Pesach is Over!

17 Apr

Well here we are. Pesach is over and if your weather is anything like ours, summer has made it’s appearance really early. So, this is good news and not-so-good news. It makes weight control easier and more difficult (like A Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times, it was the worst of [...]

Get Rid of CHOMETZ

25 Mar

The frenzy is on!!  It’s almost here!! Every cleaning supply is out. Everyone has a chore – even the littlest child knows that Pesach is coming, we have to clean, get rid of all the chometz. Up late, wake early, bleary eyes as we do all of our regular routine and then this additional responsibility [...]

PURIM/PESACH

2 Mar

We are about to enter the Bermuda Triangle – a place from which no one has been known to come out alive. For us it is PURIM – PESACH CLEANING AND PESACH. One of the most challenging times of the year. If we are overeating because of ANGER, BOREDOM, CELEBRATION, DEPRESSION, STRESS, FRUSTRATION, FATIGUE AND [...]

SELF LOVE

15 Feb

Yesterday was Valentines Day – a day that is totally devoted to indulgence that is supposed to signify LOVE. A day when chocolate sales go through the roof and restaurant reservations are only surpassed by those made on Mother’s Day (another food Yom Tov). So the message we get is very clear – food is [...]

Steps to a New (Th) Inner Life

25 Jan

Today is January 25. Studies have shown that by this date (actually January 21) those New Years resolutions have been long forgotten. Those folks who “swore” they’d lose weight, stop smoking and exercise (the top 3 resolutions) are eating out of control (again), smoking like they did before anbd lying around on the couch. Why? [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

3 Jan

Happy NewYear!!  Hard to believe we are in 2012, back from a month of holidays, waking up to frigid temps (in New York), and trying to get back to some kind of normal reality (if there were ever such a thing). This is the time of New Years Resolutions and the top ones? Not surprising [...]

Holiday Time

13 Dec

Unbelievable that the holidaysare upon us, and the season brings us much joy, and merriment. The Chanukah parties being planned, gifts to buy, menorahs to shine, children singing and …the food. Latkes and donuts, what to make for the guests? Isn’t it amazing that food is always in the mix? But it is what it [...]

THANKSGIVING

24 Nov

Thanksgiving – another eating day. But for many of us, we dont need a Thanksgiving or a Rosh Hashannah to overeat – any old day will do. Every day there is a different “reason” also known as “excuse” to stuff ourselves. And if the issue was just holiday time, well, there’s enough time between those [...]

The End of Overeating!

10 Nov

It’s really amazing – the minute one holiday season is finished, the decorations and greeting cards appear for the next one. We havent even caught our breath yet  from Yom Tov, but there they all are – the turkeys, the Thanksgiving cards, and (gasp) Chanukah is just around the corner. And all the eating around [...]

STARTING FRESH

23 Oct

Here it is – the “after the holidays” that we have been talking about for weeks. You know, whenever anyone asked something or said something or wanted something or a task we wanted to put off, it was “after the holidays”. So here we are. What’s the excuse now? Cause there will always be one. [...]