esteem get in the way, and we say things back that are almost unkind. [Read more…]

To get good support from others, you first have to determine what you want yourself.

Then you can tell your “helpers” exactly what  you need or want. [Read more…]