Why this “one day a year” gets under my skin. Before you make the conclusion that I’m a Debbie Downer around Valentine’s Day, let me explain. No matter what your romantic status, Valentine’s Day can either be really awesome and special, or it can leave you feeling a little more blue than pink & red.…
DetailsIf you’re like a lot of well-intentioned New Years Resolutioners, you may have hit that dreaded February slump. You know, where you go, “Oh crud, I’m already back to my old patterns!” What you may not realize, is that while it’s great to set goals, it actually takes one more step to really see the…
Details“First the roots, then the fruits.” – Reverend Deborah Johnson So there I was last week faced with a dilemma. I had just poured a nice cup of freshly brewed coffee, and opened the cupboard to reach for something to sweeten it up. My mind was saying, “Now Michelle, you know that sugar and artificial sweeteners are ‘bad’…
Details(My top 3 SIMPLE daily practices revealed!) They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. But I’ve found that when certain practices create instant results, it takes a whole lot less time to make them a way of life. The beginning of a new year is a great time of year to form…
DetailsWith the holidays approaching you may be getting a little nervous about how you are going to navigate the food gauntlet, especially if food and your weight are already a challenge for you. And most of the tips and strategies that you find out there come down to one thing. “Don’t eat this or that.”…
DetailsImagine eating cheese and bread every day, enjoying red wine with lunch, snacking on dark chocolate, and enjoying entrees prepared with real butter and cream. Do you immediately cringe and imagine all of that going straight to your hips or tummy? Does that trigger all of your food phobias and fears about fat, sugar, carbs,…
DetailsA few years ago as I found myself on the precipice of divorce and career change, and still haunted by years of self-destructive eating habits, body criticism and low self-esteem, I made a move that changed everything. At the time, I was unaware of just how powerful and important this move was. But as I’ve…
DetailsIf you’ve been calling yourself an emotional eater I want you to stop right now. Chances are you’ve been buying into the classic definition of this label – a definition that implies weakness and deficiency. Its because of this that emotional eating gets a bad rap, and that millions of people struggle. This perspective leads to…
DetailsI’m going to tell you the truth about willpower and weight loss. If you are like many women you’ve said to yourself, “If only I had more willpower I’d be able to stop this overeating or lose this weight.” Yet, no matter how hard you try, you find yourself repeating the same cycle of losing (and finding) the…
DetailsIf you’ve struggled to lose weight (or if you’ve lost it but keep finding it again) you may have a vitamin deficiency! We’ve all learned about fats, proteins and carbs, as well as calcium, B vitamins, etc. But what you may not know is that there is another category of nutrients that are absolutely essential to…
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