In his blog A New Way To Lose Weight: Listen To It, Marc David at the Institute for Psychology of Eating makes a strong case that losing weight for the sake of simply losing weight is incredibly difficult. He says: “Most people who have extra pounds attack their body fat as if it was some foreign and hostile invader. We […] read more »
‘Emotional Eating’
40 Ways to Feed Your Spiritual Hunger
Sometimes it’s just really hard to imagine how to fill yourself up in lieu of food. Eating in mindless ways can be an attempt to help yourself feel better, but what if the food isn’t getting to the source of the emptiness? What if it’s spiritual hunger? Wendy N., a recent participant at Green Mountain at Fox Run, gave us […] read more »
When the Urge Hits: Questions to Ask
I have this particular blog post by Darla printed out and hanging on my wall. Since being at Green Mountain, I am so much better at connecting my overeating with negative feelings like frustration, jealousy or inadequacy. But I forget that sometimes the urge to eat may not be so complex. Maybe it isn’t always driven by an unpleasant feeling […] read more »
When Being Good Is Bad
So you want to make a change happen. You want to add more healthy foods or more exercise to your life. And always is the struggle of having to do it right, having to be perfect, wanting to be GOOD. For most of us there is no such thing as being good enough or perfect enough. But consider this for […] read more »
Why I Choose A Word Of The Year
Today’s post is by Karen C.L. Anderson. “Intention, even in the form of a single word, is unfathomably powerful. Resolutions are fine, but they are often motivated by ‘shoulds.’ A word, however, contains energy, images and meaning. These are things our hearts and souls get excited about. And this is how transformation begins. Rarely does deep transformation happen because of […] read more »
How to De-stress More Healthfully
Do you know how to de-stress? I’d imagine many of us have “tools” we use when we are stressed, but they are nothing that we’ve consciously identified as stress reducers, but they work none-the-less (at least in the short-term). The problem is that our stress reducers might not always have the healthiest outcome. Here are some examples of things we […] read more »
Feeling Low? Try A Helper’s High
If you find that you’re dwelling too much on your weight and feeling low, one way to take the focus off your feelings is to do something — really almost anything – for someone else. This act of giving can be through an organization or just doing a good deed for your neighbor, such as picking up the newspaper and […] read more »
Not Eating Leads to Binge Eating
Today, I’m pondering what my life would be like had I never dieted. If you know me, you might be aware that I battled with disordered eating when I was younger. I truly believe that if I never dieted, I would never have struggled with binge eating. For me, dieting: led to anorexia which led to binge eating which led to bulimia which improved […] read more »
Exploring Food Addiction
Does food addiction really exist? This question was a big subject of controversy at the national conference of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) as well as that of International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), both of which took place in the last month. Two Sides of the Same Coin Of those who have strong opinions about the subject, […] read more »
Why the Scale Sucks: A Cautionary Tale
Back in January, I announced I was doing Jillian Michaels’ 30-Day-Shred. I’m about halfway through, my ambition waning somewhat in March after a strong start in January and February. If I retrace my progress, I am pretty sure I can link my “waning ambition” back to an unfortunate incident with a scale. Although my primary goal in doing “the shred” […] read more »
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