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Chips and Dip: Good Food or Bad Food?

May 10th, 2010 at 03:57pm Under Diet Advice

 Chances are, any event you attend will have chips and dip. While this snack seems simple enough, it can be a sneaky source of fat and calories. Before you start snacking, consider this: one serving of Tostitos tortilla chips has 7 grams of fat and just 2 tablespoons of Pace salsa has 230 milligrams of [...]

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Using Compassionate Observation to Interrupt Overly Rational or Irrational Thinking

May 6th, 2010 at 10:34am Under Diet Advice

Addressing Imbalance On the Path to Weight Release Making quick decisions from a charged emotionally state is often referred to as being irrational. In extreme cases, these reactive decisions can lead to disastrous consequences, but most often our irrational choices simply erode our self confidence and perpetuate unhealthy patterns of behavior. For those of us [...]

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This Month’s Healthy Bite: What is your favorite healthy cooking tip or trick?

April 30th, 2010 at 11:33am Under Diet Advice

For This Month’s Healthy Bite in March, we asked, “What is your favorite healthy cooking tip or trick?” We got some terrific answers, from frozen ginger to applesauce. Check them out: From Katie, Kitchen Stewardship Sometimes healthy cooking isn’t cooking at all – eat more vegetables by cutting fresh veggies and storing them in an [...]

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Changing Habits: A Five Step Process for Modifying Behavior and Releasing Weight

April 29th, 2010 at 08:25am Under Diet Advice

Many of us are caught in unconscious habits. We do things without even thinking about them. The idea of releasing weight by modifying our behaviors seems overwhelming. But having tools and a specific strategy can be the difference between success and failure. Here are the five steps to change a habit, which are taught in [...]

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Finding Joy in Food Again

April 22nd, 2010 at 11:24am Under Diet Advice

Food was the enemy. As a person who struggled with weight, for many years food was at the center of my personal battle over what to put in my body. I was caught in a “push/pull” experience that took the pleasure out of eating.  I was in a fight with myself at every meal, and [...]

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Wanting What You Need

April 15th, 2010 at 09:57am Under Diet Advice

Releasing Weight by learning to Interrupt, Interpret and Understand Cravings Many of us who have struggled with our weight experience intense craving for certain types of foods. I know, for me, I often craved sweets late at night. I wanted ice cream. My weight release journey began, however, when I started distinguishing between wants and [...]

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How We Got Into the Obesity Crisis

April 8th, 2010 at 09:24am Under Diet Advice

Over the past four decades obesity rates in America have shot up 659%. Now the country is looking to the President and Mrs. Obama to institute some government program that will fix the problem – I don’t think so. We need to “personalize” the issue rather than “politicize” it. In my opinion, we need to [...]

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EATING to Release Weight

April 1st, 2010 at 10:19am Under Diet Advice

EATING to Release Weight The secret to releasing weight lies in your ability to boost your metabolism If you have read any of my previous articles you know that I promote an “inside out” approach to weight release – but I also recognize the need to have tools and strategies to aid you on your [...]

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Releasing the Pain at the Core of Weight Gain: A Compassionate Path to Lasting Weight Release

March 25th, 2010 at 10:35am Under Diet Advice

My overweight clients are in pain. Their weight issues are costing them dearly. They are limited in what they can physically do and where they feel comfortable going. They face health challenges related to their weight. They struggle every day to try and feel good about themselves in a media driven culture that blasts out [...]

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Guest Post: The Psychology of Obesity

March 16th, 2010 at 12:19pm Under Diet Advice

This guest post comes from Freeman Michaels, a nationally known weight-release coach and seminar leader, and author of a new book about his successful approach, called Weight Release: A Liberating Journey (Morgan James Publishing, $16.95). You can find out more about him at www.servicetoself.com. Food is much more than sustenance and fuel for our bodies. [...]

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