“Please don’t flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex’s sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.” This was a sign in the bathroom on a train in Britain. Now that makes a bathroom visit a pleasure! It is the little things in life … … andContinue reading “Let’s have a good laugh! …… another addition to The Joy package”
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Self Care is great for your mental health
Self-care is not selfish! It is about recharging your batteries. “She was so selfless” was a very common and frequent epitaph used for people at memorials when I was growing up. It seemed a noble goal, but years later I look at it in a different way. I think is important to care for others;Continue reading “Self Care is great for your mental health”
Thriving during the Holidays
Before I became a Dieter in Recovery I dreaded the holidays. Weight, food and body image became a big focus. In October I would try to go on a crash diet .This became the standard preparation for the onslaught of food that would be coming my way during the holiday season. In America it startedContinue reading “Thriving during the Holidays”
Diet Chatter
It is Monday and you are starting that diet… again. You go through the usual steps: You clean out the fridge and the pantry of all the ‘forbidden’ foods You announce the launch of this new diet to everyone Sound familiar? On my last journey to change my weight (started over 4 years ago) IContinue reading “Diet Chatter”
How the diet industry fools you
Apparently dieting is not a positive word! Did the billion dollar industry call it quits? Accept that dieting doesn’t have a very good success rate and throw in the towel, just as you would if a prototype model doesn’t work? No, they just repackaged it and marketed it under a new name. Yep, the buzzContinue reading “How the diet industry fools you”