Sugar | The Fit Shack

You don’t need me to tell you that the first ingredient in that box of chocolates is sugar, and you already know what that does to you: gives you cravings for more, makes it hard to stop with just one, gives you mood swings and provides no nutritive value, besides the fact that it will [...]

Do you want to eat better but you aren’t sure how to make the switch to fresh, whole foods? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to feel and look better, have lots of energy, and feed your body clean fuel instead of processed, additive-filled convenience foods?
I can tell you from my own [...]

I am very excited to bring you an in-depth interview today with Debbie Danowski, Ph.D., the author of Why Can’t I Stop Eating? and Locked Up for Eating Too Much, as well as The Overeater’s Journal, books that I recommended to you in this post.
Her newest book is The Emotional Eater’s Book of Inspiration: 90 [...]

Today is that day when I bring you my personal progress report of how I’m doing with my weight loss and fitness goals. I’ll get to that in a moment but first I’d like to share with you a funny fantasy life that is running through my head and helping me derail my personal progress.
You [...]

I rail against processed food quite a bit here at The Fit Shack, but today I am actually going to recommend a convenience food to you. First though, I’d like to mention that even though I do recommend getting off processed and fast foods (not only to lose weight but also to feel great), there [...]

I’ve mentioned in previous posts and also in replying to comments from you smart readers of The Fit Shack that you (and I!) aren’t alone when it comes to sugar addiction. In fact, there are more and more people who are recognizing that they are addicted to sugar, and are even blogging about it.
I’ve put [...]

Here’s something really neat that I’m very excited about. No, I won’t be auditioning for it because I’m not in the L.A. area, but I think that it will really help to raise the awareness of the rampant human problem of sugar addiction, a problem that is more common that many people might think!
Here’s the [...]

So you’re addicted to sugar like I am, and you are committed to eliminating it from your daily diet. This could be because you want to lose weight and you know you will eliminate sugar cravings (and therefore, overeating) by eliminating the refined sugar, or you just want to have peace in your life around [...]