Posted in intuitive eating, positive self-talk on 31 May 2007 | No Comments »
There’s a diet trick to help you reject a craving. It’s a visualization coupled with disassociation. I’ve modified it to make it a successful tool for intuitive eating learners.
The diet trick (Objective is to get you away from the food using any way possible):
You get a craving for a food
Visualize yourself as you currently [...]
Posted in cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, positive self-talk on 30 May 2007 | No Comments »
Every system fails humans. Systems cannot account for the immeasurable diversity between people, so people have to adapt the system to meet their needs.
Diets don’t work, because we can’t stay perfectly on the diet for life. Without a safety valve to get us through the hard times, we will fail. If we learn to get [...]
Posted in exercise, positive self-talk on 29 May 2007 | No Comments »
During the 1960’s, when I was clueless, I had Doris Day. Her films, some of which I only learned later had been called “sex comedies,” held a strong fascination for me. Her beauty, her spunk, her optimism cheered me during a time in which my family was falling apart.
There are 2 mental models I’m missing: [...]
Posted in intuitive eating, positive self-talk on 29 May 2007 | No Comments »
How’s that for a turn-around? After 4 decades of eating in response to every emotion, happy or sad, I was too stressed to eat. I’d found a new favorite candy last weekend, Werther’s Soft Toffees, and proceeded to eat half the package. Today I decided to bring the rest into work in order to have [...]
Posted in cognitive behavioral therapy CBT on 29 May 2007 | No Comments »
Exercise and pie: nice irony, ain’t it?
In my last post, I wondered how to make sofa sitting less attractive than exercise. Upon pondering this question deeply, I discovered that the sofa is a safe place for me! Until I find a way to make exercise a safe and attractive place for me, I’ll not [...]
Posted in books, cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, positive self-talk on 27 May 2007 | No Comments »
Scientific American has a great podcast this week for those of us interested in eating disorders.
Trisha Gura is a science writer who has written a book about women with eating disorders. The main point of her book is to understand how eating disorders affect women, even after they’ve recovered. Very important for anyone in recovery.
Check [...]
Posted in weight loss and diets on 27 May 2007 | No Comments »
Normally, I love Prevention Magazine. They have interesting and motivational articles, and frequently give balanced information about health issues.
But this article is unbelievable in its stupidity: 8 Secrets of Naturally Slim Women.
Here’s a quote:
Researchers at Tufts University found that the biggest predictor of weight gain among women in their 50s and 60s was their level [...]
Posted in goals, jon stewart and stephen colbert, positive self-talk on 27 May 2007 | No Comments »
I’m pretty satisfied with my progress on eating this month, but I did get stuck within the last few days. Work grabbed more of my free time, but I didn’t realize the impact until this morning. My weight is up a little this week, when I’d expected it to be down a little.
Causes of the [...]
Posted in positive self-talk on 26 May 2007 | No Comments »
Back to Dave at dognozzle. He had the most interesting set of goals during his weight loss. They’re interesting because they are about the real changes one goes through during a permanent recovery from an ED, not about airplane seats and clothes sizes.
Dave’s perspective on this makes me think about positives I hadn’t considered yet.
Here [...]
Posted in hunger, positive self-talk on 25 May 2007 | No Comments »
Really hungry. Unless of course I’m thirsty or there’s something else going on.
I can reasonably expect to be thirsty. Lately I’ve been drinking a lot of water, but this morning I drank very little. For some reason, I wanted to get up early, in spite of being quite tired from aquajogging last night.
Aah. That’s another [...]
