Frequently Asked Question #7

Question:  Why does weight loss seem so difficult to achieve and maintain?

I think you may underestimate the power and entrenchment of the habits and rituals connected to eating and […]

Is Your Weight up Because The Stock Market is Down?

When the stock market goes down does your weight go up?

Do you eat because of stress, tension, anxiety, and pressure? Have financial woes given you additional reasons to eat […]

Changing Your Conditioned Responses to Certain Foods

When trying to lose weight, there are certain foods that each person is more attracted to than other foods. Some find the morning cup of coffee quite addictive. To others […]

Body Image

What do you look like? How big (or small) are you? How tall (or short)? How much do you weigh?

When I ask participants how much they use to weigh […]

Unrealistic Expectations Can Cause Failure

Weight gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping weight. The scale turtles inexorably upward – a tight skirt, a belt notch, an I-can’t-zip-up-my-pants inch at a time. […]

The Ritual Of Food Addiction

If you've been trying to figure out the weight-loss game for as long as I've been coaching people – several decades – you've most likely been trying to avoid food, […]