“Chocolate is not cheating!  After a salty meal you need a little sweet.  This is living not cheating.”  Ali Landry My friend, Florence, says you won’t get fat eating chocolate. She has a chocolate store and may have a bias but I believe it to be true if you eat the right kind.  I encourage [...]

When I was at the height of my sugar addiction I was with my sisters and daughters in Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival. We had stopped at the local chocolate store before a play.  My sister, Gigi and I each bought the same thing and while we were eating it she said, “It’s too rich!” I thought [...]

The best kept secret to losing weight is to eat.  For decades we have thought to lose weight you had to eat less. That is a bad idea.  If it worked everyone would be thin because everyone has tried cutting calories at least once right? The real secret is not how much you eat but [...]

When you first start making changes in your diet and drop those unhealthy foods you might be left wondering what to eat instead.  I frequently have boot campers or clients ask me what I eat.  I usually joke that like a wild animal I live on nuts and berries. I eat a lot of those [...]