Food For Thought: Exercise Is NOT About “Burning Calories” Or “Losing Weight”

THAT’S “DIET DRAMA” THINKING!! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Exercise is not a penalty.  It is not a punishment.  It is not a “price” you pay to eat.  That is “Diet Drama Land” thinking!  Exercise is about a relationship with your body.  Use exercise as a way to heal your relationship with your body and watch how your body – and …

Food For Thought: Your Body Is NOT A “Caloric Balance Sheet”

YOU KNOW THIS – BUT DO YOU EMBODY THIS? WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is not a caloric balance sheet. You know this – but do you?? Do you really??  Think about all the unconscious – or perhaps conscious – judging you do about food and exercise. You’re constantly thinking is it “good” food? “Bad” food? “Good” exercise? Does …

The Inspiration & Insanity of “Fat Pride”

THE ROOT OF ALL DYSFUNCTION It is my contention that all of the pain and dysfunction surround food, exercise, weight and well-being can be traced back to the core, conventional, cultural diet and exercise model.  This discussion illustrates that argument by comparing and contrasting Lizzo’s reality show “Watch Out For The Big Grrrrls” with a practical joke perpetrated by Steven …

Food For Thought: Your Body Has No Idea What A Calorie Is

CALORIES ARE A HUMAN INVENTION WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is a complex system of Living Intelligence that knows how to optimize its state of health, vitality, well-being, beauty and joy. AND it has no idea what a calorie is. This is because calories are an invention of mankind. They are made up units of measurement to track and …

Food For Thought: If You Could Have, You Would Have By Now

THE “DIET & EXERCISE” MODEL KEEPS YOU STUCK WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW If you could have, you would have by now. The reason you can’t is because you’re stuck in the “diet and exercise” model. Switch from a transaction-based model of “diet and exercise” to a relationship-based model of health and well being and you’ll be able to succeed.

Health, Obesity and Happy Calories®

RECLAIM HEALTH AND VITALITY The inspiration for this episode was a video clip someone sent me of Bill Maher discussing American obesity with Ben Shapiro. Among the social, political, cultural issues at play regarding body positivity and weight – making a discussion of health a challenge – they also mentioned the idea of a “caloric deficit.” I hate to break …

Food For Thought: Eat To Feel Better

HEAL EMOTIONAL EATING AND OPTIMIZE PHYSICAL RESULTS! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW There’s a difference between eating to feel better and eating to not feel bad.  And the difference is not between “better” and “bad. ” It’s between FEELING and NOT FEELING.  We can never “not feel. ”  So eat to feel better and as soon as you stop feeling better, …

Food For Thought: You Will Always Lose A Battle With Your Body

BEFRIEND YOUR BODY AND CREATE A WIN-WIN WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be “successful.” You can’t eat simply because you’re hungry or because something looks or sounds good. You can only eat what and when that diet, that external authority, tells you you can eat. The …