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…
Tag: dieting
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…
No one can tell you what makes you feel full
I can’t believe we need to say this out loud. But I’ll say it again, in case you need to hear it: No one can tell you what makes you feel full. No nutritionist can tell you what makes you feel full. No nutrition panel can tell you what makes you feel full. Only your…
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
You just never know what will tip your thinking against dieting. After a decade of completely reckless calorie restriction, here’s what did it for me. I first read about this study in Intuitive Eating and couldn’t believe the similarities I was seeing to my own life. My head was exploding with questions. Calorie restriction can make you feel…
“Everything in moderation” is not helpful
Oh how I hate that old chestnut. Theoretically, “everything in moderation” makes perfect sense. But in reality, it sends some very unhelpful, unhealthy signals. Moderation implies that you are a moderator. That line of thinking: Puts you on the slippery slope of arbitrary counting (“I can eat 10 gummy bears every day….actually though wouldn’t 9 be better? Well…
The Diet Coke’s gotta go
I say this with all love, no judgment, because I’ve been there. I used to drink two liters of diet soda every day. Yep. Two liters. Diet Coke and Diet Dr. Pepper were my favorites, but I would settle for Diet Pepsi in a pinch. I always had a soft spot for regular Coke as a kid, but…
six months to sanity 