Psychologist and Coach Shares Tips on Weight Loss for National Holiday

Psychologist and Coach Shares Tips on Weight Loss

National Holiday Encourages Professional Women to Get It Off Her Plate

Bellingham, WA – (OCTOBER  1, 2009) – Many professional women are successful in what they do for a living, but are struggling with overeating and weight loss issues. According to one weight loss professional and psychologist, it’s often being too busy that leads to not enough time to care for one’s self.

That’s why she created Too Much on Her Plate Week from October 19 – 23, so that women can learn to get stuff off their plate, literally and figuratively.

“Too Much on Her Plate Week calls attention to the more than 150 million professional women who are either employed by a business or is an independent professional in the United States. These women are often moms, too, creating less time and a lot of plate spinning,” says Melissa McCreery, PhD, ACC, creator of the holiday. “The week is about encouraging these women to find out what they can get off their plate and how they can take control.”

Dr. McCreery is the founder of Too Much on Her Plate (www.toomuchonherplate.com). A clinical psychologist and certified, accredited coach, she helps women who are struggling to lose weight by focusing in on finding the triggers that cause over-eating.

According to McCreery, the pressure to accomplish all that a professional woman needs to do can actually contribute to the problem.

In celebration of Too Much on Her Plate Week, she offers the following tactics to help:

  1. Carve out some time for yourself.  “The biggest mistake women make is not taking some time for self-care,” says McCreery. “And most often, it’s not that a professional woman can’t have it. It’s that they aren’t choosing to take it.”
  2. Have a plan for eating and exercise. “Professional women are great planners for the most part. Yet, they don’t plan their meals or time for exercise,” she says. “It’s about taking their planning skills and using them in a different way.”
  3. Pay attention. “Emotional eating – especially stress eating, often sneaks up on women,” says the doctor. “So pay attention to those times when you want something to eat and ask why.”

For more tactics and tips, and to receive free gifts as part of the Too Much On Her Plate Week celebration, go to http://www.TooMuchOnHerPlate.com

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Contact:
Shannon Cherry
PR for Dr. Melissa McCreery
800.257.0633, ext 4
smc@cherrycommunications.com