Today I’m going to offer an explanation of why you use food for comfort, and also tell you what you need to do to change. Why food? I hear this question a lot. People ask all the time, why can’t they don’t use something else for comfort? They wish they were addicted to exercise (not that I see food as …
Can you relate to Willow? She’s in her late 20s, very personable, smart, creative – just a truly nice person, and she has struggled with her weight since high school. People always tell her she has “such a pretty face” and if she just lost weight, she’d be fighting off the guys. Her grandmother said, “If you lost weight, men …
Lowering your expectations can help you lose weight. How? Consider the example of Robert. He really wanted to go to grad school, but the idea of the interview process filled him with anxiety. Robert found statistics surveys showing a bias against overweight people, and was convinced that his weight prevented him from being accepted into a program. He kept saying …
Do you think you’ll be happier when you lose weight? Today I’m going to tell you why happiness can sabotage your diet. Yes, happiness. A few years ago, a Special K commercial asked viewers, “What will you gain when you lose?” Now, let me be clear: I fundamentally oppose the idea that you can gain happiness by losing weight, because …
Today I’m going to talk about how fear of failure can keep you stuck on a never-ending cycle of dieting. When you challenge and work through this conflict about failure, you can’t fail to lose. Let’s talk about failure. Imagine two people – let’s call them Darren and Darcy, who both put in a job application at some company, and …
Do you ever wish you could just be done with feelings? Just get rid of them? How to get rid of feelings for someone? Today I’m going to tell you exactly how to do that. The other day I was at a party and someone asked, “What’s the point of expressing these feelings? It’s not going to change anything.” She …
Do you think pizza is bad? Do you feel guilty if you eat pizza or other forbidden foods? If so, I’d like to to tell you about a friend of mine, Amy, who’s been on a lot of diets. I mean, a lot. Every diet from cabbage soup to South Beach to Cookie to Paleo. She just told me she’d …
What do I mean by “cracking the code” of emotional eating? Lots of people have said to me, I have no idea what I’m feeling or what’s going on inside. I know it’s something emotional but I’m so mad and upset at myself for eating, I don’t have a clue as to what’s actually going on.” Or they say, it’s …
Do you want to feel better fast? Think you have to lose weight to do that? Think again! I’m going to show you how to feel good about yourself in just a few minutes. How? By changing the way you talk to yourself. Sticks and stones can break bones and words CAN hurt. When you change the way you talk …
Are you trying really hard to lose weight? Have you tried every diet in the world? Low cab, high carb, paleo, South Beach, cabbage soup, cookie diet – there many of them, and if you’ve tried them all, maybe you’re trying too hard. If you ever saw the original Star Wars series, in there’s a famous scene in The Empire …
