Why is it that when we “go on a diet,” there is an unwritten expectation to be hungry? Most diets call for restrictions, lowered calories and an associated feeling of gut-gnawing hunger.

The Fat-Burning Machine eating plan is not like most diets. I don’t want you to be hungry, I want you to feel satisfied. That satisfaction comes from the foods you eat, how satisfied they make you feel and how those foods affect your hormones. One way to begin to re-calibrate your thoughts about hunger is to use a hunger scale.

MISERABLY FULL: This is way beyond full. You feel…Read More »

One of the tools you can use to be successful is the implementation of my “Open Container Law.” When you have decided to eat something – it doesn’t matter if it is a meal or a snack – take the serving size you want and close the container. Put it away.

Do not sit next to an open container (or dish) that allows mindless eating or picking at the food. This is particularly important for nuts. An entire can or bag of nuts can easily disappear and it is replaced with regret.

Set yourself up for success, no open containers where the serving…Read More »

Why is it that sometimes we have fantastic self-control and at other times it seems to have escaped our abilities altogether?

Self-control is what experts call “delay discounting.” It is making a choice between an immediate small reward or a larger reward later. When you have self-control, you are choosing the bigger rewards you will receive at a later date. We all experience delay discounting in several aspects of our lives:

The subject of hiding food is not easy to talk about. Some of the people I’ve worked with hide food from others so that they can later find that food and sink into momentary comfort. What they find is that the comfort is fleeting and it is always followed by regret.

Though not an easy step to take, if you are hiding food, you must get rid of the stashes. These stashes hurt your waistline and psyche.

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