You know what’s coming right? Breakfast! It’s not just a cliche, it really is the most important meal of the day. Yet overwhelmingly dieters trying to save calories have no breakfast or have a pitiful scrap of a meal that barely counts. The studies back me up on this — go look it up. Overwhelmingly […]
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Fear of Food
Whenever you start talking about dieting, there are always a series of questions that come up… What do you do when you eat out? What do you do at a party? What do I do when I’m on the road? How do you avoid all the foods people bring in to work? How do I […]
Restaurants and Serving Size
Let me just start with an extra large helping of reality: A “serving” at a typical American restaurant is so far outside the realm of sanity that it makes the sorcery in my fantasy novels seem reasonable by comparison. If you think your body needs the calories in a half-pound cheeseburger, 32-oz soft drink, and […]
Mindful Eating Revelations: Do I really want to eat this?
I don’t really like waffles. I certainly don’t love them. Oh, they’re okay. I don’t DISlike them. They’re fine. Just… just fine. Really. Fine. One of the things I’m working on doing as part of my mindful eating approach is to stop eating foods I don’t thoroughly enjoy. Mindful eating isn’t about counting calories (though […]
Daily Indulgences: Why I Won’t Settle for Pale Imitation Dieting
One of the first things that happens when I go on a diet is people start suggesting low-calorie, low-fat, low-carb, or generally pick-your-favorite-low recipes. “You’ve got to try my cherry pie with Splenda! You’ll never notice the difference!” (Yes, I will.) “These black bean brownies are delicious!” (I’m thinking of another word that begins with […]