Fiber-Girl - Weight loss

The Recipe for Permanent, Painless Weight Loss

There are several keys to losing weight and keeping it off that diets won't get for you. Let me break them down.

Get Your Fiber

By eating a variety of foods that include beans, grains, nuts, seeds, avocados, and even chocolate, you can get your 25-40 grams of fiber, feel full, and gain plenty of nutrients in the process. more on fiber...

Don't Drink Your Calories

If you've been consuming a lot of liquid calories and you switch to getting your calories only or mostly from food, be prepared to lose some serious weight. Instead of the sodas and lattes, you need to be drinking water and tasty teas. And if you are hooked on diet drinks you are going the wrong way. more...

Stop When Full

Being "full" doesn't mean feeling bloated or uncomfortable after eating. As a matter of fact, full is not a feeling at all, but rather the absence of a feeling: the absence of hunger. Naturally thin grazers eat when they're hungry and stop when they're no longer hungry. And when they are bored, restless, lonely and anxious, they do something other than eat. Some call a friend or go for a walk. more...

Eat Often

When we eat only once or twice a day, the body thinks it's starving, so it lowers its metabolism. When those calories do come in, they are more likely to be retained as fat than calories that come in more frequently. In addition, the body produces appetite-enhancing hormones that remind us to eat - and eat. So if we eat only one or two meals a day, we will more than compensate for the meals we skipped. In fact, ninety percent of obese Americans eat two or fewer meals a day. more ...

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Bronwyn Schweigerdt

I am a speaker, nutrition instructor and author. I have a Master's degree in nutrition from Tufts University. I love to give seminars and teach classes. I teach regularly for State Agencies and the Co-op but would love to do more. If you have a group that could use a fun, challenging nutrition speaker email me!