Before and After Weight Loss Photos Are Lying To You chronic weight gain healthy weight menopause permanent weight loss

You want After and After photos for the real story.

I've always hated before and after photos in marketing. You'll find me using them very sparingly (some proof is needed that you did what you said you did) because of precisely what they omit. 

 

Did it last? 

This brings up...

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Why am I Hungry an Hour After Eating? hunger sugar whole foods

This loaf of bread has added sugar. Why? 

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Quit Tracking Your Food If You Want To Lose Weight carbs chronic weight gain food tracking metabolic damage noom weight watchers

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...

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How Do I Quit Regaining Weight? chronic weight gain diet culture food tracking healthy weight my fitnesspal noom overeating weight watchers

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...

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Eating Real Food Can Help Achieve Your Dream Life carbs cooking natural eating recipes are for weekends whole foods

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...

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'Maintenance Phase' Isn't a Real Thing diet culture permanent weight loss

How you lose weight is how you have to live.

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...

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Will Cooking At Home Help Me Lose Weight? cooking recipes are for weekends self-care

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...

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Is Menopause Making Me Fat? environment hunger menopause whole foods

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...

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