by Andrea Amador | Apr 11, 2007 | Make Peace with Food, Self-Promotion
This morning I finally stepped on the scale after what must have been a 4 month hiatus from my daily habit of weighing myself. The number wasn’t shocking in fact I already knew it, down to the pound; 198. Before I began the Intuitive Eating process without using any...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 11, 2007 | Make Peace with Food, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
In the April issue of The American Psychologist, the Journal of the American Psychological Association UCLA researchers reported that diets don’t work in the long term. Here’s the skinny on their findings: Dieting does not work, researchers...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 8, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Make Peace with Food
Yesterday at 6:30 p.m., after graduating from my Second Master Practitioner Program Level Series in NLP, I was in the Manhattan Port of Authority getting ready to board my bus for the long trip home. Overcome by pangs of hunger, I jumped into Au Bon Pain and purchased...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 7, 2007 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Power of Role Models
Moms rejoice! There’s a wonderful new role model here to inspire you and your daughters to love yourselves more and accept your bodies now. Our role model’s name is Raven Symone. Take a peek at her new music video, “Some Call It Magic.” There’s...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 6, 2007 | Make Peace with Food
In order to make any worthwhile change, it is going to take some time. When we decide to give up dieting and embrace intuitive eating, it is a big step and in order for it to really stick, you have to be willing to let it take time. The most important thing to...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 5, 2007 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Coaching, Creating Confidence
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to do some shopping. I knew that it was time to prepare for summer and toss out some of my sweats and baggy tees that I tend to favor. What can I say I love to be comfortable, especially if I’m just staying home. I’ve even been known to...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 4, 2007 | Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Visualization, Your Thoughts Count
In a continuing pursuit of my goal to become an NLP coach and trainer, I have just recently graduated my second Master Practitioner course of NLP training. Next year I begin as an Assistant Trainer at the NLP Center of New York. However this year our group has been...
by Andrea Amador | Mar 26, 2007 | Creating Confidence
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been blogging. I apologize. I’ve been a bit under the weather. Now I’m rested and revived. ready to get back and play a bigger game. I’ve contacted a few of my colleagues and we’re going to be writing a book and...
by Andrea Amador | Mar 26, 2007 | Bust Out of Body Shame
Summer’s here and the trend is warmer weather and coats off. That means baring those arms and legs. For years, this time of year struck the fear of God in me. It meant that I had to face another swimsuit season as a fat woman. Today for once I see myself...
by Andrea Amador | Mar 8, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Make Peace with Food, Neuro Linguistic Programming/NLP
According to Connirae Andreas, Creator of the “Naturally Slender Eating Strategy” and co Author of the book, “Heart of the Mind “, she believes that a little bit of something sweet is much more desirable and enjoyable than having a lot or too...
