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Hunger Hormones – Did you know you have them?
Your Hunger Hormones… Say “Hello” to Ghrelin & Leptin Did you even know you have hunger hormones? As far as weight control is concerned, they can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Whether they are friend or foe depends on a number of things. Let’s talk a bit about what these hunger hormones are and how they are supposed to function. Ghrelin is a hormone that increases your appetite. It’s released in the stomach, and its job is to tell your brain when you’re hungry… that is, when your body needs more fuel, so you are cued to eat. When you experience a growling stomach prior to meal…
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Weight Loss Plateau – understanding what happens is key to success!
Weight Loss Plateau Weight loss plateau…has it ever happened to you? Nearly everyone who has dieted has started out with great enthusiasm, wonderful commitment and intention…only to be derailed by the dreaded weight loss plateau. Why in the world do we plateau when we’re trying to lose weight? The answers are several and are actually pretty interesting. The first answer is that early on in your diet, you’re most likely not losing fat yet, you’re losing water weight! Especially if you’re on a diet that means you’re consuming lesser amounts of sodium than usual, you are probably losing water weight. Entwined with this water weight dilemma is the fact that…
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Portion Control – Hara hachi bu
Portion control It seems most of us would like to lose a few pounds or maybe more than a few. In the coaching of my clients, I find the easier part is to help them understand how to make better choices in the food they eat. Often, once the changes have been made and the weight loss is still not happening as it should, we need to revisit portion control. Let’s discuss that and the reasons why it may not be as easy as you would expect. How do you feel when you’re finished eating? Are you full, really full, or do you feel stuffed? Our “All You Can Eat”…
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Chia Seeds are a superfood – hint…think weight loss!
Chia Seeds are a superfood- They’re not just for chia pets anymore… I used to think chia seeds were just for growing on clay forms of animals to give as funny gifts. Now I know differently! Chia seeds are a superfood, so I use chia seeds frequently in baking, smoothies and desserts. Do you know they are incredibly healthy they are? Among other benefits, they help reduce high blood pressure! I found this great article that I absolutely have to share with you right now! I found it on BeWellBuzz.com…gotta love their stuff; so informative. In this post they share: “This is a super food for diabetics because they help stabilize…
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How To Fix a Slow Metabolism
How To Fix a Slow Metabolism By now, many of you have heard of Dr. Mark Hyman. If you haven’t, get ready to learn how to feel and be healthier from a master! Dr. Hyman is a doctor of functional medicine and an incredible teacher. He manages to distill down the many confusing aspects of better health and how our bodies work so we can clearly understand what may be wrong with our current diet and/or health practices and what to do about them. One of his best subjects is How to Fix a Slow Metabolism. Today, he sent me a terrific video called “7 Ways to Fix a Slow…
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Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Gain…could they be sabotaging your diet??
Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Gain I was told a long time ago by a holistic chiropractor that artificial sweeteners could bring on a bout of depression with just a couple of servings. This resonated with me as I suffered from depression for decades. I wouldn’t go near the stuff. But what about artificial sweeteners and weight gain? I thought it would be interesting to share a post written by one of my favorites, the integrative medicine guru, Dr. Mark Hyman. In this post, he said: “When you trick your body and feed it non-nutritive or non-caloric sweeteners, like aspartame, acesulfame, saccharin, sucralose, or even natural sweeteners like stevia, it gets…
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Diet Identity Crisis…Is your identity tied up with dieting?
The Diet Identity Crisis Did you know you can tie your identity up in dieting and not even realize that’s what you’ve done? You can create a diet identity crisis. Every time you announce to your friends and family you’re starting a new diet, you identify yourself a little more with dieting. Your life revolves around the diet announcement. The seeking of approval that you’re going to lose weight, strive for that perfect number. What you don’t realize is that when you continue to make diet announcements every time you start a new diet, you’re quite possibly setting the stage for failure. When others know you’re dieting, you can experience…
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Are you always on a diet?? How to Stop Diets from Running Your Life
Societal Pressure Is Running Your Life, or How to Stop Diets from Running Your Life! When everyone around you is doing the same thing, it can be hard to stand apart from the crowd. It’s more normal to be on a diet these days than it isn’t. You want to be accepted; that’s normal. The dilemma is how to stop diets from running your life! Being the person who isn’t on a diet these day actually threatens that acceptance, so most people will change to fit in. Society has a picture of what the perfect weight is, and we all have gotten the message what that perfect weight is, haven’t…
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How to Avoid the Health Risks of Yo-Yo Dieting
What are the Health Risks of Yo-Yo Dieting and How Does Chronic Dieting Affect You? How does chronic dieting affect you and what are the health risks of yo-yo dieting? Have you given this question any thought? When dieting becomes part of who you are, you’ll find yourself caught up in yo-yo dieting. Some people think yo-yo dieting is what happens when someone loses a lot of weight, gains it back and then loses it again. Yo-yo dieting is actually repeatedly losing weight regardless of the amount. If you lose five pounds, gain it back, then lose it again, that’s yo-yo dieting. Any amount that’s lost and regained repeatedly qualifies…
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Chronic Dieting…has constant dieting become a part of your life?
Has Dieting Become Part of Who You Are? Are you Addicted to Chronic Dieting? Are you addicted to chronic dieting? Has dieting become part of who you are? Everywhere you turn, you see advice on how to lose weight. You see tried and true diets touted from the front covers of magazines. Fad diets are heralded as the next new weight loss miracle. You see these things because we live in a diet culture. If you put twenty people together in a room, the majority of them will have been on a diet or are currently on a diet. Dieting has become the new normal. As a result, it has…
