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Jul 15 2016

2 Reasons Your Cardio’s Not Working for You Anymore

by Marilyn McKenna

We are such creatures of habit, aren’t we? I see the same people on the same cardio machines day after day at my gym. (And I don’t just mean they’re always on the elliptical or whatever; they’re literally on the same machine! As in, the woman with the purple running shorts is always on the […]

Filed Under: Cardio, Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: Calorie Burn, Cardio, Heart Rate Monitor, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Plateau

May 25 2016

PODCAST / VIDEO: “What do you eat every day to maintain weight loss?” The Messy Middle, Episode 3

by Marilyn McKenna

Go ahead, ask me how much Audrey makes me laugh. Good grief this girl is a riot! In this episode of The Messy Middle Audrey and I talk about how we eat, day in and day out, after each having lost 120 pounds. What does it take to lose the weight and keep it off? […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Videos, Weight Loss Tagged With: Podcast, Smart Points, The Messy Middle, Videos, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers

May 19 2016

Why it makes me so uncomfortable when someone says “WOW! You look great!”

by Marilyn McKenna

I don’t know if I’m any more conscious of what I look like than any other woman, but maybe because I was obese up until 9 years ago (I used to weigh 265 lbs. and had a Body Mass Index of 43, which is clinically morbidly obese, and I now weigh 145 lbs. with a […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Compliments, Physical Appearance, Unwanted Attention

Apr 14 2016

Self-care has more to do with setting appropriate boundaries than it does pedicures (but those are great too!)

by Marilyn McKenna

We are running on fumes, many of us. We work, we nurture, we tend, we manage, we attend to, we contribute, we perform, we do. We do all the things. And then we get up the next morning and we do it again. It’s no surprise we long for vacations and we crave some pampering. […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Anxiety, Boundaries, Eat Like It Matters, Good Girl, Obesity, Self-Care

Mar 23 2016

Resentment is a red flag emotion

by Marilyn McKenna

Resentment is like a clichéd country western song, “I been wronged.” That is, somebody or something has crossed a line and you’re left feeling battered and bruised. Depending on the particulars of the situation, you experience feelings anywhere from miffed to downright furious. We’ve all experienced it: a girlfriend once again overlooks your birthday, though you always […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Anger, Emotional Eating, Hopelessness, Powerlessness, Resentment

Mar 15 2016

Must we all join the cult of gratitude?

by Marilyn McKenna

I always wondered why the whole “bloom where you’re planted” and “be grateful for what you have” thing left me feeling empty. Not just empty, but it left me feeling guilty, like an ungrateful, selfish wretch. I don’t know if you were an Oprah follower back in the days of her regular talk show, but […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Cultivate Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude Cult, Gratitude Diaries, Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project, Janice Kaplan, Loneliness, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance, Unhappiness

Mar 4 2016

INTERVIEW: 425 Magazine

by Marilyn McKenna

I recently had the chance to chat with 425 Magazine (a local Seattle-area publication) about my journey from fat to fit after decades of obesity. Here’s the link and the interview. By Joanna Kresge | March 4, 2016 She had gone from a fat kid, to an overweight young mom, to a morbidly obsese adult until 2007, […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Weight Loss Tagged With: 425 Magazine, Eat Like It Matters, Interview, Media Coverage, Media Interviews

Feb 25 2016

Q&A: “Which is harder to lose, the first 10 pounds or the last 10 pounds?”

by Marilyn McKenna

The correct answer is … whichever one you need to lose. No seriously, it’s true. They’re both challenging, but for very different reasons. And wherever you find yourself on the spectrum, that’s the one that’s the most difficult. Here’s what I mean… Let’s say you are in your mid-40s and find yourself 50+ pounds overweight. […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Authenticity, Eat Like It Matters, Empowerment, First 10 Pounds, Fulfillment, Last 10 Pounds, Satisfaction, Weight Loss

Feb 23 2016

Unleash the ONE change that will transform your life

by Marilyn McKenna

A decade or so before I finally lost weight, in the midst of one of my more earnest attempts at dieting, I enlisted the help of a nutritional counselor. She was a sort of hybrid nutritionist and behavioral coach who had me record what I ate for the week and then take it to her […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Changing Habits, Eat Like It Matters, Life Transformation, Transformation, Weight Loss

