Andi Freedman, Author at Mind Over Food

Mindful Eating

May 4, 2016 By Andi Freedman

When you think about the word “Mindfulness” what comes to mind? Do you picture a tranquil scene where someone is meditating in the woods or doing yoga on the Beach? Does it bring up images of happy healthy people experiencing inner peace? OR, (like me) does it make you roll your eyes at the overuse and misuse of this word? Here is a recent cover of Mindful Magazine:

Doesn’t she look beautiful and Happy! She’s absolutely glowing!! Just meditate and eat like her and you can be beautiful and happy too, Right?! (ooh, and I wonder what those 5 steps are to feeling better about myself ) Alright, I’m mostly kidding. And don’t get me wrong; I think meditation, yoga, etc. are wonderful. I do yoga every now and again and I enjoy it.

Its The Thought That Counts!

December 9, 2015 By Andi Freedman

Remember back in January when you made that resolution? The resolution that this year was the year that you were going to get healthy! You were going to eat right and exercise! Maybe you made it a few weeks or even a few months….Maybe you found a new diet that you were able to stick to for a while. For those 1^st few weeks you thought “this is easy! I can do this!”, only to return to your old habits, feeling dejected….like a failure. Now you are “thinking why can’t I do it?….It’s easy for other people” and “I really WANT to be fit and healthy! I know what to do!….why can’t I make healthy choices?”

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Weight Loss

November 24, 2015 By Andi Freedman

‎ Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Weight Loss

Have you tried many times to lose weight and keep it off? Are you sick of fad diets? Are you overwhelmed by the copious amounts of weight loss information? You are not alone. Most dieters have tried over and over again to reach their weight loss goals with poor and disappointing results. Why? Because they have never learned how to “think” about food in an appropriate and healthy way. This workshop, based on the “Beck Diet Solution”, is a cognitive-behavioral approach to dieting. This is different because it focuses on the psychological factors that cause weight gain and obesity.

Think Pink and Eat Healthy

November 23, 2015 By Andi Freedman

‎ October is breast cancer awareness month

Recently, I went to a brunch where the guest speaker was Dr. Therese Mulvey: A medical oncologist and director of the Breast Center at the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center. She was a lively and entertaining speaker, and it was an extremely informative talk. There were many charts and graphs illustrating the risk factors and the benefits of early detection and mammograms. One statistic, however, stood out from all the others.

THE FACT THAT BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE WAS THE GREATEST RISK FACTOR FOR GETTING BREAST CANCER.