It seems in my journey to exercise and eat healthier, I always have something to contend with. I have been making small changes since the start of the year. However, I can say that I have seen these small changes make a positive difference in one way or another. Yet every week I seem to have a different battle to fight that is meant to bring me discouragement. What I have been noticing the past couple of weeks is I lack the ability to control my size portions. I tend to eat beyond full and I wasn’t exactly sure why. … Continue reading →

I must confess something. I am an emotional eater. It almost feels like I should say, “Hello, my name is Stephanie and I am an emotional eater.” The great thing about confessing this, however, is to know that I am not alone. We may not talk about it much but there are others out there. So welcome to my club. I have always known this but perhaps never really admitted to it. I think emotional eaters tend to do that. We may come with up excuses or reasons for eating when we aren’t really hungry but never come to the … Continue reading →

We would all love to be thin or at least our “average” weight. We all want to look healthy and feel healthy. To diet and lose excess weight under these conditions is a good step toward becoming a healthier and more attractive person. To exercise to build our muscles and become more toned is also a step in the right direction for optimal health and appearance. Sometimes though dieting attempts become obsessive and the mentality of the person dieting becomes confused. Bulimia is one of several eating disorders. When a bulimic attempts to diet, like most of us, they find … Continue reading →

Did you ever ask a man, “Do you think that I am fat?” Try it just once and see what happens. This is a true story. It was not done to be cruel, but more as a curious thing to do, to see their reactions. Someone that I know did this recently and I was witness to it. To tell you the truth, it was very interesting. This friend of mine and I were talking about feeling fat. It was an easygoing, humorous type of a conversation. She then says, “Watch this, I want to see if he gets nervous.” … Continue reading →

Although this is a topic about dieting that has gone terribly out of control, it is also a very real psychological disorder. Anorexia nervosa, or anorexia is an eating disorder that is difficult to treat. It typically affects the female in 95% of the cases. I am sure that this is no surprise to anyone given our world of focus on the relation between beauty and thinness. However, this disorder can affect the male species as well. It usually makes itself known in the adolescent. Everything starts out relatively normal in the victim of this disorder. They begin by wanting … Continue reading →

Hormonal Imbalances Bring Out the Beast Unstable hormone levels are responsible for those awful symptoms that control PMS. Your estrogen levels go up along with your cortisol, or stress hormone. This little guy, cortisol, triggers a response that stimulates your appetite and you may become an eating machine. You desperately seek out what will satisfy this craving and this usually comes in the form of fat and carbs. Did someone say chocolate? How to Cope When you feel this uncontrollable urge, at the first sign, you need to eat something before it gets out of control. One good thing to … Continue reading →

The Curse Dieting is hard enough, but many of us manage to accomplish our goal eventually. Everything is going fairly well, we are being faithful and strong-willed resisting the tempting goodies that surround us for the most part. We are losing a pound here, a pound there…and then we feel it….that first twinge…that first cramp. Oh no, you think, not now. I was doing so well. You know what will happen next. You feel it start to overtake you. You do not feel as strong as you initially did. You get an uncontrollable urge that you just have to satisfy. … Continue reading →