I saw this on facebook last week:
For breakfast… one of the items on the menu read: “2 eggs, potato pancakes with applause.” While applesauce is traditional with potato pancakes, some clapping might be tasty too!
I think I posted something like this in reply: (more…)
Working out at the gym today, I heard a personal trainer tell her client, “If you want to lose weight, you just gotta learn to deprive yourself!”
Oh, brother!
I used to be surprised when a “fitness professional” said stupid things. Now, I don’t even blink. (more…)
In a week that saw Karl Lagerfeld attack singer Adele for her weight, and Golden Globe winning actress Octavia Spencer announce she didn’t feel healthy at her weight, I had four clients encounter the madness of the medical profession about weight issues.
There’s never been a time when there seems to be more controversy about weight. Is it really “bad” or unhealthy to be overweight? Although it’s a common part of the entertainment industry, does it serve any purpose to call someone out for their size, shape or appearance?
Is Your Doctor Helping or Hurting You?
On one hand, it makes sense that there’s a wide range of healthy but, on the other, does the HAES (Health At Every Size) movement help? EVERY SIZE? Yes, we can all get healthier, no matter what our size, but it’s simply not true that you can be healthy at ANY size. (more…)
Eating and food habits challenge us when we are trying to lose weight. Diets encourage eating in a different manner but habits have a way of coming back, reappearing just when you’re making progress, or getting to a comfortable weight or size.
Why?
One of my brilliant clients coined a new phrase last week when she said many of her food habits had become more engrained than simple habits – they had deepened into behaviors – they were like
We hear a lot about “lifestyle change” today. In fact, most diets call themselves a “lifestyle change”, even the popular commercial ones that are nothing more than a prescribed food plan.
I guess it makes customers THINK they’re doing the big job, not the little (short-term) one.
My favorite “lifestyle change” quote came from a friend who dropped a lot of weight (temporarily) during the Phen-Fen pharmaceutical debacle.
