I see it all the time — with my clients, my girlfriends, my coworkers, and my family members. And I definitely used to see it in myself. Feeling desperate to lose weight, determined to lose it by any means necessary, and preparing for a week-long carb-cutting, calorie-restricting, food-avoiding ordeal . . . that ultimately ends… Read More
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Give Yourself an Out
In your quest to lose weight, how many times have you thought, “I’m not going to . . .”? I’m not going to order fries at dinner. I’m not going to drink wine tonight. I’m not going to binge on chocolate today. I’m not going to skip my workout tomorrow morning. I spent at least… Read More
Spring Rolls and Perseverance
I went to an Asian restaurant a few weeks ago with a good friend, and we had the most amazing spring rolls. They were filled with carrots and cucumbers and had tons of basil and cilantro. They were delicious. I thought to myself, “These are so healthy and probably so easy to make . …. Read More
Let It Go
I love to watch my little girls play. They are utterly un-self-conscious. They are fully in all their moments and have yet to become hyper-focused on their looks. The last thing they’re doing when they’re running, playing, or simply standing still is worrying about what they look like. They haven’t developed the habit of sucking… Read More
On a Binge
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
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