Ideas about nutrition and dieting are a common topic of conversation in my life. Once people find out what I do for a living, they often want to tell me about their struggles with diet, food, and their weight. I try not to miss a chance to “carry the message” that there’s an alternative to […]
My Lunch with “The Girls”
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 […]
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. […]