Category: Weight Loss

Stress and Overeating

Stress is such a tough opponent and it gets tougher as we get older, especially for those of us who already have a problem with food addiction or emotional eating in general. Stress can not only make us eat uncontrollably. It can change our metabolism in such a way that it’s even harder to lose [...]

Walking Works! Start Today!

This is just a quick comment to say once again that walking works. This isn’t about food addiction, but it is about being overweight and losing weight. I had lunch with a friend of mine the other day. We taught in the same classroom a few years ago and we still meet for lunch from [...]

Wednesday February 16th, 2011 in Self Help, Walking, Weight Loss | No Comments »

Sleep Deprivation Plays a Role in Food Addiction

Why is it so hard for women to lose weight, and so easy to gain “emotional weight”? Well, it has a lot to do with hormones. And sleep. If you don’t get enough sleep, you will have a problem with two very important hormores: Leptin and Ghrelin. Leptin makes you feel satisfied. It’s the shutoff [...]

Pucker Foods for Food Addicts

Are you ready to pucker up and kiss some of that emotional overeating, food addiction fat good-bye? Well, these two foods will definitely help you in that department. And they’re good for you, but you probably don’t want to hear that. Food addicts and over-eaters of all kinds often don’t care if a food is [...]