Imagine if you were told your whole life, based solely on your height and weight, what size and kind of clothes you had to wear. If the calculations determine that you're a size ten, then you're a size ten, and you have to wear ONLY this size of clothing - regardless of how ill-fitting - until your body changes to accommodate this size.
Read MoreWhen you take away it's power, food becomes... just food. Not linked to virtue or morality, not indicators of our willpower, discipline, strength or character, not having the power to lift us up and feel amazing if we've made the "right" choice or sink us into shame and despair if we don't.
Read MoreI really have been thinking about persona's that people - friends, acquaintances, celebrities, strangers - create and present to the world, and how much we compare our own lives to theirs. How much dissatisfaction and anxiety is created from these comparisons, that might all be based on a fake reality?
Read MoreIf we bought a beautiful sweater and it fell apart in the wash a few months later, and we bought another sweater from the same brand that did the same thing, would we continue to buy from this brand?
Read MoreI heard on the radio today that it is Blue Monday - the official, most depressing day of the year.
Read MoreAs long as you are moving away from the thing that drains you and towards the thing that calls to you, you can never go wrong.
Read MoreI wrote this exactly a year ago and I got a lot of comments that people really related to it. I thought it warranted a re-post. This year has been filled with it's share of ups and downs, craziness and chaos, and it's good to be reminded of what really matters and is most important to you. Happy Holidays! Enjoy!
Read MoreDeprivation - often disguised as controlled, portioned, regimented, rule-following, “healthy” eating – is what most often leads to out-of-control eating. On the other hand, total permission to eat freely results in a balanced, satisfying eating experience.
Read MoreAnd of course, when we sacrifice foods that we love and that bring us pleasure in the name of "healthy eating" - we set ourselves up for deprivation-driven eating. Every time.
Read MoreThere are so many messages like this floating around out there. They bombard us on a daily basis, seeping into our subconscious, shaping and forming our thoughts, feelings, beliefs about food and weight.
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