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Photo by: Sara Petagna Steve’s post yesterday talked about keeping things simple when it comes to new health habits. It got me thinking that most of these weight loss programs require too much commitment from hopeful customers. It is sad that we rather let some program tell us what to eat, when to eat, and [...]
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The Women’s Hormonal Phase series talk about the hormonal phases that women go through in their lifetime from their teens to beyond menopause. Each post will talk about what’s going on during each phase, the health challenges, and possible solutions. This third post will focus on the perimenopause years between our early 40s to our early 50s.
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Most diet programs are about the right food, the right amount of calories, or the right amount of carbohydrates. Sure it leads to success if we are able to keep this up forever, but most of us will only get minimal success if we cannot control our feelings of deprivation. Here are some behaviors that [...]
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Do we know the difference between feeling satisfied and uncomfortably full? As I mentioned in a previous post, our stomach is the size of our fist. Though it might take a while before our brain and stomach registered that we are full, our eyes will always think we can eat more . Satisfied Uncomfortably Full [...]
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The stomach is about the size of our fist. Like a water balloon, the stomach expands when we overeat. It can hold up to 33 oz of food when expanded. The problem is that when we constantly overeat, the stomach believes that the expanded state is the new normal. Obese individuals actually have more storage [...]
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This is the second part of the Women’s Hormonal Phases series. The Women’s Hormonal Phase series talk about the hormonal phases that women go through in their lifetime from their teens to beyond menopause. Each post will talk about what’s going on during each phase, the health challenges, and possible solutions. This second post will [...]
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I am excited that I received an Arte Y Pico blogging award from Sharon at Goodbye to All Fat. Sharon’s own words: “There are so many blog posts on Small Steps to Health that have enlightened me I found it hard to choose Asithi’s best entries… By the way, Asithi and myself are not having [...]
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I have written in the past about the differences in the fat cells between women and men. That is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the differences in our genetic makeup. This post and its subsequent posts will talk about the hormonal phases that women go through in their lifetime from [...]
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