I think everyone goes into the notion of losing weight and creating a healthier lifestyle with the best intentions of success. However, within a few weeks or days, many people “fall off the wagon and” are right back where they started or worse, a few steps behind. Now they may feel like they have failed, Continue reading →
3 Tips to Help Control Calories
May 23, 2011 By 9 Comments
Last week I blogged about the steps you can take to get started counting calories. “Calorie awareness,” the term I use for counting calories, is an extremely effective way to lose weight. I believe this is true because it is you who are in control and accountable for the foods you eat. This is a Continue reading →
How To Start Counting Calories?
May 13, 2011 By 7 Comments
Since I started Skinny Mom’s Kitchen, you have heard me talk relentlessly about counting calories to lose weight. That is how I lost weight and I feel it is the easiest, least painful and most natural way for a busy mom to fit healthy eating into her routine. Regardless of what the diet industry wants Continue reading →
Turn Weight Loss into Your New Hobby
May 5, 2011 By 5 Comments
According to Wikipedia, a hobby is “an activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one’s leisure time.” I know, I laughed when I saw the phrase “leisure time” too but stay with me here. Take a moment and think about a hobby you have. For instance, let’s imagine people who like Continue reading →
Accept that diets don’t work!
March 30, 2011 By 12 Comments
The diet industry spends over 42 billion dollars a year convincing us that they hold the golden ticket to weight loss freedom. If we follow their rules, plans, regimens, and buy their products then, in no time, we will drop the pounds and look and feel the way we always hoped. Everybody, including me, at Continue reading →
The “Mom” Moments That Made Me Fat
March 21, 2011 By 18 Comments
Last week, CNN Health published an article called, “The moments that make us fat.” It stressed the importance of not relying on willpower alone but relying more on strategies to help people recognize and eliminate bad eating habits that we may not realize are harmful. Basically, there is no getting around moments of temptation. You Continue reading →
