Are you vulnerable to the smell of cinnamon buns wafting through the mall? It’s nice to see studies that confirm what you believe. Especially when the belief is based on experience — we’ve seen it work over and over again at Green Mountain. It’s a key element of our…
Ah, it’s Friday. For many of us, that means it’s only a few hours until we’ve got a couple days off from working for someone else, usually to work for ourselves getting chores done. But we hope we’ll be able to grab at least a little time to relax…
Could eating at each work break be habit based eating? One of the classes we teach at Green Mountain focuses on the various types of food cravings people have: physical cravings, those due to food exposure, and habit-based cravings. Wanting to eat out of habit it usually a response…
Staff participant Jen Joyce is back today with her observations on the relationship with food that most of us at Green Mountain have. In a word, it’s about love. Jen’s idea of a good time — making bread. We agree. As a former dieter who has struggled with her…
About half of all pregnancies are unplanned. In this situation, many women who conceive while on psychotropic medications decide to abruptly stop their medications when they discover they are pregnant. While this may seem like the safest option, in terms of protecting the developing fetus, we have data demonstrating high…
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~Viktor E. Frankl This quote crossed my computer last Friday, sent by wise woman Ellen Shuman, founder of A Weigh Out ….
Fall is a truly gorgeous time of year in Vermont. It will be peak season in a couple of weeks in these parts. Move over, doughnut-hawking food trucks of the past. Today’s food trucks offer gourmet fare that’s tasty and healthy. Well, maybe not all of it’s particularly healthy,…
Using different colors of beans in one recipe adds visual appeal, which may lead to more satisfaction You’ve probably heard it already; legumes are awesome. Aside from being a lean protein choice, beans have oodles of fiber, potassium, iron, calcium, folate, and magnesium (as my friend Robyn pointed out in her…
Is that salt or sugar? If you don’t check it could wreck a recipe. This weekend I had to make the same recipe twice, because the first time I goofed. I skipped an entire cup of flour in a blackberry-zucchini bread recipe; it collapsed. When I put it on…
Today’s post gives real-life-experience insight into the why of staying physically active. Hint: It’s not about burning calories or the size of our thighs. Think “fun” instead. Thanks to Jennifer Joyce, staff participant at Green Mountain, for sharing her thoughts. This isn’t the bridge Jennifer had fun jumping on…