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Jerny Rieves’ Rules for Eating: #10 Listen to Your Body

Jerny Rieves — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 04:25:56 +0000

Shhhh! Hear that? It’s your body talking! If you have spent the time and effort on the first 9 rules of eating, the 10th one gets really easy. Listen to your body and become an intuitive eater. Over time, when we nourish our bodies with the appropriate foods in the appropriate amounts, we become very […]

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Jerny Rieves’ Rules for Eating: #9 Stop the Emotional Eating Cycle

Jerny Rieves — Tue, 27 May 2014 20:28:48 +0000

Rules for Eating: #9 Stop the Emotional Eating Cycle Food is not your friend. It is also not your enemy. It is fuel for the activities that lie ahead of you, and it helps re-fuel after depletion due to physical exertion and metabolic activity. Food was never intended to be a comfort or a companion… […]

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Rules for Eating: Minimizing Portions – Turn the Elephant in the Room into a Mouse

Jerny Rieves — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:00:25 +0000

The previous rules for eating have addressed the QUALITY of the food you eat, which is of primary importance, but now let’s take a look at QUANTITY. I would hope at this point that everyone knows that small meals regularly throughout the day are the key to sustained weight loss and maintenance. Study after study […]

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Rules for Healthier Eating…Don’t be an Extremist

Jerny Rieves — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:39:29 +0000

Jerny Rieves continues her series on eating rules for a healthier life with rule number 5… Don’t go to extremes. Making the resolution to “lose weight” or change your diet in 2014? Jump on board! There are hundreds of diet plans out there to choose from. Most of them are fads, backed up with little […]

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Jerny Rieves’ Rules For Eating: #4 Read the Label

Jerny Rieves — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:43:21 +0000

In Jerny Rieves' recent addition to her Rules for Eating, she has one message: "If you are going to eat packaged foods, please, for goodness sake, take a moment to read what is in it!"

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Jerny Rieves’ Rules for Eating: Rule #3 Make Time to Save Time

Jerny Rieves — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:22:23 +0000

The number one reason people make poor food choices is a lack of time. We decide what to eat once we are hungry, and then look for a convenient fix and move on with our day.

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Pressure – From Stress: Diamonds

Jerny Rieves — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:28:43 +0000

Pressure — We wake up with it, we lose sleep over it, it consumes our thoughts and steals our energy. Some days we can’t escape it — feeling the pressure from all sides. We do everything in our power to be a great mom, a close friend, a nice person, a together professional, and an […]

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Ten Again – Finding my Inner Child

Jerny Rieves — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:49:22 +0000

Recently I was in a local bookstore, browsing while my little guy was looking for his latest read. I stumbled across a book focusing on helping you get married within the year. I giggled loud enough for people to glance my way. Why would anyone want a legally binding contract with someone they barely knew, […]

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Ever Wish You Were Someone Else? Learn to be Content

Jerny Rieves — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:01:32 +0000

Competition in the workplace and sports makes people better. Competition in everyday life can make people bitter. Why can’t we just run our own race? Why can’t we work together to achieve prosperity, harmony, and community? Why must we always size each other up, establish a social pecking order, and then spend valuable time and […]

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Sugar, Your Body’s Fuel Source

Jerny Rieves — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:42:38 +0000

Health Educator and SmartFem Expert Jerny Rieves talks about Sugar, our diets, and understanding the Glycemic Index. Sugar, it’s not evil. It’s not your enemy or your best friend either. It is the most readily available fuel source for your body, easy to take in and easy to burn. Throughout history it has kept the […]

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