Twinkies and Mindful Eating

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A few years ago I found on my Facebook feed a video posted by Jean Fain (an expert in mindful eating) of a woman eating a Twinkie. I am not going to get into any debate whether Twinkies are food or not, but the video is a good example of mindfully eating something...

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...

Intuitive Eating

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Intuitive Eating is a concept written about by two Registered Dieticians: Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D. and Elyse Resch, M.S., R.D., F.A.D.A. They found there were people that they worked with who could not follow a “healthy” eating plan and they realized that there was...

Want to End Emotional Eating? My Top 10 Books

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Happy summer. I just got my first summer read on my table and am excited to get into it. Since the summer is a great time to sink into a good book, it made me think about all the great books I have read about ending binge eating. These books are supportive and...