If you have a tendency to binge eat, it’s likely you “binge” in other areas of your life. We live in a binge culture. We constantly work and become workaholics. We are bombarded with advertisements that create voids to be filled, which creates shopaholics. We’re stressed to the max and need to release, and so… Read More
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Foundation, Fillers, and Filters
My kids love to take pictures of me when I’m not looking. And it’s horrible. They sometimes go the extra mile and apply some sort of hideous filter to them that makes me look like my face is melting off, and if I’m not careful they’ll post them to their Instagram. But before you accuse… Read More
You’re the Best
Dietitians work with all different kinds of people with all kinds of issues. They work with patients with diabetes who are in renal failure. They work with patients who have cancer. They focus on patients with severe burns. But none of the people I counsel have life-threatening illnesses or injuries — they’re just trying to… Read More
Get a Visual
When I was in my mid-20s, working as an assistant in the marketing department of a large company, I saw the movie Outbreak. I don’t know if you remember it, but it’s about a team of scientists who are fighting an Ebola-like disease that’s accidentally introduced into the US. The main thing I remember about… Read More
Face It, Embrace It
This past fall was an extremely difficult time in my life. It was the start of what would ultimately end in divorce, and it was rough. The fighting, the anger, and the chaos triggered my emotional eating, and it came back full force. I hate to say it, but I binge ate, binge drank, and… Read More
Show Up
I have a saying that runs through my head every single morning, as soon as my alarm goes off. And I’ve said it so often and for so long now, that it automatically pops into my head the minute I open my eyes. Here it is: Get up, show up, do the work. These three… Read More
Balancing Act
I adore juicing. It gives me clear, glowing skin, my hair looks shinier, and it makes me feel like I took a mild tranquilizer (in a good way). But the reason I started juicing was for none of those reasons. I started juicing so I could lose weight. I bought a book by Jason Vale… Read More
Barriers and Breaks
If you’ve read any of my recent posts, you know that I’ve just come out of one of the hardest times in my life. This fall was the extreme low point, and I confess that I was anything but healthy during those dark months. I’ll always be real about my struggles with binge eating and… Read More
Write It Down
My high school physics teacher had an unconventional method for preparing her students for their final exam. She allowed us to get a 3 x 5 index card and write as much information as we could on it. Then she let us bring it into the exam and use it to answer the questions. So… Read More
As If
How often do you get up out of your chair, stride confidently across the room, and think, “Damn, I look good!”? Almost never, right? I’m sure you’re thinking I’m being silly or sarcastic, but I’m not. I’m totally and completely serious. It sounds absurd to imagine yourself doing this, mostly because you probably don’t feel… Read More