Top Tips to Satisfy Your Hunger Smartly
Do you struggle to satisfy your hunger smartly? You want to stick to your “diet”, but your appetite feels out of control, so you end up eating more than you wanted. I can relate. Click through to learn my four top appetite control tips, so you can reduce your appetite, suppress your hunger and stay on track to lose weight.
Four Tips to Get Back on Track with Healthy Eating After the Holidays
If you are anything like me, you need a plan to get back on track with your healthy eating once the holidays are over. When I was a chronic dieter, I used to overindulge starting mid-December, and I didn’t stop until New Year’s Day. This always caused me to gain weight, feel miserable for not […]
Reducing Stress is the Key to Sustainable Weight Loss
Over the years, I went on a lot of diets and was typically able to lose some weight which was always exciting. However, as soon as I stopped the diet, my weight would creep right back up. This scenario played out over and over again for twenty years. Then I discovered the connection between stress […]
Three Steps to Successfully Eat Less Sugar
While deciding to eat less sugar is an amazing goal, if you don’t have a solid plan, then the likelihood that you will be able to follow through is low. As Antoine de Saint-Exupery said, “A goal without a plan is a wish.” Wishing you wouldn’t eat so much sugar isn’t enough. Because if you […]
Top 3 Tips to Maintain Your Healthy Habits During the Holidays
Does this sound familiar? “It’s the holidays. I’ll get back on track in the New Year.” My guess is that most people have made that comment about something. Maybe you have been working on creating the healthy habit of eliminating soda, exercising regularly or going to bed earlier. Even if you have become really consistent, […]
How to Decide if Snacking is REALLY a Healthy Habit
Is snacking really a healthy habit? For a long time, the diet industry was promoting three meals and two snacks a day. We were taught to eat snacks and meals that contained protein, healthy fats and fiber-rich carbohydrates so as not to spike our blood sugar. I clearly remember eating a yogurt and nuts in […]
Learn How to Stop Overeating Without Giving Up Your Favorite Foods
Eating food to soothe yourself is a pretty common practice and considered socially acceptable by many. One time my then preteen daughter said she couldn’t wait to break up with a boyfriend so that she would have a reason to eat an entire pint of ice cream just like the characters on her favorite shows. […]
Reduce Stress to Make Healthier Choices
Why do we need to reduce stress in order to make healthier choices? Well, the first thing we need to understand is that our body is always trying to keep us in a relaxed state because then it can function properly. In a relaxed state, our body can decrease our heart rate and respiration rate, […]
The Four Steps to Help Your Teen Stop Procrastinating and Be More Productive
When teens procrastinate, they eventually feel pressed for time which activates the stress response. This is a good thing because it helps propel them to take action. However, if they are constantly in the stressed state, then they get stuck in The Chronic Stress Loop and you will begin to see unwanted manifestations like sleep deprivation, […]
The Four Steps to Help Your Teen Overcome FOMO and Feel More at Ease
Does your teen suffer from a Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)? Whether you are a teen or an adult, being excluded never feels good. We are social beings, so we have a natural urge to socialize that drives our desire to be included. However, for some teens, FOMO throws them into The Chronic Stress Loop, […]