I can’t remember a time that I wasn’t obsessed with food. When I was 4 or 5, I ate so many Cheetos that I puked all over my dad’s carpet. I was probably 8 by the time I started sneaking junk food into my room to eat at night, because I felt ashamed by my…
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Signs of disordered eating
Patterns of disordered eating are so normalized in our culture that many people don’t even recognize them. They may even associate these patterns with being “good” or “healthy.” I strongly believe that healthful and mindful eating cannot be built on a foundation of disordered eating, so it’s important to recognize and acknowledge these patterns in…
No, you don’t deserve a treat
“I’ve been so good all week, I’ve earned a treat…” Hey! Stop that! Food is not a reward, and you are not a dog. Food is not a treat or a punishment or a crime or a friend or a foe. Food is food. And one of the most important parts of improving your relationship with…
Here’s what I think
I think it only takes one diet to send a primal alert to your brain that your food sources are not dependable. As far as your brain is concerned, you are starving. Indefinitely. I think it’s nuts that a single diet could send one person into a spiral of disordered eating while another person could…
six months to sanity 