Building Healthy Eating and Fitness into the Holiday

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Over the holidays many people talk about consciously overeating and putting on a “few pounds.”  Then they vow to start their diet on January 1. This can lead to a pattern of overeating, gaining weight, dieting and then overeating. This pattern, typical...

Healthy Cooking: A Way to End Overeating

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  I have been learning lately that I am more satisfied when I eat yummy food. I require less food and I just feel physically better. My mouth is happy AND my tummy is happy. When I met Rachel Moger, I knew I wanted to interview her and get her take on healthy...

Ending Emotional Eating

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In a previous blog post I talked about Understanding Emotional Eating. Now that you know the definition it is time to explore what to do to end it. Emotional eating is eating when you are not physically hungry and it is used to calm or push down emotions. Many...

Spring Cleaning: Let it Go!

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I have a confession. There are clothes in my closet that I have not worn in many, many years. I look at them most days and move through to the next article of clothing that I know I will want to wear. Having clothing that I do not wear can be an energy drain, like...

Understanding Emotional Eating

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Most people have eaten for emotional reasons at one time or another. It can be the go-to thought when there is stress. I remember many occasions at work when one person would say to colleagues, “I am stressed – who wants to get something with me (meaning...