Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we often talk about common thinking errors people struggle with that set the stage for eating when not hungry, bingeing, overeating, or even eating foods we don’t like (or aren’t in the mood for). One such thinking error is the “Last Supper Effect,” essentially, eat it all now since you won’t have it again in the future. This […] read more »
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 into a building. Now, I […] read more »
It's almost a given that as soon as someone starts a diet, they think about food more. Isn't it the case that we always want what we cannot have? If we tell ourselves we cannot have food, we'll want it more and probably end up thinking about it more. Many of you who know me are aware that I used […] read more »
A component of our new Food As Medicine Program at Green Mountain is food sensitivity testing. We use LEAP (Lifestyle Eating and Performance) MRT (Mediator Release Testing) to assess for food and food-chemical sensitivities. People experience a wide range of symptoms from food sensitivities, the most common of which are headaches, migraines, IBS, diarrhea, and fibromyalgia. It's so interesting seeing the […] read more »
Oh good, everyone is in bed……what do we have in the kitchen? Opportunity eating can be eating food just because it’s available: Your co-worker bakes brownies for everyone at work and leaves them in the break room. The holidays roll around and the wide variety of food, and food abundance, leads to eating more. However there is another type of opportunity eating; […] read more »
We had a pretty good discussion in class today about “diet tools.” Diet tools are anything that we use to rigidly control our eating. They usually reinforce feelings of restriction and deprivation. Common examples are food scales, obsessive food journaling, the bathroom scale, measuring cups and measuring spoons, etc. Another less obvious “diet tool” may be people in our lives […] read more »
When I encourage people to eat as much as they want in their quest for healthy weight loss, the response is incredulous, to say the least. “You’ve got to be kidding. If I took the brakes off, I’d eat anything and everything and lots of it.” The light begins to dawn when I ask, “Is that what you really want?” […] read more »
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