by Andrea Amador | Jan 24, 2007 | Binge-Busting
I just got back from the dentist today. Every couple of years I like to get my teeth whitened. Today was the day. At the end of the treatment, my hygienist, Linda gave me a sheet of paper indicating what foods to avoid. She told me don’t eat anything that can stain a...
by Andrea Amador | Jan 23, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame
Diets! How hateful are they? In my opinion, their restrictive nature keeps you tied up in knots, often causing you, the dieter to obsesss about foods in a way that is unnatural. Diets have an alarmingly low rate of success. Most people who have been on a diet and lost...
by Andrea Amador | Jan 9, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame, Creating Confidence, Intuitive Eating, Make Peace with Food
As you begin your journey along the road to non diet weight loss, you can expect to experience many changes. One of my Losing Weight Without Dieting graduates, Linda, says, “many of the foods that you thought you loved, you won’t even like anymore. In fact, you’ll...
by Andrea Amador | Dec 17, 2006 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Food, Health At Every Size, Inspiration, Intuitive Eating, Make Peace with Food, Power of Role Models, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
Last month I joined a Yahoo Group called Diet Survivors. It is run by a woman named Linda Moran. Linda is a deeply caring person who is an Author, Licensed Educator, and a trained Crisis Counselor. Suffice it to say that she’s a truly amazing gal. Linda created Diet...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 14, 2006 | Binge-Busting, Stress-Relief
A friend and brilliant colleague of mine, Marcia Merrill, The Transition Chick, forwarded an email to me. As I read it, something caught my eye. “People Come Into Our Life For A Reason, A Season Or A Lifetime.” That made me think. I’m sure, like me, you’ve...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 1, 2006 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Health At Every Size, Inspiration, Intuitive Eating, It's All Just Energy, Law of Attraction, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
I just had a big Aha come to me. This evening I decided that I wanted to do some writing. Being a lazy day at the Amadors, the family unanimously agreed that dinner would be catch as catch can, TV dinners, left overs, etc. After spending the day with the family, my...