Intermittent Fasting:  The newest  old thing with a fancy name.  I have been getting lots of emails recently asking me if Intermittent Fasting is helpful for people with Binge Eating Issues. I have lots of thoughts, but I want to start by telling you about my early experiences with IF.  The very first time I learned about intermittent fasting was in 1985. I was in 5th grade and my best friend’s upstairs neighbor, who was in 6th grade had lost 13 pounds

We are getting closer and closer to the big holidays and people are drinking more and more, eating more and more and partying a lot. Todays Tip Don’t shame yourself. If you “mess up” if you eat too much, drink too much, stay out too late, don’t sleep enough… whatever it is, remember that you feel bad enough already and the last thing that you need is guilt and shame. What you need is self love, self care and the

  I hope you had a fantastic weekend and a great Monday yesterday. My weekend was great. We have an annual Latke party. I’ve been doing this for 17 years! Since before I got married and had children even. It’s evolved over the years– it used to be a nighttime event with just adults on a weekend, but now we rent a bounce house every year, have a bunch of neighborhood teens in the backyard to watch the children, it’s

I really love bugs. I don’t know what it is about them. I just find them fascinating. When I was a little girl, I used to collect them. I know. Gross. But I was a big nerd — so there you go. Anyway, one dusk in late spring, my Mom and I went to a park down the street from our building so that I could watch the fireflies. I caught several, brought them home in a mason jar with leaves

​ I have noticed a lot of talk in the Facebook groups about WLS (weight loss surgery). Some have had it, some regret it, some are considering it, and some are vehemently against it. I have been asked to weigh in on my feelings about WLS, so rather than answer you all individually, I thought it was important to tell you about one of my closest friends in the world… Eloise. Her real name is not Eloise, but in my head