A couple months ago, Amie Valpone made me aware of the natural sweetener, lucuma. Known as the “Gold of the Incas”, lucuma powder comes from the lucuma fruit. It’s dried at low temperatures and then turned into a powder. It has a maple like taste. Although if you mix it in your favorite nut ...
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Carbs aren’t your problem. They are the solution.
As I started to accept the reality that quick fixes like detoxes, cleanses and diets don't work, I would still find myself picking up the magazine with “The New 5-Day Fix You’ve (Miraculously) Never Heard of That Will Get You In Shape by Summer!" Intellectually I knew these claims were bogus (it ...
Why “eating until you’re 80% full” doesn’t work (hint: hunger isn’t always in your stomach)
In my dieting days, I tried everything. Even charcoal, a “2015 wellness trend.” I tried that in 1999 (hat tip to my maternal lineage who gifted me with being ahead of one’s time!). Being on the other side of that hell, it’s clear what I was doing wrong. I thought I was trying “everything” but ...
How to make the healthy choice when there isn’t one (without guilt).
My clients tend to be overachieving and type-A. When we first start to work together, the most frequent question is “is X food healthy?” What clients come to realize in my Truce with Food method, is that “healthy” is a relative term. It all depends on your current health, lifestyle and ...
When a health coach (me!) wants to end her after dinner sweet…
Because I'm a health coach, people assume that my health routine is much more complex than reality. I stick to the basics: lots of sleep, water, eat home-cooked meals the majority of the time, stay pretty active, have amazing people in my life and spend my days doing meaningful work. And, Carlos ...
How to stop a downward eating spiral
Did Halloween (candy) send you in a downward spiral? Have you ever had one of those days where you told yourself “just one” homemade chocolate chip cookie wouldn’t matter? Yet it led to eating the leftover Halloween Reese's Cups in the work kitchen to munching on pretzels all afternoon? A ...
The Sustainable Weight Loss Rate
The dieting bible preaches a healthy weight loss as one to two consistent pounds a week. But what if you want to keep your sanity and the weight off? That best weight loss rate, the one that preserves your metabolism and motivation depends upon how much weight you have to lose. If you ...
How to Eliminate Sugar Cravings
Sugar. You love, hate, eliminate. Repeat. Marysusan's story is better than Starbucks red cups to keep you in the holiday cheer—and out of a food coma. In this video, you'll see how she eliminated her cravings by understanding the root cause. You will gain insight into your own cravings. In ...
The Two Food Fixes that Reversed Joanne’s Anxiety and Allergies
Last week kicked off celebrating my five full-time years of health coaching. MT discussed the two steps she started with right away to immediately regain her energy. This week, you'll see how Joanne reversed not just her allergies and anxiety, but a host of seemingly other unrelated problems, ...
The Best Food to Fight Fatigue
To celebrate my five year anniversary as a full-time health coach, I'm sharing a handful of client stories. To kick-off the party, meet MT. In this video, you'll learn: :45: What inspired MT to change her eating habits 1:50: Her secret to making major changes (hint: it's completely ...