Posted in affirmations, cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, emotions on 29 November 2007 | No Comments »
Every day I focus more on things that are important and less on the trivial
Fear of rejection is a strong emotion that often caused me to binge in the past. The cycle would be: a perfectly normal event occurs - I twist it into a rejection - decide to binge - blame the fantasized rejection [...]
Posted in portion control on 28 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
Play with your food. You will get more in touch with what you really like and really hate to eat.
For breakfast today I ate a half a bagel with peanut butter. This peanut butter, however, comes from The Netherlands and isn’t very sweet. Not as sweet as my local Barney’s Best, and miles away [...]
Posted in affirmations, intuitive eating on 26 November 2007 | No Comments »
You Are Enough
That’s a great affirmation, isn’t it? Simple, applies to everyone and everything, sort of the earth mother of all affirmations. Sigh. If only it were made of chocolate, then it would be the perfect affirmation for the normal eater.
Er, um, it seems that you can get it in chocolate: http://affirmationschocolate.com/ Too funny.
It’s morning, it’s [...]
Posted in affirmations, intuitive eating, tagged getting started at intuitive eating, michael buble on 25 November 2007 | No Comments »
How could anyone ever tell you you were anything less than beautiful? (Libby Roderick)
Overate at Thanksgiving? I didn’t, because we didn’t celebrate it here in Germany. But sometimes I do eat past full, and getting back to normal can be hard.
The most successful technique for going back to normal eating after a large meal (or [...]
Posted in affirmations, intuitive eating, portion control on 24 November 2007 | No Comments »
Sometimes enough is enough. Sometimes too much is enough. And sometimes half is enough.
Marzipan used to be the thing that laid in the bottom of the box of cookies until it got so hard that no one would eat it. Then I would taste it, confirm its ickiness, and go find some chocolate.
Until recently. Now [...]
Posted in affirmations on 24 November 2007 | No Comments »
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words are the tool I use to inspire myself.
A week of normal living is experienced one bite at a time.
My work this week was both wonderful and overwhelming. I did notice, however, that I ate normally the whole time, and food took its rightful place. Work is [...]
Posted in binging, emotions, intuitive eating, tagged binging, coping techniques, holidays, intuitive eating, Thanksgiving on 22 November 2007 | No Comments »
Did you ever deny yourself a food until you simply couldn’t stand it anymore, then eat it way past full? Yep, me too.
What I’ve noticed, however, is that denied foods often disappoint, and I eat them way past full because I’m not willing to acknowledge that the denial was worth it.
You may have starved yourself [...]
Posted in affirmations, intuitive eating, portion control, positive self-talk on 19 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
What’s the opposite of affirmation? Disaffirmation? Whatever. I got it.
Today I ate great compared to a year ago. My day was busy, so food was not very important and I didn’t overeat, when judged by your typical 2000 calorie a day diet.
But I ate more than I technically wanted or maybe needed, a bite at [...]
Posted in weight loss and diets, tagged diet secrets on 18 November 2007 | No Comments »
Lately there have been a lot of truth-seekers out there, and they are finding the diet world a rich ground to dig in. Here are some tidbits:
Carbs are bad for you: some investigative science from Gary Taubes
The Naked Scientists regularly tackle questions about nutrition. Lately I heard them note that most Western world people don’t [...]
Posted in affirmations, binging, hunger, portion control, work, tagged self-care on 17 November 2007 | No Comments »
Taking good care of yourself varies depending on the situation. When you are looking for a new job, it’s good self-care to get plenty of rest and concentrate on keeping up your “interview mindset.” When your car is heading towards a wall, it’s good self-care to drop the cell phone and brake.
Yesterday I finished my [...]