Feb 18 2016

Q&A: “How do you lose belly fat?”

by Marilyn McKenna

Q&A: “How do you lose belly fat?” Someone posed this question to me the other day, and I’ll admit I was a little intimidated by it. First, it’s a huge question! Entire books have been written about it. People with lots of letters after their names write Ph.D. dissertations and scholarly journal articles about it. […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Belly Fat, Genetic Predisposition, Menopausal Weight Gain, Mid-life Spread, Mid-life Weight Gain, Middle-Age Spread, Middle-Age Weight Gain

Feb 17 2016

Just maybe it’s time to soar

by Marilyn McKenna

The other day I decided, not really impulsively, but definitely not with my usual slow, methodical deliberation, to apply for a job that I’d been coveting. It’s one of those jobs that I’ve always dreamed of; one of those jobs that seemed more aspirational than realistic. But it involves everything that I’m passionate about – […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Healthy Living, Life Transformation, Personal Coaching, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Time to Fly, Transformation, Weight Loss

Feb 10 2016

PODCAST: What’s the scoop on Weight Watchers new “Beyond the Scale” program?

by Marilyn McKenna

I recently had the privilege to sit down with Weight Watchers personal coach and leader Dale Snyder to talk about the new “Beyond the Scale” program. Listen in to learn what’s so smart about “SmartPoints” and why losing weight is just part of what makes this new program so exciting! 

Filed Under: Podcasts, Product Review, Weight Loss Tagged With: Podcast, Product Review, Smart Points, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers

Feb 9 2016

The smart woman’s guide to setting effective boundaries

by Marilyn McKenna

In the 20+ years I spent as a morbidly obese woman, first as a young mom, and then throughout my 30s and into my 40s, I could not have told you what it meant to set meaningful boundaries. The needs of others were my daily directive. I often wished and hoped that someday I could […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Setting Boundaries, Smart Woman's Guide

Feb 2 2016

The 2 ways exercise makes weight loss not just possible, but permanent (and it’s not what you think!)

by Marilyn McKenna

    We’re all obsessed with the number of calories we burn during our workouts. Every cardio machine at the gym has a calorie counter on it (never mind that they’re wildly inaccurate). All the popular weight loss apps have an exercise component that will “credit” your workout and magically award you more calories to […]

Filed Under: Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: Bodybuilding, Calorie Burn, Cardio, Competitive Bodybuilding, Emotional Eating, Heart Rate Monitor, Nutrition for Athletes, Running, Yoga

Feb 1 2016

PODCAST: “Feed Me!” Naked Broad View EPISODE 4

by Marilyn McKenna

PODCAST: “Feed Me!” Naked Broad View EPISODE 4

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Food Addiction, macronutrients, Naked Broad View, Paleo, Podcast, Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30

Jan 27 2016

PODCAST: The saboteurs

by Marilyn McKenna

What do you do when the people you count on the most for support are actually trying to undermine your success? Listen in as Marilyn shares strategies for how to deal with saboteurs, enablers and their antics. In this podcast Marilyn looks at: Who the typical saboteurs are What their strategies are What their motives are […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Enablers, Podcast, Saboteur, Weight Loss Saboteur

Jan 21 2016

Book Review: Eat Like It Matters reviewed by ShapingUpToBeAMom.com

by Marilyn McKenna

When I’m approached by someone to review my book, Eat Like It Matters: How I Lost 120 Pounds and Found My Inner Badass (And How You Can Too!), I am always flattered. When Megan Tenney of ShapingUpToBeAMom.com reached out asking if she could review the book, I was thrilled! Megan’s dynamic, playful and informative blog focuses […]

Filed Under: In The News, Weight Loss Tagged With: Book Review, Eat Like It Matters, Megan Tenney, Shaping Up To Be A Mom, Two Tables Strategy

Jan 21 2016

PODCAST: Dinner in a flash!

