October 18, 2019/mhayes
Halloween is just around the corner! It’s important to start thinking about what plans and Response Cards you need to navigate it successfully!
October 4, 2019/mhayes
Today I had a session with my client, Melissa. For the past few months, Melissa has been working on not having dessert before dinner. This is a necessary skill for Melissa to implement because, like a lot of dieters, Melissa encounters dessert all day long.
September 18, 2019/mhayes
Dieters get into “off-track mode” when they get off track, the scale has gone up, and they believe they are helpless in the face of their weight problem.
September 13, 2019/mhayes
Friday: Dieters are prone to grazing on the weekend. You’re always better off sitting down with a defined snack and eating it mindfully.
September 11, 2019/mhayes
I can’t believe I gave in to that craving. I can’t do this. I should give up. Response: Learning to lose weight and keep it off is a process and takes time.
August 23, 2019/mhayes
Jen realized that she was sacrificing around 16 hours of feeling good for a maximum of two minutes of enjoying a taste – not a trade she wanted to make!
August 9, 2019/mhayes
Lori told me that two nights ago she had a big work dinner and she was still feeling proud of how well she stuck to her plan. It was at a Mediterranean restaurant, and like all her work dinners, it included a lot of food.
July 26, 2019/mhayes
Usually when dieters are faced with eating something they want to eat, in that moment they’re thinking about how good it will taste and how deprived they’ll feel if they can’t have it, rather than looking at what will happen once the food is gone.
July 25, 2019/mhayes
It’s important to build other means of comfort and stress-relief into your life so you have other things to turn to besides food.
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.