If you’ve been around the dieting block a time or two—and who hasn’t?—you’ve probably realized weight loss has its ups and downs (no pun intended). Sometimes you’re losing weight quickly. But at other times, the number on the scale barely…
How to Measure Health Progress When You’re Seeking Food Freedom
You’re living a brand new lifestyle now that you’re learning to walk in food freedom. You’re breaking old habits and patterns that had you stuck in an all-or-nothing dieting cycle for years—maybe even for most of your life. The Old…
I Need More Willpower!
You open your eyes, stretch, and throw back your covers. You’re ready to start another day, but this isn’t just any other day. Today is The Day. It’s the day you’re going to start the day off right and make…
How Do I Eat for Energy?
You roll out of bed, bleary-eyed and still half-asleep. You stumble to the kitchen and push that great, big brew button on the coffee maker. After adding your favorite creamer, you slowly sip (or maybe gulp) half the cup, and…
How to Stop Feeling Restricted Around Food
Every time you start a diet, you get a new list. You know the one. The “List of Forbidden Foods.” It’s always slightly different, but a few things are the same every time. No cookies, brownies, chips, pretzels, or ice…
Why Do We Eat in a Way Contradictory to Our Goals?
You made the cookies for your kids, but now they’re sitting on the counter. Staring at you. But you’re determined that today you’re sticking to your healthy eating plan, and you will not touch them. You walk past them…