The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines on preventing eating disorders in kids, and they don’t suck! These sorts of things usually involve a lot of food rules and calorie-counting recommendations that make me REAL mad, but I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of really great stuff in here! It’s also depressing as…
Category: how to stop binge eating
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled…
…was convincing the world that diets = control. Bull. Shit. I can sum up *actual* control in one sentence: “I can eat whatever I want whenever I want it.” That’s it. 10 words, infinite possibilities. On the contrary, the life of a dieter is based on a million arbitrary parameters and variables and endless opportunities for disappointment and…
When to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner
A handy, personalized guide that works every time. What and when you should eat is a much-debated topic among dieters, and it seems like everyone has a different answer! This can get pretty confusing, so I put together a simple reference guide to help you answer these questions the right way, every time. Happy eating, everyone!
Actually, cravings are amazing
Cravings are what tell you after a long holiday of cookies and ham and heavy cream, “You know what sounds so delicious right now? A SALAD.” Let’s give it up for cravings. Poor, misunderstood cravings have this terrible reputation, and I don’t know why. Cravings are the best! When I’ve been drinking a little too much…
Weight is not an equation
And we definitely don’t have all the variables. Our bodies are so amazing and smart, but if you believe the diet world, they’re legit mathematicians. Every day, they’re hard at work converting each carb into 4 calories and each gram of fat into 9 calories and ice water into negative calories and triple-checking that you didn’t put…
Let’s talk about homeostasis
And let’s stop trying to fight it. The human body is all about maintaining equilibrium — homeostasis. When we’re hot, we sweat. When we’re cold, we shiver. These subconscious reactions help the body adjust to sub-optimal conditions, but then your conscious self jumps in to help, too. You make a conscious choice to go in…
six months to sanity 