This is arguably the hardest time of year to try to lose weight. We are two weeks out from Christmas. That means we are in Halloween/Thanksgiving recovery, full blown holiday party mode and large family holiday meal anticipation. It is ROUGH. You have those moments when you sink your teeth into a Christmas cookie and everything in the world seems right. A few moments later you are overwhelmed with guilt, frustration an regret.
Eating at this time of year is an emotional roller coaster.
I thought you may need a pep talk.
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If you have been here the last couple days, you know I’ve been talking a lot about sugar with my colleague, Samantha Taylor, a sugar addiction specialist in Florida. I’ve asked Samantha to share her story with sugar. She has a long standing, very intense personal relationship with sugar, one that almost cost her career. A few years ago she got totally busted – publicly! Actually Read more »
Yes, that is hard question to ask, “Could I possibly be addicted to sugar?” Or, “Are my kids addicted to sugar?” Many people who love sugar don’t really ask themselves that question. Yet when they stop to think about it and they honestly look at the role of sugar in their life, they think, “Oh my gosh, I think I am addicted to sugar!” It can be a rather shocking moment because you knew you liked it but you surely didn’t connect that you were addicted to sugar, I mean, come on…it’s only sugar, right?
That’s NOT to say everyone is addicted to sugar . . . BUT . . .
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According to Samantha, recent research is finding that sugar does acts like a poison in our bodies. Samantha says, Read more »
You deserve to have the fittest pregnancy possible. Your baby deserves it too. I don’t mean go out and run a marathon at 8 months or anything crazy. I mean treat your body like the temple it is by taking amazing care of yourself. In past posts, I have spoken at length about the benefits of fitness and exercise during pregnancy. Additionally, it goes without saying that what you put in your mouth will also really impact your pregnancy. So put down the bon bons Read more »
This is HOT MAMA Tricia – weighing in at 17 pounds LESS THAN HER PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT. Amazing!
I had the pleasure of connecting with Fit Healthy Mom, Tricia, a few months ago. She was one of the first people to complete our 6 Week Pregnancy Weight Loss Program. As I got to know her, I was so excited and impressed by her commitment to her own health and to other moms. In addition to being an awesome fit mama, Tricia has a couple mom blogs the help mom figure out all things mom/pregnancy related. I asked her if she could share a little about her amazing weight loss Read more »
