Rabbit Food for Lions
Smoked Turkey and Black Bean Chili

By Kevin DeMarco and Russ Lane

Things like nutrient density and fat/carb/calorie statistics are important; but it’s also the same old things everyone discusses in the same old way. There’s another consideration: literally finding a a new frame of reference for food. Cooking food that bears no resemblance to the emotional eating favorites of yesteryear helps accomplish that, elegantly and effectively.

Particularly for emotional eaters, our feeling and our food are so linked, and we usually think that’s a weakness. But what if you subverted all of that? What if you made turned your weakness into a strength? What would your food look like then, and how might you think of yourself differently?

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Second Helping Toolbox
Post-Weight Discussions around the Web

By Team Second Helping

Not to toot our own horn (well, okay, maybe we will a little), few media outlets discuss all the nuances of what happens to your life as you near and hit goal and all the “Now what?” questions appear. You’ll find a stray article here and there, which is largely why we created Second Helping [...]

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Second Helping in the Press
Podcast Available on Livin La Vida Post Weight

By Team Second Helping

Is there a “right way” to lose weight? If so, Russ discovered that it’s really not the germane question about weight loss.
Russ Lane of Second Helping was the subject of a the Living La Vida Low Carb podcast with Low Carb Champion Jimmy Moore about life, post-weight, low carb eating and what it [...]

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My Husband Made Me Eat It
Hey! What Does a Girl Have to Do to Get a Compliment?

By Patty Newbold

Know what I loved about losing weight? The compliments! For the first thirty or so pounds, even I could see little difference. Nobody said anything. Then my weight loss began to be noticeable. By the time I moved from obese to just overweight, people made favorable comments regularly.
When I left overweight for “normal,” some of [...]

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Second Helping Toolbox
Answering “Now What?”: Your quick guide to life, post fat pants

By Russ Lane

People say in equal measure “Just because you lost weight doesn’t mean your a different person” and “It’s not just about losing weight, you have to change your lifestyle.” Do you see how those two comments clash? One says weight loss won’t change your life, but to hit goal and successfully sustain weight loss, you do have to change your life. And they’re both correct.

Exhibit A for why the biggest muscle strain in weight loss is your brain. So what gives?

The “dieting” part of life is either your status quo or complete. Grats! Now comes the next question — now what? What does “you have to change your lifestyle” actually entail?

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Top 5 Items to Keep in the Pantry For Interesting Health Food

By Russ Lane

During the process of putting the Joy Fit Club segment on me together, Joy Bauer’s staff and I discussed some easy ways to make home cooking moree interesting.

The list that Joy referenced during the segment is right here. Each has their individual points, but it’s also important to remember why it’s important. It’s not just “eating great healthy food” — it’s just as important to engage yourself with your food to sustain your life. It’s the little things that help make a new lifestyle worthwhile — the little things help remind you “that was then and this is now.”

Using a variety of ingredients — some gourmand, some not — in clever ways also helps think of food in a way besides “controlled subtance.” We shouldn’t have to explain the importance of that one.

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