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Looking for help to stop overeating? Don’t follow this advice…

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Looking for help to stop overeating? Don’t follow this advice… Beware of advice that is designed to distract you when you want to overeat. Some time ago a client came to me seeking help to get her spending under control. She was afraid that she was well on her way to becoming a shopaholic. Originally she’d been seeking help for overeating and binge eating. Internet research had led her to a blog post where the …

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I want to lose weight – your “familiar” New Year’s resolution?

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I want to lose weight – your “familiar” New Year’s resolution? It’s that time of the year again where many decide that they want or need to lose weight – it is the time of a NEW DIET. But wait – do you want to lose weight to gain it back again or do you want to heal your relationship with food? Etymologically speaking, the word „DIET“ comes from the Greek „diaita” which means manner …

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How learning to wait could impact your child’s ability to resist addiction later in life

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How learning to wait could impact your child’s ability to resist addiction later in life Gimme, gimme, gimme my toy … teaching your child stress tolerance can be more labor intensive than saying yes and an important part of her/his development. I recently sat in a coffee shop beside a mother with two young toddlers. Mom was chatting with a friend and the toddlers were happy to be kept occupied with a cartoon they were …

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I don’t really like my weight :(

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I don’t really like my weight ? As long as society and the media continue to define beauty through the lens of weight, we will continue to raise generations of girls with low self-esteem and potential emotional eating challenges in their life. We have to start the change by changing what we think we see when we look in the mirror.

Silence can make you fat…

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Silence can make you fat… In Canada, we have our own “James Oliver”. Rose Reisman is one of this country’s leading authorities on the art of eating and living well. She recently discussed her desire to change the way Canadians eat in the Vancouver Sun. Her goal is timely. Canadians today are heavier than ever before with the rate of obesity skyrocketing. According to the Canadian Health Measures Survey, during the 2007-to-2009 period, just fewer …

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Eat Like a Snail

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Eat Like a Snail Does the way you eat reflect how your family ate when you were growing up? Naturally thin individuals are more in tune with their bodies when it comes to food consumption than others who struggle with weight issues and dieting. When you are in tune with your body, you can interpret the message from your brain “I’ve eaten enough” in a timely fashion. Research shows that, it takes longer for food …

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