Have you given up on getting rid of your sweet tooth?

Have you given up on getting rid of your sweet tooth?

You might think that the process of change is all about will power, and your supply of that precious commodity is not up to the task. But the process of change is not just about bare-knuckled will power; it’s about relentless persistence in the direction you want to...
End your sugar addiction

End your sugar addiction

Sugar addiction is something that usually gets laughed off with a wink and smile. And yet, as Gary Taubes says in his latest book, The Case Against Sugar, if the increasing rates of diabetes were related to a pathogen instead of a lifestyle, we would be in the midst...
Realistic expectations hold your feet to the right fire

Realistic expectations hold your feet to the right fire

It’s easy to set impossibly high goals and then decide to give up because we fail to meet those goals.It helps to acknowledge that you’re not as perfect as your mind (or the media) wants you to imagine you are. So often we fail to measure up, so we give up. You can...
The two step process to breaking sugar addiction

The two step process to breaking sugar addiction

I used to work with a woman back in my high tech days who talked about her two-step program to dealing with problems in life; “get over it, stay over it.” She didn’t win any awards for being politically correct. And she was darned good at calling bullshit on flimflam....