This past Sunday was a busy day. I’m sure you have busy days too. But what I experienced Sunday really brought what I teach my clients to life. My day started off cleaning out our storeroom. I’ve been after my husband for a long time to do this, so I was so glad we…
Powerful Strategies to Conquer Overeating
I recently started a series called Powerful Strategies to Conquer Overeating on The Diet Free Zone Show™ on my YouTube channel. In case you don’t subscribe to my channel (although you should…here’s the link to subscribe for free https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_vbh0Zqy6Y2TSQCbHQwziA ) I wanted to share the first 3 strategies with you here. Click on the…
Mid-Way Holiday Eating Assessment
With the holiday season in full swing, I think it is important to take a step back now and reflect on the past month and a half to assess the choices you have made not only at holiday parties, but also on the choices you have made on all the days in between. It is…
How to Manage Your Emotions without Turning to Food
One of the things that come up often in my work with my clients is how they deal with emotional eating. We all experience different emotions throughout a given day. For some, there might be more than others. Such emotions include anxiety, loneliness and sadness. Other more subtle emotions that often might lead you to…
Food Deprivation Leading to Rebound Eating
Overindulging in a food item that you restrict is common if you are a chronic dieter. This is called deprivation backlash-rebound eating. Here’s a common scenario: you deprive yourself of a certain food, such as your beloved chocolate because you are on a diet and you are not allowed to have chocolate, right? Well…
No Thank You Miss Food Pusher
Around this time of year with the holidays of Passover and Easter just around the corner, it is a good time to talk about a category of people I like to call “food pushers.” These people mean well, but they have a tendency to start interfering with the hunger and fullness cues you have been…
Lose the Guilt – and the Weight!
With the holidays in full swing, you often find yourself faced with a variety of unhealthy food choices that tempt you into throwing healthy habits out the window. For many people, indulging in certain foods you may have labeled as “bad”, not only around the holidays but all year round, tends to bring on intense…
Free Teleseminar – November 5th
How to Survive the Holiday Season Without Overwhelm and Overeating Breeze through the Holidays Feeling Healthy, Happy and Strong A LIVE TELESEMINAR with Bonnie R. Giller Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST REGISTER HERE. The holiday season can be a stressful time which can lead…
Survey Findings – Overwhelm and Overeating Biggest Holiday Challenges
I recently sent a survey to my followers inquiring what are their biggest health challenges over the upcoming holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Years. I was blown away by the number of responses I got and I promised that I would share the results, so here goes. 46% of people said they get…
Hunger Scale vs. the Bathroom Scale
I have written before about not being a slave to the numbers, be that the size clothing you are, or more common—being a slave to the weight you see on the scale. Now while I still don’t want you to be a slave to these numbers, there is one scale you can pay attention to…
Meals vs. Snacks: Which Team are You On?
Throughout most of the past decade, the idea of “3 meals a day” was widely accepted and practiced by a majority of American households. You ate a breakfast of maybe toast and eggs, a sandwich packed for lunch and you would sit down to a dinner that focused on protein as the star, with a…
