Airline “Fat Tax”: a rational approach

An Australian nutritionist recommended that airlines charge a “fat tax.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7090529.stm His argument is politically motivated, because he wants to use it as social policy to reduce obesity in Australia. Dumb.
One of the better articles on the subject was written in 2002: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2083660.stm What I like about that article is that it analyzes the percentage of people [...]

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Glug, glug: under water at work

I’m still here, just swamped at work at the moment. Next week will be worse, then I get to start catching up on all of the “not important” things I get to do that I’m skipping at the moment.
Food is normal, maybe even a bit less than normal. I’m finding it ever easier to eat [...]

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Barbie Physics

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a brilliant physicist and a frequent visitor to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His insights on the role of astrophysics in our daily lives are stupendous. Check out the video below at minute 5:54.
When he asked, “What kind of thoughts do you have in a given day?” I realized that my [...]

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Open to learning and trying something new

Yesterday’s sadness was good to work through. I feel like I learned something.
Tonight at work I pulled myself out of a funk of feeling not-good-enough by reframing my thoughts. It was arsenic hour, and I was starting to get a little down. Then I remembered “I can take action to change my own life.” So [...]

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Opening a can of emotional worms

Change your shape, change your life.
For emotional eaters, learning to not overeat for emotional reasons means learning how to deal with emotions in other ways. When you do this, though, you become a different person.
The same thing happens when you los weight first. In order to keep it off, you will learn new ways of [...]

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Tips for coping with Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is in just 2 weeks, and it’s a minefield for those of us who want to be eating intuitively, especially anyone who is concentrating on portion control at the moment.
Here are some coping tips to make it easier to keep to your intuitive eating goals in the holiday season.

Make it and enjoy it now. [...]

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False cause of obesity

Say you stand on a streetcorner every day, observing passersby. When it does not rain, you see few umbrellas. When it rains, more umbrellas appear.
You do not conclude that umbrellas cause rain, right? Obvious, right?
Now take tonight’s NBC news. They had an article about the “connection” between pre-teen sleep and teenage obesity, claiming that 20% [...]

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Three Beautiful Things

Don’t forget to check out the original website: http://threebeautifulthings.blogspot.com/

Yesterday’s false beliefs work led to me being very grateful today. I’m grateful for my dearest husband, the ability to swim, the fresh crisp fall air and the chance to sleep late.
The feeling of peace that comes over me when I begin my evening relaxation routine.
Two perfect pieces [...]

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Arrogance, Perfectionism and Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are roadblocks to happiness. When you are constantly pushing down all of your emotions with food, you don’t give yourself the chance to experience them, and learn to work through them. Often, eating-disordered people like me are excessively critical of themselves, labeling it perfectionism.
Are we really trying to be perfect, though? Think about [...]

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When are you not hungry?

When your work is so interesting that you don’t want to think about anything else
When you are sitting in the Vice President’s office, trying to keep up with the conversation
When you are helping someone else write their screenplay (He promised me a screen credit!)
During an earthquake, when you are experiencing stark raving terror as the [...]

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