Diet tricks

The most useless advice I’ve ever heard when it comes to my weight loss has been “everything in moderation.” If you have a normal relationship with food, then, of course, moderation is a great principle to live by (and eat by). But an honest look at my eating behavior has revealed (as I’ve shared here before), that certain foods are addictive for me, in very real and physiological ways. I’ve IDd many of these foods, and the new food plan I’m on (the one I shared with you all a couple of weeks ago) does not include any of those trigger foods—mostly products that contain refined white sugar. I’ve been successful in staying away from them, and after the first few days of major withdrawal, I’m actually dealing OK. (Dare I say: It feels a little bit like freedom to be staying away from the fro-yo, because I haven’t had to deal with the cycle of resist/binge that inevitably follows a sugar fix for me.) Read More »

You've heard of skinny jeans for motivation, but what about skinny bracelets? The Wrist-A-Track claims to put healthy eating in your own hands, er, wrists... Read More »