Doris Romano is a Registered Nurse, Holistic Nutritionist and an expert in making peace with food.

After years of hating her body, torturing herself with diets, and feeling like food had total control over her, she discovered a new approach to weight loss that completely changed her life.

She has helped countless women change their relationship with food and their bodies using an approach to food and healing that goes beyond the body to the deepest place where we long to be fed – our spirits. As a result, her clients finally feel nourished, joyful, and empowered.

Best known for inspiring women to bring mindfulness and pleasure to their relationship with food, to what’s cooking, and to who’s eating, Doris can be found bringing stillness to our busy lives through her Slow program, reawakening our enjoyment of eating by teaching cooking classes, and writing about true weight loss on her blog.

Slowing down is the essential antidote to a life that is fast paced, unfulfilled and without pleasure, and it begins by bringing awareness to how we feed ourselves. The way we experience pleasure with food is a mirror of how we experience pleasure in life. In this 8 week program we will re-awaken not only our pleasure in eating but our joy of living. Join me on Sunday mornings in my cozy home with a circle of women just like you from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting April 22^nd. Cost: $275. Visit http://www.dorisromano.com/BLOG/?page_id=23 or call 416-768-4588 to register!

Although commonly carved into jack-o-lanterns for Halloween or made into pies emblematic of the fall season, pumpkin is so much more! If its bright orange flesh isn’t enough to give away that it’s a storehouse of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants, you might be interested to know that this humble vegetable is also low in calories and carbohydrates. The low glycemic load of pumpkin, combined with its low calorie content, makes pumpkin a great choice for keeping blood sugar stable as you lose weight! Even better is that canned pumpkin is an affordable and excellent substitute for fresh – just make sure to purchase pure pumpkin and not pumpkin pie filling! Try the following delicious recipes and enjoy some fall flavour while discovering one of the best weight loss treats around!

The choices you make today and tomorrow can greatly improve your prospects for the future. The following are 5 healthy habits of the planet’s longest-lived people – by adopting them, you will optimize your lifestyle for a longer, healthier life!

There are plenty of temptations when travelling for work or pleasure that can divert you from your healthy eating habits. Whether you’re travelling by plane, train or automobile, you leave behind the comforts of home and the security of your kitchen. With some advanced planning, however, travelling doesn’t have to mean the end of your diet.

If you're sick, you can't train. Immune function can be compromised by stress, high intensity training, and a poor diet, for starters. This workshop will address cutting-edge nutrition and supplement strategies to keep your immune system strong for winter training. Natural alternatives to the flu vaccine will also be discussed.

When: Sat. Nov. 20th from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Where: 56 North Lake Road, unit 23, Richmond Hill

Cost: $25

Included will be handouts, recipes, and immune-boosting snacks. I look forward to seeing you!

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Are you determined to lose weight this year?  Well, the good news is that shedding those extra pounds doesn’t have to be difficult.  Many times, a few simple mistakes are all it takes to derail even the most well-intentioned dieting efforts.  Here are 5 mistakes I often see dieters make that can jeopardize their weight loss success, along with a few ways on how to fix them.