Everyone knows you can pick a number on the scale, change your food and exercise and get to that weight and stay there, right? Yet no scientific research exists which shows this this is possible. A quick look at the research and what you can do.

Research about intuitive eating was sparse in the 90s, but the more people experience success, the more the scientists are taking notice, and in the recent years, we are seeing significant research confirming intuitive eating works.  Following are some of the key earlier studies, plus other article relevant to intuitive eating.

Are you afraid that if you accept yourself, that you would become complacent and never reach your goals? We can all benefit from self and body acceptance, no matter if we are fat-bodied or thin-bodied or in-between-bodied. But, if you don’t challenge fat-phobia, in yourself, and see it clearly in the world, it will be hard to be okay with yourself. These articles can help.

We all know the roller coaster Oprah has been on. I was there when she rolled that wheel barrow of 67 pounds of fat onto her stage.  I watched in stunned silence as Oprah carted that fat onto the stage, wondering how she was going to handle the inevitable regain.