This week I had the pleasure of having lunch and a reunion with 5 friends from high school. To give you an idea of our age, we graduated in 1966. We were eating in a relatively new restaurant several of us wanted to try. The owner is the son of a friend of one of […]
Weight Watchers or “Self-Compassion” – Guest Blog Post by Jean Fain
Weight Watchers or “Self Compassion”? This was originally published in the CommonHealth Blog of WBUR, Boston’s NPR radio station. This article is in response to the death in April of Jean Nidetch, the founder of Weight Watchers. This article was written by my friend and colleague, Jean Fain, author of The Self Compassion Diet . As […]
Knowing When You are Hungry
Knowing When You are Hungry How do you know when you are hungry, physically hungry? For some people, the answer is obvious. For others, it’s a dilemma because they are so far removed from their physical sensations or so used to ignoring them, that they really don’t know the answer. If you have been dieting […]
Using Your Hunger and Fullness Signals to Manage Your Weight
Using Your Hunger and Fullness Signals to Manage Your Weight Whether you want to lose weight or maintain the weight you’re at, you have the internal mechanism to tell you when to eat and when to stop. The truth is that this internal “regulator” is the most powerful tool to help you manage your weight. […]
Nutrition Scams and Quackery
Let’s begin with some general ideas about these ads. If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably not true. If an ad for a product promises to solve a problem or cure an illness no one else has been able to cure, be suspicious. The advertisement makes claims that sound like simple solutions […]
