Change is easy

Day after day, I see me making more changes without stress. It’s easier to not eat (and at the same time not THINK about not eating). It’s easier to empty packages of food from my pantry and not feel that I have to restock, which means I’m really getting control over my earlier feelings of [...]

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Toothy irony

The dysfunction in our family included a general lack of health and normal sanitary care. After a few years, we stopped going to the doctor because we couldn’t afford it. Dentists were out of the question.
Coupled with that was our family’s superior skill at avoiding reality. We could sit in a pile of bills and [...]

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Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness is on the rise. Last weekend, I made some cookie dough, a lovely lime butter cookie. As I prepared the first pan, I wondered how they would taste if I added some white chocolate, so I added a bit to a small piece of dough. Nice note, the white chocolate had coconut in it.
They baked up [...]

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How to reduce portion size and love it

Cleaning your plate.
Buying food at a restaurant.
Ordering the Value Size meal.
These are some of the biggest pitfalls you encounter when you are learning intuitive eating. You want to eat to a smaller level of full (see my post about hunger and fullness for more info) yet it can be harder than you think. [...]

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How to make friends with potato chips

Remember the book Overcoming Overeating? Good book, and I used the method successfully to rebuild a positive relationship with food. One of the cornerstones to the method is to stock up on your binge foods and coach yourself through eating them until they stop being dangerous. It was great – I even carried a food [...]

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My current plan

My current plan is based on what I’ve learned from the Eckhart Tolle and IOWL podcasts. So far, the plan has increased my feelings of peace, helped me to stay in the present moment, and helped me strengthen my eating habit of 3 fruits and 5 veggies a day.
Every week or so I find myself [...]

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How to know when you should stop eating

It generally doesn’t take many bites. If I’m really hungry, the first bites are like heaven itself. Afterwards, I notice that I am still hungry, but the flavor intensity has worn off.
Lately, I’ve had a strong signal that it’s time to stop eating. First, I look at the next bite, and I get this “blech” [...]

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Kaegi-fretli, or chocolate cookie cravings

This year has a slightly different theme compared to last year. I’m more aggressive in eating less, and trying to lose weight while still eating intuitively. We’ll see how things go. Last year I lost a significant amount of weight, but don’t know how much, since my scale is broken and I’m in no hurry [...]

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Grrr! Portion control through poor bottle design

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 [...]

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Marzipan love

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 [...]

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