Portion Control

Portion Control – “Every Bite Matters!”

Posted by on December 29, 2010 at 10:12 am

I woke up this morning with a new phrase spinning through my head – “Every Bite Matters!” These scenarios of eating a few extra bites of food really do affect your weight – A few bites of food when you are not hungry – grazing around the house, at work when someone puts out food, [...]

“Finish Your Plate” Club?

Posted by on December 8, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Freedom from overeating includes the ability to say “No!” to extra food – especially if it’s still on your plate! Join the “Non-Finish Your Plate Club!  Choose to begin leaving at least one bite of food on your plate at each eating event. It’s a way of taking the power back! I love this benefit, [...]

Ben and Jerry’s!

Posted by on January 8, 2010 at 3:47 am

We got these yummy chocolate cookies in a christmas present gift exchange. (I selected them!). My husband mentioned that some people might finish the whole bag of cookies. Each of these chocolate cookies has a whopping 100 calories, so the bag has 1800 calories. Wow, that’s a lot of calories! I then said, “I know that some [...]

Portion Control

Posted by on October 6, 2009 at 11:40 am

To best lose weight, eat smaller more frequent meals. This keeps the metabolism fired up. But be sure you are hungry when you eat – this is your permission as it is your body’s signal that it now needs food. I now eat 5 to 6 times a day and have gone to an even [...]