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Do you Cave When you Crave?
Cravings! Ah yes, we all have them, and most of the time they are for foods that are sugary, salty,[...]
Beat Holiday Bloat; How to Avoid Overeating at Thanksgiving
The holidays are quickly approaching and it's the time of year where many people tend to overeat, over indulge and[...]
How to Build Empowering Habits that Stick
​Building new habits can feel overwhelming​, and ​difficult to even know where to start. That sweet little phrase, "old habits[...]
How Accepting Your Body Leads to Weight Loss
​When it comes to accepting your body, ​do you need some serious help?  What do you see when you look[...]
Self-Sabotage: Three Tips to Overcoming it so you Can Feel Empowered
Self-sabotage seems to be the #1 obstacle that most people struggle with when it comes to weight loss, consistent healthy[...]
How to Lose Weight Naturally and for the Long Haul
When ​most people attempt ​weight loss, they usually want it to happen quickly and easily. You know, the promise of[...]
How to Build New Habits that Stick
​Building new habits can feel overwhelming​, and ​difficult to even know where to start. That sweet little phrase, "old habits[...]
How to Decode Food Cravings
​Food cravings can be tricky, because w​hen they're happening, it can feel like nothing​ else but that certain food will[...]
How to Recover from a Binge
​​We all know that a binge can send us off into a spiral of shame, self-criticism and defeat. Binge Eating[...]
The One Big Barrier that Prevents Weight Loss
​​The number one  biggest issue that most of us have when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off[...]
5 Steps to Ditch The Diet Mindset
​​The number one biggest issue that most of us have when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off[...]
How to Avoid Burnout this Holiday Season
​​The holidays are a time where many of us get caught up in a whirlwind of overwhelm and stress. Our[...]
How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain + Thrive this Season
​The holidays ​are in full swing. Stores are bustling, parties are happening and people are stressing. It's no surprise that[...]
3 Steps to Stop Food Obsession
​​Long term dieting, counting calories, restricting and depriving yourself of your favorite foods can lead to one thing: Food Obsession.[...]
VLOG: Stop Blaming The Food and Learn to Enjoy It
​It's easy for us to blame food when we are making poor choices, or say we have addictions to food,[...]
What’s Beneath Your Binge; 3 Keys to Disrupt Binge Eating
​Binge eating is a mystery to many of us, and it's hard to understand why we actually do it. What[...]
VLOG: How to be a Normal Eater with these Top 3 Strategies
?Normal Eating. What the heck is that anyway??Most people who struggle with any type of food issues, have no idea[...]
Stop Overeating with Four Simple Steps
​Overeating is something most of us have done at one time in our lives or another. It happens more often[...]
The Perfect Diet and it’s Downfalls
I think most of us wish we had the Perfect Diet or the perfect way of eating that would keep[...]
How to Tame Sugar Cravings
Sugar cravings. I'm sure you are familiar with them, as most people are. They can run your life and often[...]
Diet Plans and Willpower; a recipe for Disappointment
When it comes to dieting, diet plans or being consistent with healthy eating and exercise, most of us think that[...]
How to Overcome Emotional Eating
​Emotional eating is something many of us do, without being aware of it. It is the number one culprit to[...]
Food = Love?
For many of us, our first connection with food was through our mother's breast when she held us and stared[...]
Toxic Behaviors: Are They Holding You Back?
A couple months ago, my business partner Allison and I had a very special speaker at our monthly women’s event,[...]
A Broken Heart: a.k.a A Healing Opportunity
A broken heart. If you are a human living on this planet, I know you know what I am talking[...]
My 2 Days with The Big “Z”
Most of you who know me or have been following Karma Chow for a while, know that I have been[...]
A Celebration of Men!
I was inspired to write this blog from a video post my dear friend, Amber founder of BodyHeart, put up[...]
Losing the Weight of Your Emotions
When I begin working with new clients and I hear from them that they have tried every diet known to[...]
Labels: Do They Help Us or Hurt Us?
I have been a vegan for quite a while now and I am also a vegan chef, so being vegan[...]
Planning – A Key to Happiness…
AS SEEN ON....There is a little old saying from a funny looking guy with specs, and I mean that in[...]
A Bat Eating Ozzy Osbourne Goes Vegan…
I'm sure you have all heard that The Oz, and I don't mean the Wizard of, has gone vegan. When[...]
My Hormone Update – Part II
I know that many of you read my story about my hormonal health in my prior blog and I promised[...]
Hormones and Health..My Personal Story!
Ok, I'm going to get a little personal here..and I think that's ok. I am human afterall, and I want[...]
The Food Disconnect
Do you often find yourself eating on the run? Shoving a protein bar down your throat because you dont' have[...]
I’m a “Freak” because I eat healthy…
I had to write this post today because this topic comes up SO often when I work with my cleansers[...]
Stop Counting and Start Listening….
As a vegan chef and especially as the chef to P90x creator, Tony Horton, people constantly ask me for the[...]
As The Seasons Change, We Change!
Fall is here, and that means Winter is right around the corner. This is the time of year when our[...]
The Vegan Movement is Hot, Hot, Hot..Jump on board!
It seems everywhere I turn these days that Veganism is being touted by celebs, firefighters, triathletes, scientists and more. There[...]
ONE CLEANSERS JOURNEY TO A HUGE LIFESTYLE CHANGE AND A BETTER LIFE!
A few people have asked me to write about my experience with Missy Costello's 30 day cleanse and even though I am[...]
Makeup & Wrinkle Cream or Eating Right?? Hmmm…
As a vegetarian personal chef, wellness coach and nutrition educator I get to witness many different levels of commitment from[...]
Stepping into the Unknown – Day 13
Yesterday Daniel and I went to see the Time Traveler's Wife. It's one of my favorite books, so I knew[...]
Day 10 and Going Strong..well, Maybe!
Today is day 10 and I am feeling really good, albeit very tired. I haven't been doing much exercise on[...]
Just Because You Are Vegetarian Doesn’t Mean You’re Healthy!!
To many of us, Vegetarianism is a mystery. Becoming a vegetarian is usually a choice that people make for health[...]
Who Cares How You Look or What You Do ~ Are you HAPPY??
So many of us live a life that is filled with work, errands, to-do’s, emails, etc. The list goes on[...]
Raw Food ~ Fad or Fantastic?
Eating Raw? What’s it all about? Is this some crazy fad or is it here to stay? Raw Foodists around[...]
Change Your Mind, Change Your Body, Change Your Life
This powerful phrase, quoted by my favorite spin teacher and friend, John Scarangello, owner of Kinetic Cycling, during a spin class[...]
Pill Popping Problem Solvers….NOT!
For many years I lived without a TV…and I loved it! I found myself reading more, writing more and spending[...]
The Abundance Diet
If you are a living, breathing human being, then chances are you’ve been on a diet once, twice or maybe[...]
Match Your Food to Your Parts!
We all know that eating healthy, unprocessed, whole foods is good for us, but do we really know why? Well,[...]
Cleanse-orexia, Marathon Dieting, Purge Eating? Do you have a Mild Eating Disorder??
Many of us, without even knowing it, suffer from some form of a mild eating disorder. Sure, there are the[...]