by Marilyn McKenna

A little bit of meal prep goes a long way when it comes to assembling healthy meals in a hurry. Busy weeknight dinners are breeze with Marilyn’s favorite tricks for prepping lean proteins, complex carbs and healthy fats ahead of time. In this podcast you’ll learn how to: Prep lean proteins for super-fast weeknight meal assembly […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Dinner in a Flash, Healthy Eating Hacks, Healthy Meal Prep, Meal Prep, Podcast

Jan 19 2016

INTERVIEW: KOMO TV with Mary Nam

by Marilyn McKenna

I had the pleasure of appearing on KOMO TV in Seattle on Friday, January 15th to talk about my own weight loss experience and a few tips for others who want to create healthy change in their own lives.

Filed Under: Fitness, In The News, Interviews, Videos, Weight Loss Tagged With: Interview, KOMO TV, Mary Nam, Walking for Weight Loss, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Advice

Jan 13 2016

3 Powerful forces that keep us trapped in obesity

by Marilyn McKenna

If you’re trying to eat healthy, a trip through the mall food court can be fraught with hazards. When I weighed 265 pounds I was constantly dieting, but I was also constantly craving sugary, fatty, ooey-gooey foods. The smell of Cinnabon or Auntie Anne’s would send me reeling and I’d battle with myself: Don’t stop! […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon, Denial, Food Addiction, Food Addiction Quiz, Food Addiction Recovery, Obesity

Jan 7 2016

Love the One (Body) You’re With

by Marilyn McKenna

Am I limited to just one body part that drives me bonkers? We all have them; some of us have more than one. Maybe you tell yourself: Ugh, my bust is too big (or too small). My arms flap in the breeze. I hate the way my muffin top smooshes out over the top of […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: BMI, Body Image, Dr Ann Kearney-Cooke, Negative Self Talk, Positive Body Image

Jan 5 2016

6 ways your workout may be missing the mark

by Marilyn McKenna

It’s early January and as predictable as swallows flying to Capistrano or rain falling in Seattle, my gym is packed once again. Don’t get me wrong; I hold no animosity toward those who join a gym in January. They’re following through on their New Year’s resolution to get fit and healthy, and what’s not to […]

Filed Under: Cardio, Fitness, Strength Training, Weight Loss Tagged With: 10-20-30, Balance, Ballroom Dancing, Basketball, Cardio, Fitness Goals, Flexibility, Gym Workout, HIIT, Insanity, New Year, New Year's Resolution, New Years Goals, Shawn T, Strength Training

Jan 2 2016

The gift that keeps on thrilling!

by Marilyn McKenna

Happy New Year! I hope you rang in 2016 with all the excitement and fanfare you could muster (even if that meant being in bed by 10:30, like me). As great as 2015 was for my family and me (a published book, a family move), 2016 is full of potential and promises to be even […]

Filed Under: Newsletters, Weight Loss Tagged With: 2016, New Year, New Years Goals, New Years Resolutions

Dec 28 2015

The 3 ways your emotions screw up your diet

by Marilyn McKenna

Not all emotional eating is what we think of as “emotional eating.” What do I mean by that? You’d think that when I weighed 265 pounds and overate nearly every day, I was an “emotional eater.” And yes, I ate when I was frustrated or when I was sad, even when I was bored. That’s […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Emotional Eating, Food Addiction, Food Addiction Quiz, Food Addiction Recovery

Dec 11 2015

Podcast: Healthy Holiday Gift Guide

by Marilyn McKenna

My elves have been busy rounding up lots of great holiday gift ideas for all the special people on your list! Listen in to find out what I’ll be giving and a few things that I hope I’ll find in my own stocking.

