It’s not easy to detox your life of diet culture. Even after you’ve stopped counting calories and weighing in, you might be surprised at the diet detritus lingering around. If you are still feeling guilt about who you are, how you look, or how you’re living your life, it’s time to dig a little deeper and…
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5 mantras to make it through the holidays
The holidays are a fraught time of year for anyone with food issues. Are you worrying about facing your fear foods? Wondering how to stay “on track”? Afraid that if you start eating you won’t be able to stop? It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a cure for binge eating, and it…
What does “kinda full” feel like?
The only full I ever really knew was “so full I’m gonna die” full. But intuitive eating lets you experience another kind of full: kinda full. “Kinda full” is magic. This simple little feeling was one of the most empowering things I’d ever felt. For so many years before, I could never stop my eating, even…
You don’t get a goal height
And you don’t get a goal weight either. You never got a vote in how tall you grew, right? Of course not, or I’d be tall enough to buy regular jeans. My goal height never materialized, and surprise surprise: neither did my goal weight. Here’s the bad news: you don’t get a vote in how…
My weight is none of my business
What am I going to do with it, deadlift myself at the gym? Prescribe myself some properly dosed medication? Check myself as luggage at the airport? Of course not, that’s ridiculous. And so is weighing myself. There is absolutely no reason why I need to check in with a scale and know what I weigh….
You don’t need to learn portion control
You need to learn to listen to your body, which has a portion control feature already built in. They’re called hunger hormones, and they’re truly amazing. When your body needs fuel, a hormone called ghrelin will alert you: time to eat! So you eat. Then, a second hormone called leptin will inform you when you…
six months to sanity 