To the people out there who fear food. Who saved their calories for this day. Who dread the picnics and the barbecues and the potato salad and the pie. Who have their July 5 workouts planned out to burn it all off. I want you to know that this is not how life has to…
Tag: dieting
Me vs. food
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…
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…
six months to sanity 