This is Part 3 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits Habits are automatic behavior cued by context (where you are, what you’re doing), performed without intention, and …
This is Part 2 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits In Part 1 of this series, I described what habits are, how they are created, and how …
This is Part 1 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits Sometimes you eat because you’re hungry and the food tastes good. But often you eat because it’s …
This wonderful talk is by Dr. Brené Brown, a researcher professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work. It’s entertaining (you won’t be bored!) and touches on some profound truths. Very worth watching!
From the moment you are born, being fed is strongly associated with comfort and love. For infants, food and hugs go together, and that emotional imprinting stays with you for life. Cooking for someone is a way to show love. A box of chocolates is a traditional gift of love …
A lot of emotional eaters eat fast – not just a little bit fast, but extremely fast, minimally chewing their food, and raising the next bite to their mouth before the bite they’re chewing is swallowed. Everybody knows the reasons not to do this: You barely taste your food or …
People are overweight either because they eat too much food or they eat the wrong food (too many processed foods, too many sweets). But it is not for lack of knowledge of what to eat, and this is a crucial point. Most overweight people could write a book about nutrition …
It’s holiday time. Those of us in the U.S. had our Thanksgiving feast just a few days ago. Jews around the world are about the celebrate the first night of Channukah, and then right after that is Christmas. No rest for the weary tummy! There is no better time to …
Recently a new member in the Normal Eating Support Forum posted this message (edited for brevity): Right now I eat a junkfood diet and have for decades. I don’t eat fruit or vegetables hardly ever. I never learned to prepare dinner every night. I live mostly on pizza, hamburgers and …
I found out recently that the counseling degree I received in 1980 became licensable in New York State in 2005. Had I learned this when it first happened, I could have been grandfathered in and my services would have been eligible for insurance reimbursement. But unfortunately, I found out only …
