Posted in positive self-talk on 26 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s that piece of leftover brioche. Why don’t I make it into a cheesecake with oranges and cranberries? Sounds good. Tastes bad. Here’s the picture, but I won’t bother giving you the recipe. Hubby and I shared one small piece and I composted the rest today.
When I went shopping for chocolate at the nearby Ritter Sport [...]
Posted in intuitive eating, tagged biscotti tiramisu, mascarpone, recipe on 18 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve realized that in order to become a person who mostly eats only when she is hungry, I have to identify and change the thought patterns that induce mindless eating.
Today was a nice example of mindless eating. I ate a big dinner last night, but this morning ate preventively, since the house cleaner was coming [...]
Posted in hunger, tagged boredom eating, eat when you are not hungry on 16 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
More and more often I feel not hungry, but eat anyway. Yet I eat meals on a schedule, even though I could wait without consequences. I also eat between meals without a significant hunger. What the heck is that about?
Some possible reasons include:
the habit of eating at regular times makes me feel comforted and secure
chewing is [...]
Posted in emotions, intuitive eating, tagged how to reduce overeating, stop overeating, stress eating on 9 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good tips from the Life Learning Today blog. Go read the whole post on this woman’s blog, but here is the cheat sheet:
Become aware of your emotional state.
Identify your trigger emotions and events
Journal (especially in a blog!!!)
Come up with your own relaxing alternatives to eating
Forgive yourself. Often. For everything.
Posted in positive self-talk on 9 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… I was ready to blog again.
What happened in September? Normal life, mostly. A long weekend with family, plenty of work, and normal eating as well. Very intuitive, very natural. I’ve been eating without binging, doing a lot of normal self-correcting, and being quite successful. I’m not experiencing any strong “need-to-diet” feelings, and my clothes [...]
