Are You On The Monday Diet?

Are You On The Monday Diet?

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day. ~Johann Wolfgang  Von Goethe WHEN LIFE IS CHALLENGING, IS YOUR FIRST INCLINATION TO EAT? Have you ever wondered why you start every Monday with a promise to yourself to eat healthfully, only to end up making...
Do Diets Really Work?

Do Diets Really Work?

I learn, by going, where I have to go. ~Theodore  Roethke Do diets really work or are they a never ending promise to deliver an option that doesn’t really exist? Many sign up for the newest fad diet of the month, only to return to their original eating sooner than...
Are You On The New Year Diet?

Are You On The New Year Diet?

If you can dream it, you can do it. ~Walt Disney     Have you ever wondered why you start every new year with a promise to yourself to eat healthfully, only to end up making several rounds of fast-food and grocery-store stops—the displays beckoning you to...
To Keto or Not to Keto….

To Keto or Not to Keto….

Two roads diverged in the woods, and I… I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost   Everyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of fad diets—of any kind. They come and they go. But every now and then one comes along that...
Are You Chasing Diets…Again?

Are You Chasing Diets…Again?

“We must make the change we wish to see.              ~ Mahatma Gandhi   It seems every call for psychotherapy treatment I get as of late is for weight loss, body image, binge eating or some variance of an eating disorder with food addiction at the helm....
Dieting and Food Addicts

Dieting and Food Addicts

Before I released excess weight for good and became known as a certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS),  I spent nearly three decades at various arms of diet centers such as Weight Watchers, Ediets, Twelve Step programs, mostly as the recipient of diets initially,...