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Food Addiction & Emotional Eating
Practical and clinical perspectives on food noise, binge eating, compulsive eating, emotional eating, and cravings.
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Are You Hungry? The 6 Defenses for Sustainable Weight Loss
By Amy Eiges For decades, it felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall trying to lose weight and improve my health. Every day brought…
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How to Handle Food Pressure, Set Boundaries, and Find Support
Practical ways to respond to food pressure, set respectful boundaries, plan for social cues, and ask family and friends for support without being policed.
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Tales From The Scale: The Evil Metal Box
Health Coach Amy Eiges: Dealing With a Bad Case of the F***-Its By Amy Eiges This is not the blog post I intended to sit down and write…
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How to Keep “Cheats” From Sinking Your Weight Loss Goals
By Brian Wiley In most cases, I don't think using the term "cheating" to describe a deviation from your diet is appropriate, because cheating is defined as “acting…
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Why You Still Have Room for Dessert: Sensory-Specific Satiety and Food Variety
A plain-language summary of sensory-specific satiety, food variety, and the practical examples discussed during a Toward Health coaching meeting.
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Weathering the Perfect Storm
By Amy Eiges If you are brand new to keto/low carb or just starting out on your weight loss journey, you might want to save this blog…
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The Cold, Ugly Truth: “I Will Always Be a Food Addict”
I am a food addict. The fact that I have lost about 180 pounds would seem to indicate that I am no longer a food addict, and indeed,…
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Self-Care Must Be a Priority Under COVID-19 Quarantine
By Amy Eiges These are extraordinary times we are all living through right now, and it would be easy to slip back into self-destructive behaviors, forgetting to make…
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Ketogenic Diet Reduces Binge Eating & Food Addiction Symptoms
A case report recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, has demonstrated the feasibility of prescribing a ketogenic diet for patients with obesity who report binge eating and…
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How Stress Drives Hunger, Cravings, and Weight Regain
You can be eating well, following your plan, and feeling in control—and then life gets hard. Work pressure rises. Someone you love becomes ill. Sleep falls apart. Conflict…
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The Myth of Calories: Why Counting Alone Misses Hunger and Satiety
Calories are real. They measure energy, and long-term changes in body weight necessarily involve changes in energy storage. The myth is that knowing the number—or trying harder to…
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Is Protein King?
One of the problems is that protein can be engineered to be hyperpalatable. Think of how good protein bars, protein shakes, protein cookies & protein chips taste… And…
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