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Why Dieting is Bad One of the main reasons why dieting is bad is that we lose touch with the deeper wisdom of our body. Most of us are born with the innate ability to know what our bodies need and when. We slowly lose this ability the more we diet. Most diets advocate...

What does it mean to overeat? It means to take in more energy than our bodies need. If we are consistently taking in more food than our bodies are using, the extra weight gets stored as fat. This takes us back to our energy equation: energy in (food) > energy out...

What is Emotional Eating? I’m sure we’ve all experienced emotional eating more than once. When you reach for a sweet when you’re anxious about a deadline you’re supposed to be working on, when you eat a large bag of crisps after dinner because you’re lonely or when...

Keeping the principles of mindful eating in mind, let me introduce you to some mindful eating practices you can start putting into place. Don’t try and change everything at once. All habit changes take time. It’s better if you choose one new practice at a time. Once...