Tag: Overeating

  • What Causes Overeating

    What Causes Overeating

    “What causes overeating?” Someone asked this question a few days ago, and it’s the $64,000 question. This is what the entire weight loss industry including supplement, drugs and fitness are trying to figure out. Whoever finds out what the answer is will become a billionaire overnight. With that said, I don’t believe there is a…

  • Overeating Causes Overeating

    Overeating Causes Overeating

    I’m in New York for a conference and I’ve been eating more food than I would normally have if I weren’t away at an event. There are open bar dinner and cocktail parties with free food. Free chocolates all over the trade show floor. And a constant invite to go out and have breakfast, brunch,…

  • Food Variety – A Catch 22

    Food Variety – A Catch 22

    The buffet’s are treating me well here in vegas even though I’m downright abusing them. (it’s not a fair trade at all) Eating at buffets has reminded me of the inherent contradiction to the healthy eating mantra of eating a ‘variety’ of foods. It’s pretty common to hear health/fitness marketers advise eating a diet with…

  • Overeating at Holidays and Parties

    Overeating at Holidays and Parties

    The Saints won a great game yesterday and while they were doing it we consumed copious amounts of chicken wings, pizza, nachos and beer. And then I got to thinking about how often people in north america (and I’m sure all over the world) get together to celebrate various events and holidays with large feasts.…

  • Are You Ashamed Of Eating In Front of People?

    Are You Ashamed Of Eating In Front of People?

    A friend of mine related a rather embarrassing but revealing story about eating habits the other day. She was telling us about a barbecue she has just attended, the host was a large woman (around 300 pounds), we’ll call her “Tracey” Anyway, Tracey wouldn’t eat much at dinner and weighed all of her food, and…