Author: hgrossman

February 18, 2020/hgrossman

Tuesday Reality Check: When you’re eating dinner, keep the serving dishes off the table! Having more food immediately available greatly […]

January 31, 2020/hgrossman

Friday Weekend Warm-up: This weekend, instead of thinking about what you can’t have when you’re working on eating healthfully, focus […]

October 14, 2019/hgrossman

Dieting is generally easy in the beginning because motivation is high but at some point (whether it’s in three weeks or three months) it gets harder. This is completely NORMAL and it happens to everyone. As long as you keep at it, it will get easier again.

October 1, 2019/hgrossman

“I don’t deserve credit for my dieting tasks because I should already be doing them.” No, you SHOULDN’T already be doing these things, because you didn’t know how.

July 15, 2019/hgrossman

it’s important to compare the disadvantages to the advantages of losing weight – better health, improved self-confidence, increased mobility, better quality of life. Focus on the advantages.

June 17, 2019/hgrossman

Monday Motivation: Often dieters say they’ll start doing more things once they lose weight. We say DON’T WAIT! Start working on improving your life NOW because doing so will enable you to enrich your life and feel happier, which will bolster your weight-loss efforts. What new things are you going to try this summer?

June 13, 2019/hgrossman

Think Thin Thursday Tip: Sometimes dieters fear what their lives will be like once they lose a lot of weight, and have thoughts like, “I’m afraid I won’t know who I am after losing so much weight.” If this comes up for you, remind yourself, “It’s true, things will look and feel very differently. It may require some renegotiation on my part to figure out where I fit in, and renegotiations with others to figure out our relationships, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. It’s better than the alternative of staying overweight and continuing to be stuck in an unhappy and unhealthy place.”

May 3, 2019/hgrossman

Friday Weekend Warm-up: Don’t let a big variety of food fool you into thinking you should eat more. If you’re […]

February 12, 2019/hgrossman

Remember, if hunger is not the problem, food is not the answer.

February 5, 2019/hgrossman

Tuesday Reality Check: “You don’t cure emotional eating by removing all comfort foods. You do it by learning to comfort […]