Why Quick Weight Loss Boot Camps Don’t Work

Green Mountain at Fox Run can help you reach a healthy weight and stay there… when boot camps can’t. Here’s why:   Humiliation and criticism don’t work as motivating tactics.  The underlying emotional stressors that contribute to and cause weight gain must be addressed. Focusing on body and mind is necessary for healthy, permanent weight loss. Extreme measures produce quick results […] read more »

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Intrinsic Exercise: Learning to Love Physical Activity

Why is it that some people need to move? They seem to have this little voice within telling their bodies to get out there and walk or swim or bike. Why is it that others have to battle themselves everyday to exercise? They seem to have a little devil on their shoulder telling them that there’s something else more important […] read more »

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Mindful Eating Strategies for Successful Weight Management

Exploring Mindful Eating: When Are We Really Hungry for Food? What’s the first step in mindful eating (also called intuitive eating)? Wait to feel physically hungry before eating. Sounds simple, but at first it may be hard. That’s because either due to dieting or chaotic patterns of eating, people often ignore physical hunger cues or eat when they are not […] read more »

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Are You Addicted to Food?

Are you addicted to food? As the subject gets more attention from the media and health professionals alike, many individuals self-diagnose themselves as food addicts. Just what is food addiction, and are you truly addicted to food? Defining Food Addiction In theory, we’re all addicted to food in a serious way. We can’t live without it. But the term “food […] read more »

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The Pain of Weight Gain: How to Turn Things Around

The signs usually appear slowly, and at first, may be so minute that you dismiss them… your pants might feel a little tighter than usual or you seem to have outgrown your favorite bra. With trepidation, you weigh yourself or something else confirms it – you’ve gained weight again. Though you promised yourself you wouldn’t let it happen, somehow it […] read more »

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40 Reasons to Stop Dieting Now

“People don’t fail diets, diets fail people.” Based on 40 years of working with women to reach their healthy weights, we don’t think it could be said any better. Diets simply don’t work. Worse yet, they usually have the exact opposite effect you’re seeking.  In the long run, most people end up gaining weight instead of losing it. To mark […] read more »

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Improving Body Image for Healthy Weight Loss Success: Loving Our Bodies

I hate my body….I feel defeated…Why try to take care of myself?…I eat for comfort…I eat too much and don’t have the energy to go for a walk. Who has uttered these words before, then gotten caught up in the behaviors they spawn? Maybe the better question is who hasn’t? When we look at it this way, it’s easy to […] read more »

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When Body Positivity Feels Impossible

When we have talked negatively to ourselves for years, decades even, being body positive all of a sudden or accepting our body “as is” feels phony, far-fetched, or like it’s settling. In addition, our culture supports women fixating on what’s “wrong” with our appearance… our weight, our wrinkles, our waves… there are diets, creams and straightening irons to fix all […] read more »

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Carbohydrate Cravings: Calming Food Cravings

When we think carbohydrate-rich, we don’t generally think of watermelon, carrots, beets, peaches, cherries, and the like. But according to some popular diet books, those foods are off limits if we want to reach a healthy weight. In truth, however, many of us (specifically the diet traumatized, who may be the greater percentage of people who try these diets) only […] read more »

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Clean Eating: Just Another Weight-Loss Diet Fad?

A new buzzword in the health industry, clean eating seems to many of us like just another diet that classifies foods as “good” or “bad.” To the diet-weary among us, the words conjure up images of organic carrots, mung beans and plain brown rice. Many of us wonder if it’s just another weight-loss diet fad that will go out of […] read more »

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