Monthly Archives: May 2022

How many of us sit at a table to eat a meal? How often do we eat in our car or quickly wolf down food as we multi-task? Do you race through a meal and start cleaning up before your guests/family have finished their meal? Eating, for many, has become a functional task, without joy.Continue reading “Use the good china every day”

Is your mind full of thoughts? Of course it is, we are constantly thinking, observing, commenting. It is a normal practice, but what you think and say, and what you do with those thoughts, is important. According To Eckhart Tolle we dwell more on negative thoughts than positive ones. But the first step, he says,Continue reading “Busy minds”

According to Food Addicts Anonymous Symptoms of food addiction include Overeating (bingeing or grazing) Purging (bulimia) Undereating Obesity (and related problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and sleep apnea) Compulsive exercise and dieting Obsession with food or weight Depression, shame, isolation, and hopelessness related to food, weight, or body image. Even though I ticked theContinue reading “Food addiction”

These often come from foods with the ‘bliss factor’ a formula designed by food scientists. They are packed with salt, sugar and fat. The diet mentality insists we need willpower around these foods. We beat ourselves up for not being able to control our eating and bring on the shame of being weak willed, lazyContinue reading “Food Cravings”

Do you have a list of the things you will do when you are thinner? The ways your life would be better? Because I am betting that you do. I spent decades being afraid; of not doing things, in case I got judged for being the wrong size. Who would do that? My self shamingContinue reading “What will you do when you are thin?”