Putting my food into an app was the last straw.
That practice (and getting to my highest weight, anyway) made me give up dieting and apps (also a diet) for good.
As in, I couldn’t take another minute of it.
I love to eat and take great delight in food. It felt viscerally...
The downside of dieting (using a deprivation-based system to lose weight) is the subsequent regain. It's heartbreaking and predictable, especially for those who use calorie-counting or food-tracking apps.
If you’re stuck between the apps and steady weight gain, read on.
The method is the...
Imagine if you knew exactly what you needed and how to take care of yourself to achieve (and keep!) a healthy weight. You don’t scroll Instagram or buy diet books or read every weight loss article that comes along, hoping somewhere in there is the ‘answer.’
You're so...
How you lose weight is how you have to live.
Choose wisely.
Most people know that keeping weight off involves lifestyle changes (I’ve come to dislike the term because it sounds far too breezy to fully describe what’s actually needed) but still cling to the idea that losing weight...
The only meaningful shortcut to eating healthfully and moderately is to eat food as close to its origins as possible. Your kitchen is the best place to get it.
Eating whole, unprocessed food is the easiest way to moderate your intake (we call it eating for cessation) and enjoy every bite. That...
Science says no.
The common understanding about weight gain in midlife has no science to support it.
Instead, what it shows is that men and women have no substantial differences in metabolic rates, menopause in and of itself does NOT create a dip in metabolism, and age-related decline...
An effective weight loss program has three main components.
- Self-exploration - you need to understand what you need and what feels right to you–that's how it becomes sustainable for you.
- Weight mastery - focus on permanence from day one. Any diet will help you lose weight; lasting weight...
You not only can but should.
90% of people who lose weight on a diet watch it creep back on within a year. Slowly at first and then all of a sudden. Sometimes, more than before.
If one of them is you, here's some information to relieve you of the guilt and shame.
No diet was going to keep...
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