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Brooks Running, Eat Like It Matters, Healthy Holiday Gift Guide, Holiday Gift Guide, Immersion Blender, NutriBullet, Verismo

Dec 10 2015

I’ve done a 180 on “cheat meals” and here’s why

by Marilyn McKenna

Up until very recently (like literally two weeks ago) I would’ve told you that cheat meals were a bad idea. In fact, I did tell you that cheat meals were a bad idea. In a blog in April of 2013, I wrote: … cheat meals become unnecessary because we construct a diet around rules that […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Diet, Cheat Meal, Cheat Meals, Meal Plan, Two Tables, Weight Loss

Dec 9 2015

Book review of Eat Like It Matters by PoweredByBLING

by Marilyn McKenna

When Cassandra Burke (aka “poweredbyBLING”) contacted me asking if she could review my book Eat Like It Matters: How I Lost 120 Pounds and Found My Inner Badass (And How You Can Too!) I was only too happy to ship off a copy to her. Even so, there’s always a moment of fear when an […]

Filed Under: In The News, Weight Loss Tagged With: A-Ha Moment, Book Review, Eat Like It Matters, Media Coverage, Powered by BLING

Dec 2 2015

Podcast: Fat = Bad, Thin = Good (and other Bullsh*t)

by Marilyn McKenna

I thought I had my body image issues licked after having lost 120 lbs., but then I realized something that shook me to my core. At that moment it occurred to me that I’d just transferred my sense of okay-ness from “I’m bad because fat = bad” to “I’m good because thin = good”. But shouldn’t we be striving […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Brittany Gibbons, Fat = Bad, Thin = Good, Whitney Thore

Nov 27 2015

10 Best Healthy Living Products

by Marilyn McKenna

Ready to start your holiday shopping? Me too! At the moment I feel pretty calm, but in a couple of weeks I know that I’ll start to panic, wondering whether I’m actually gonna be able to pull this off once again. So many special people to buy for! If that’s what you’re thinking, I’ve gotcha […]

Filed Under: Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: 10 Best Healthy Living Products, Best Healthy Living Products, Brooks Running, Cuisinart, Eat Like It Matters, Gift Ideas, Healthy Gift Ideas, Immersion Blender, NutriBullet, Popcorn Popper, Running, Running Shoes, Stability Ball, Suspension Trainer, Top 10 List, TRX, Verismo

Nov 19 2015

Book Excerpt: Chapter 12 “Spreading the Message: Changing Our Lives So We Can Change the World”

by Marilyn McKenna

From pages 194 – 195 of Eat Like It Matters: When people ask me why I decided to write about my struggle with my weight, I tell them that sometimes I secretly wish I could just sit down and shut up about it. Truly, I find it embarrassing to talk about my food demons, my unhappiness in […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Change the World, Eat Like It Matters, Transformation, Transformational Change

Nov 18 2015

Podcast: DXA Body Composition Test Interview with Eric Miller, Washington Institute of Sports Medicine

by Marilyn McKenna

What’s my exact lean muscle mass? How much essential body fat do I need? Unless you use a body composition analysis, you’re just guessing. Good information is power, the power to change! The DXA body composition analysis is the gold standard for body composition testing. Listen in as Eric Miller from the Washington Institute for […]

Filed Under: Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: BMI, BMI Chart, Body Composition Analysis, Body Fat Percentage, DEXA Scan, DXA Body Composition Analysis, DXA Scan, Essential Body Fat, Lean Muscle Mass, Scale

Nov 17 2015

How tapping into your inner 17-year-old boosts fitness

by Marilyn McKenna

Picture this: I’m driving down the road, flailing my arms around like a lunatic (my kids say my “dancing” involves much more elbow than is necessary), but I’m headed to the gym, so I gotta get in the zone. For me, getting in the zone means a little bitta Flo Rida’s “The Club Can’t (must […]

Filed Under: Cardio, Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: Fitness, Fitness Boost, Fitness Hack, Music, Playlist, Running

Nov 14 2015

Now drop and gimme 50!

by Marilyn McKenna

I’ve been thinking a lot about intensity lately: the intensity we bring to our workouts, the intensity that guides our food choices, the intensity with which we live our lives. The reason I’ve been thinking about intensity so much is because I’m currently reading Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man […]

Filed Under: Newsletters, Weight Loss Tagged With: Commitment, Intensity, Jesse Itzler, Navy SEAL

