With the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are finding ourselves at home. You could be dealing with all kinds of uncertainty. Am I going to get sick? Is someone I love going to get sick? What’s going to happen to the economy? Is it going to collapse?! Is...
Most of those who read this will immediately discount, disregard, or resist this tool. Watch your brain’s reaction when I tell you that the MOST IMPORTANT TOOL you will ever use to help you reverse your diabetes and lose weight is a food journal. Yes: a pen and...
Don’t think you’re an emotional eater? Answer this one question: Why are you eating when you’re not hungry? All of us do this. Actually, we are probably doing lots of things besides overeating to deal with emotions that we don’t want to feel. ...
Hunger is painful. And scary for most people. Enough of it will break anyone’s determination to lose weight and improve their health. 😩 Anyone who has ever followed the conventional dieting advice of restricting calories and exercising more probably remembers...
Deprivation is a feeling that usually happens when we are restricting our options. It’s the wanting of something we cannot have. For any of us that have changed our diet in an effort to lose weight or improve our health, this is a big reason we avoid diets. ...
Ok. We just got through round one. Thanksgiving is a holiday centered around indulgence, so understandably this is going to be an obstacle for people trying to keep their blood sugars under control. How did it go for you? Have you thrown in the towel and surrendered...