Please don’t wait until you lose weight to change your world

Want me to tell you about this? Click here Six years ago, I was training to be a weight loss coach And I was obsessed with the size of my stomach. I had lost a lot of weight already, And my stomach was flatter than it had been in many years, But I still let it […]

Stop overeating because you want to.

Two of my clients have been overeating this past week. They’ve become used to eating high quality, nutritious foods that fuel their bodies. And they feel energetic, clearheaded and positive when they eat this way. I do too. But, being human, sometimes we forget how much power we have to make ourselves feel good (or […]

Eating together is eating together and connecting is connecting.

I’m in Imperial Beach with two of my favourite colleagues, Deb on the left and Suyin in the middle. We’re staying in a wonderful beachside condo and planning our business for the coming year. Or trying to. We seem to be doing a lot of beach walking and dolphin searching! We wandered into town today […]

A number is just a number, until you make it mean something.

We got some news on Monday. It was a number. It was not the number we were expecting. It was lower. Much lower. We’d been so certain of the number it was going to be, We’d made some fun and exciting plans about what we’d do with it. When we got the number, we shared […]

When something feels urgent, take it as a sign that you need to slow down.

I want to talk to you about hurrying today. Or rather, not hurrying. In order to arrive speedily and effectively. But first, I want to dedicate today’s blog to my mother, of blessed memory, Who we lost two years ago today, according to the Jewish calendar. We Jews retain a relationship with our departed loved […]

Knowing your desired outcome makes it so easy to decide what to eat

Want to hear me read this to you? Click here! I have a new client, Chloe, and she is so cool. She came up with a weight loss strategy that I think is pretty foolproof: She calls it “starting with the end in mind“. Here’s how it works: You decide what outcome you want for your […]

What do you make it mean when you gain weight?

I gained 2 lbs this week. After eating one red velevet cupcake. Man it was delicious – light and fluffy, and the cream cheese icing was perfection. A perfectly worthwhile Joy eat, Which I savoured wholeheartedly. Yup. Next day, the scale told me that that cupcake cost me two extra pounds. And here’s what I made […]

Working out: the unexpected bonus.

Wanna hear me read to you? Click here! I am an avid and regular exerciser. Every time I say that I get this little buzz. My own secret thrill. Here’s why: I was the most sedentary child, teen and adult you could find. Slow moving for much of my life, my favourite activites were reading, […]

Weight loss during perimenopause

Are you finding weight loss during perimenopause difficult these days? Harder than it’s ever been? Me too. And all my friends. Chances are, if you’re nodding your head, you’re in your forties, fifties, or maybe sixties, And you definitely need to attend my free webinar this Monday. Sign up here. Challenges of weight loss during […]

How do you become a person who loses weight permanently?

Practice. Practice. Practice. Think about something you do very automatically every day, That didn’t come naturally to you. Driving a car. Flossing your teeth. Operating a computer (if you’re my age!) Remember when you had to remember to do it, and how to do it? Remember when you didn’t really enjoy doing it? But you […]