Ask Dr. Rachel: PB Diaries Week 4

I have to admit that I have been so busy and so focussed on  my upcoming half marathon (in 2 days) that I completely forgot about these PB diaries. It’s Interesting how that happened to me.   I talk to my patients about cravings, about staying in the moment, and...

Ask Dr. Rachel: What is Healthy?

Besides my PB challenge updates I have been wanting to write about health.  What is health and what does it mean to be healthy? Is it a number on a scale? Is it not taking hypertension or high cholesterol medicine? Is it how you look or how you feel? What really is...

Ask Dr. Rachel: A Challenge…

For those of you who know me know that I occasionally like to challenge myself. Year after year I joke that if I were not the religion I am and I observed Lent I would give up peanut butter. Peanut butter is an amazing food that I cannot even begin to describe to you...

The Goal that was not Achieved

On November 4, 2012 I was supposed to cross the finish line in Central Park and say that I had run 2 marathons, and not just any 2 marathons, but 2 NYC marathons. A goal that I had set out to do approximately one year ago and just a few days prior to the scheduled...