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Carbs trigger food cravings…YEP!

sugar-addictionMy personal battle with sugar and how I am winning!

Okay, I don’t mean to be a cynic — but, really?! Some of us know this and live it every day.

The June 27, 2013 New York Times article titled: How Carbs Can Trigger Food Cravings, seems a bit late to the party. It reports a new study that shows all calories are not created equal and that “sugary foods and drinks, white bread and other processed carbohydrates that are known to cause abrupt spikes and falls in blood sugar appear to stimulate parts of the brain involved in hunger, craving, and reward.”
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What to do with this heavy heart

What Cancer Cannot DoLife happens and it is not always rosy. I am learning how to hold myself in the equation and be gentle when that is the case. When life throws us curve balls and there is nothing we can do but control how we react.

Lately, I have a heavy heart after a triple whammy of news of personal loss, and deep pain and struggle for those very close to me. Losing an Aunt, a friend, and now news of the parent of a close friend diagnosed with terminal cancer – all within the last couple of weeks. I find my emotions mixed, and like my friends who are directly affected, I am trying to make sense of it all. Read more

Food and addiction. Research and hope. Yes!

I want to bust a few myths that some people have about obese people. First off, we don’t choose to be obese. We are not lazy and unmotivated. It is not about lack of willpower or lack of desire to get healthy. Read more

Sometimes it takes an all-out herculean effort

Today, my work day started bright and early by co-leading an all-day strategy session with one client and ended at dinner with another. I was “on” all day. It’s no surprise given this week of high pressure, fast paced back-to-back-to-back meetings with more work in the evenings, that I want to eat. Go off plan. Binge! Read more

Nutritionally sound…healthy as a horse!

Where did the phrase ‘healthy as a horse” come from? Are horses really the healthiest of the animal species or how did they earn this reputation? I wonder this morning as I prepare to start another crazy, crazy busy and probably stressful business day and eat my healthy breakfast…after taking my daily multivitamin and Vitamin C&D supplement. Read more

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