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Emotional Eating

Intuitive Cooking-Who Knew?

January 30, 2012

Well, I had never heard of Intuitive Cooking until last week. I was walking with a friend who told me about  Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabriella Hamilton. I was so happy to discover this concept because I have always called myself a “throw together” cook.  Who knew that all along I had actually been [...]

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Food Insecurity and Diets

January 25, 2012

After the little town our healthy weight loss spa resides in was hit hard by the flood waters of Irene, we lost our one and only grocery store.  As a result, our town grocery store has been operating out of a tent for the last four months.  As of today it will close completely for 10 days in order to move back [...]

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Binge Eating to Numb Out

January 23, 2012

Binge eating is a frequently discussed  topic with Green Mountain alums. One woman was telling me about her desire to just numb out at the end of the day.  She was looking to the binge to help her cope with feelings, but she didn’t have a clue about what the feelings were. I call the  [...]

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Losing the Body Fantasy: Guest Post

January 10, 2012

We’re delighted to have Mara of Medicinal Marzipan here this week, participating in our special week on Mastering Binge Eating, Compulsive Eating & Emotional Eating with Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross.  Medicinal Marzipan is about body image and authentic living, both big issues for many of us who struggle with eating and weight.  Following is a [...]

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Weight Loss –The “Should”

January 2, 2012

There is something about the New Year that invites the word “should” into our hearts and minds.  “I should have de-cluttered my house last year” or “I should be thinking about weight loss as 2012 begins” or I should taking better care of myself”. I was reading  Stepping Out of the Should Trap by Jo [...]

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Satisfying Our Souls to Master Binge Eating

December 27, 2011

Carolyn Ross MD, an expert on healing food and body image issues, will join Green Mountain at Fox Run January 8-14, 2012 for the special workshop “Why Can’t I Stop Overeating?: Mastering Binge Eating, Emotional Eating & Compulsive Eating.”In today’s guest post, she explains the prevalence of binge eating disorder and her approach to healing [...]

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Binge Eating: Can Yoga Help?

December 26, 2011

When binge eating grabs a hold of you whether it is during the holidays or not, feelings of helplessness and self loathing can take over.  What can you do to not stay trapped in the pit of despair? In an  Australian study conducted by McIver, McGarland and O’Halloran, a 12-week yoga treatment program for binge [...]

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Compassionate listening-a gift to yourself and others

December 12, 2011

Compassion for those around us and for ourselves can  decrease stress during the holidays. At Green Mountain at Fox Run,  our healthy weight loss retreat in Vermont, we have been talking about how self compassion can decrease depression and negative self talk and increase communication in relationships. Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. wrote an article on her blog [...]

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Organization for Stress Managment

December 7, 2011

After being out of my office for a couple weeks, today was the first moment I was back in for a couple “office hours.”  Despite the fact that my to-do list is a mile long, my top priority was getting my train-wreck of an office a little more organized before I dove head first into [...]

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Feeling Fat, Assuming the Worst, and Mirth

November 27, 2011

The book Why Our Brains Make Us Laugh written by Hurley,Dennett and Adams was recently reviewed in the Boston Globe by Chris Berdik and prompted me to think about the assumptions we make constantly…about what’s wrong with us and what derogatory thing someone else is thinking about us. We say to ourselves: Weight loss, I [...]

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