I go to a local gym twice a week to improve my muscle strength. The truth is I really don’t like the gym, but my trainer is an old friend from high school, and I enjoy chatting with her while I work. This gym is a “private” one, where only independent trainers can bring clients, […]
Being on a Diet Is Like Being on a Leash
One of my clients, Penny, is a woman struggling with dieting, food and her body. She came to me for help, since weight loss diets were not working, and she began to feel desperate. After menopause, she felt herself “getting fatter and fatter” and couldn’t figure out what to do about it. We’ve worked together […]
How Do People Lose Weight? An Apology From Me to My Past Clients
I’ve been a dietitian since 1971, and was trained to tell people what to do, what to eat, and prescribe diets. After 20 years of practice, I realized that almost no one had done what I told them to do, and if they had, they couldn’t keep doing it. So, all the people I counseled […]
Dieting is Like Holding Your Breath!
We’ve all heard the statistic that 95% of people who lose weight by dieting will gain it back. And yet this does not stop us from trying! We could say, “hope springs eternal”, “I know it will be different this time”. Unless people are willing to really devote themselves to permanent, and serious changes in […]
My New Book Will Be Published Soon!
For most of my 40+ year career I have dreamed about publishing a book of my own. This dream is coming true! I have worked for the past 2 years assembling and editing an anthology titled Wellness, Not Weight: Health At Every Size and Motivational Interviewing. It will be published by Cognella Press in the […]