Nov 12 2015

Book Excerpt: Chapter 11 “Taking the Lead: How I Helped Others by Helping Myself”

by Marilyn McKenna

From pages 180 – 181 of Eat Like It Matters: Raise your hand if you have an uncomplicated relationship with your mother. So nobody, right? Yeah, me either. This is one of the most complex human relationships there is. For those of us who are lucky enough to have our mothers in our lives, we may still […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Eat Like It Matters, Mom, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Motivation

Nov 11 2015

Podcast: Throwing a healthy dinner party

by Marilyn McKenna

Obviously healthy living – moving my body, making good food choices, having meaningful relationships, practicing self-care – is really important to me. When you honor your values, you practice them all the time, including when you’re entertaining guests in your home. I recently threw a dinner party where I put this principle to the test! Listen […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Entertaining, Healthy Dinner Party, Healthy Entertaining, Podcast

Nov 10 2015

The dirty little secret of weight loss

by Marilyn McKenna

The road to weight loss failure is paved with low-fat cheesecake. I mean, we all understand that eating “real food” (that is non-processed) is best. And there can’t be a soul left on the planet who hasn’t gotten the memo that “low-fat” processed foods are often jacked up on sugar. Still, it can seem harmless […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Almond Butter, Dark Chocolate, Dirty Little Secret, Food Addiction, Low-fat Cheesecake, Nestle Toll House Cookies, Own Your Solution, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Cups, Stevia, Sugar Addiction

Nov 9 2015

Peanut Butter Intervention

by Marilyn McKenna

That’s my doctor’s handwriting on that prescription. She literally wrote “No peanut butter” alongside her other recommendations. To put her advice in context, she and I had been discussing my weight fluctuations and my frustration with my inability to moderate some foods, namely peanut butter. You may be familiar with my “two tables” strategy. Here’s […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Food Addiction, Food Trigger, Intervention, PBJ, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Intervention

Nov 7 2015

Big girl, skinny (obsessed) world

by Marilyn McKenna

I may not technically still be a “big girl,” but frankly I’m pretty muscular so I’m definitely on the bigger side of average. In our skinny-obsessed world, bigger isn’t necessarily considered better, even when bigger suits our body-type. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a “big girl” lately. In this […]

Filed Under: Newsletters, Weight Loss Tagged With: Big Girl, Body Positive, Bodybuilding, Comfort Zone, Newsletter, Osteoarthritis, Running, Skinny Obsessed

Nov 5 2015

#DoItAnyway

by Marilyn McKenna

As much as I love my hashtag #ItMatters and believe in what it represents – healthy choices matter, self-acceptance matters, happiness matters – I’m going to propose another one with an equally important message: #DoItAnyway All too often, in the face of a difficult choice, we become paralyzed. When it comes to our healthy living […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: #DoItAnyway, Building Habits, Fitness Motivation, Healthy Habits, Motivation, Tough Love, Tough Love Thursday

Nov 4 2015

Podcast: Your best on-the-go options

by Marilyn McKenna

I was just coming off of one of those weekends when I recorded this podcast. You know the kind … dinner out with friends one night, a birthday party the next night, running errands all day Saturday and then a football game on Sunday (with snacks, of course!). What’s a healthy eater to do?!? Listen […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Eating Out, Healthy Eating, Losing Weight While Eating Out, National Restaurant Association, Podcast

Nov 3 2015

My big, fat, fabulous struggle with body image

by Marilyn McKenna

It was about six weeks ago something occurred to me that really shook me to my core. I’m a little embarrassed to say that I hadn’t thought of it before. I’ll get to what triggered this epiphany in a sec, but the thought I had was just this: my body image hasn’t really changed since […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Style + Substance, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Body Positivity, Body Shame, Brittany Gibbons, Fabulous Life, Fat, Fat Girl Walking, My Big, No Body Shame, Obesity, Whitney Thore

Nov 2 2015

Radio Interview: Radio MD with Michelle King Robson and Pam Peeke, MD

by Marilyn McKenna

I had the pleasure of talking with Michelle King Robson and Pam Peeke, MD on Radio MD recently to talk about my book, Eat Like It Matters. We had a lot of fun sharing our dieting horror stories but agreed that the path to health and happiness is worth the struggle. Listen in!

