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After Weight Loss: Learning to Embrace the New You (or Whatever’s Left)

“I feel fantastic! I’ve lost 125 lbs. since early 2015. My energy and activity levels have soared. I love the huge variety of nutrient-dense foods I have the opportunity to eat. I’m truly thrilled to be alive!” “Yikes! Who am I? And whose body is this? Loose, wrinkly skin! Veins for days! And where’s myContinue reading “After Weight Loss: Learning to Embrace the New You (or Whatever’s Left)”

Question of the Day: Can I Lose Weight Without Dieting?

Healthy Eating Pattern 101 You’ve likely heard it a million times: the only sustainable way to lose weight and keep it off is through lifestyle change. It’s true. And it’s slow compared to extreme calorie or food group restrictions, timed-eating restrictions, fasting, and extreme, repetitive sweat sessions. It’s also not very flashy. Invariably, though, theContinue reading “Question of the Day: Can I Lose Weight Without Dieting?”

Question of the Day: How Do I Deal With Obstacles and Lapses?

3 Tips to Getting Back Up Again You’ve embarked on a new fitness plan, a healthy eating pattern, a smoking cessation program–or maybe you’ve been absolutely spiffy at it for months–and then the inevitable happens. You stumble. You miss a session. You give in to temptation. Maybe you think: “No problem, I’ll get to itContinue reading “Question of the Day: How Do I Deal With Obstacles and Lapses?”

Question of the Day: Can I Be Body Positive AND Try to Lose Weight?

I’ve noticed that people often have a difficult time holding two different thoughts as true at the same time, such as the dialectical premise that you can practice “radical acceptance” of a past trauma AND wish to move on from it, or “radically accept” that you live with chronic pain AND that life is worthContinue reading “Question of the Day: Can I Be Body Positive AND Try to Lose Weight?”

What is a Healthy Eating Pattern? …Or What I Eat on a Typical Day

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans as set out by the U.S. government (and I strongly suggest you download the pdf of the latest edition*) recommends that most adults consume at least 2-1/2 cups of vegetables, 2 cups of fruit, 6 ounces of grain (more than half as whole grains), 3 cups of dairy, 5-1/2 ouncesContinue reading “What is a Healthy Eating Pattern? …Or What I Eat on a Typical Day”