I know, I know. Sugar is the present-day nutritional nemesis. We love/hate/fear it and KNOW it is bad for us with the same unquestioning disdain we had for eggs, shellfish, and red meat in the 80s and 90s. Our collective approach to “what is known” in nutrition reminds me of how I regarded life in […]
For many of us, everything we currently know about eating we learned from diets: Eat as little as you can manage Listen to “experts” instead of your body Be as hard on yourself as you can tolerate Stop eating what you like and eat what you “should” Cleanse or detox the harmful substances out of […]
When I was a teenager, my favorite part of magazines was the makeovers, you know, the “before” and “after” photos. As someone who naturally tended toward what magazines deemed “before,” I gazed in awe at the dramatic evolution from Plain (unsmiling) Jane to Exotic (ecstatic) Erica. The change was instantaneous, involved just a few simple […]
Last year I wrote a blog post entitled “What is your disordered eating costing you?” In it, I listed just a few of the ways – financially, emotionally, and time-wise – obsessive thinking about food, eating, and our bodies robs us of our real lives. Have you noticed how this has played out in your […]
With all of the experts, books, websites, emails, and podcasts telling you how to eat, what to eat, when to eat – for health, happiness, weight management, and eternal life – have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m 30 years old (or 40 or 50 or 60!), shouldn’t I know all of this already?” The […]
Want to REALLY make 2015 different? Make it the year you get off the restriction-overeating treadmill Are you still recovering from the indulgence of Thanksgiving and feel ill-equipped to deal with the landslide of holiday parties, banquets, and feasts? Are you already mentally planning your January 2nd juice cleanse, detox, or crash diet? Are you […]
Last week I talked about some of the major pitfalls that seem to make holiday eating especially challenging. They included: Not eating enough Letting ourselves get too hungry Eating according to beliefs and expectations (rather than what’s actually on our plates or in our mouths) Last-supper eating Letting self-care fall through the cracks Please note […]
No one can really know someone else’s relationship with food – even our loved ones. Eating disorders occur in people of all sizes and shapes, in men and women, young and old. And as much as we seem to hear about them today, they are still largely a secret struggle. The holiday season, especially Thanksgiving, […]
Yes, I’m just about done beating the S.A.D. drum. You know by now I’m all about anticipating, preparing, and combining fierce gentleness with honest discipline. You know that I believe meditation provides the foundation to having a sane relationship with food, our bodies, and our minds. So, to round out my little campaign, I wanted […]
When I was playing basketball in high school (badly), we often used the full-court press against worthy opponents. In this defensive strategy, rather than waiting for them to get the ball nearer the basket to score, we put stronger man-to-man pressure on them for the length of the court, which allowed us to better anticipate […]
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