Filed Under: In The News, Interviews, Weight Loss Tagged With: HER Radio, MD, Media Interview, Michelle King Robson, Ouiji Board, Pam Peeke, Radio MD, Weight Loss

Oct 31 2015

Happy New Year!

by Marilyn McKenna

Yes, I know it’s October 31st, not December 31st. Don’t worry, I don’t have my calendar on the wrong page. It just that, a couple of years ago I started celebrating my “new year” on my birthday rather than in January. Since my birthday was last week I invested some time deciding what my goals […]

Filed Under: Newsletters, Weight Loss Tagged With: Birthday, Halloween, Halloween Candy, Newsletter, Weight Loss

Oct 30 2015

Book Excerpt: Chapter 10 “The Price of Change: What Price Will You Pay?”

by Marilyn McKenna

From pages 166– 168 of Eat Like It Matters: This may sound harsh. Certainly it’s a big ol’ serving of tough love with no holds barred. And the last thing I’m gonna say before I launch into it is that I made every one of these mistakes, to the nth degree, for decades. So the tough love […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Eat Like It Matters, Emotional Eating, Price Of Change, Weight Loss

Oct 29 2015

Book excerpt: Chapter 9 “Get Moving! How Exercise Helped Me Heal”

by Marilyn McKenna

From pages 151 – 153 of Eat Like It Matters: Does everybody have an inner athlete? I dunno. I do know that 120 pounds ago I would’ve told you that I didn’t have one. Turns out, I was wrong. I do have an inner athlete, and I have harnessed her strength and drive to finally put to rest […]

Filed Under: Cardio, Fitness, Strength Training, Weight Loss Tagged With: Athlete, Behavioral Change, Book Excerpt, Eat Like It Matters, Exercise, Fitness, Running, Strength Training, Transformation, Triathlon

Oct 28 2015

HAPPY (birthday) NEW YEAR!

by Marilyn McKenna

Last year I started a new tradition. Instead of making New Year’s resolutions on January 1st I’d make them on my birthday (which was yesterday), in celebration of my own “new year.” I was feeling pretty smug about that decision, and if you’re curious to read what my resolution was last year here’s that blog. […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Birthday Resolution, Happy Birthday, New Year, New Year's Resolution

Oct 27 2015

Happy birthday, you sexy beast

by Marilyn McKenna

Full disclosure: today’s my birthday. Side note: no freaking way I feel 53. Okay, I confess, I don’t know what 53’s supposed to feel like, but whatever it is, I don’t feel it. I’m (very slowly) coming to terms with this whole aging thing. Looking back, 44 was a really big year for me. I […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Birthday, Happy Birthday, Transformational Change

Oct 21 2015

Podcast: How building a support team helped me lock in success

by Marilyn McKenna

I used to joke that I was a lifetime member of Weight Watchers … not because I’d ever reached my goal weight, but because I’d been dieting my entire lifetime. Maybe that’s just the nature of dieting; it leaves us feeling like time’s standing still … and we’re not getting anywhere. When I finally decided I’d had […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Podcast, Team, Weight Loss

Oct 20 2015

Book Excerpt: Chapter 8 “My Food Blueprint: A Formula for Eating”

by Marilyn McKenna

From pages 128 – 130 of Eat Like It Matters: Stilettos are sexy. Fast cars are sexy. Some say facial hair is sexy (though generally only on men). But let’s be honest, schedules aren’t sexy. Still, sticking to a schedule when it comes to your eating and exercise habits can make all the difference when it comes to […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Blood Sugar, Book Excerpt, Eat Like It Matters, Eating Plan, Food Blueprint, Metabolism

Oct 15 2015

Let’s take happiness seriously

by Marilyn McKenna

As a confirmed curmudgeon (seriously, even when I was a much younger woman), I’ve always assumed that happy people were just jolly types who went along untouched by the daily drudgery that served as confirmation to me that life was made up of to-do lists, responsibilities, bills and other people’s agendas to fulfill. And back […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Anxiety, Choose Joy, Emotional Eating, Happiness, Mantra, Mindful Eating, The Happiness Project, White Chocolate Eggnog Truffles

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