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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?”

How do you decide what it is? A BMI chart shows us our weight range, and endless ideals are thrust at us on social media. And there is our own definition. For years I had a set number in my head (the same one I had at 20 years old) and I held on toContinue reading “The perfect weight and body”

And the winner is…. To understand the difference, Kristin Neff, researcher and author, explains ” Self compassion provides the same benefits as high self esteem without its drawbacks”. As a Brit who grew up in a self deprecating culture, the rise of self promotion in the USA in the nineties did not jar well. IContinue reading “Self esteem versus self compassion”

In our early years family shaped our viewpoints and opinions. They were our original influencers. Now social media has taken on that role. We are bombarded with messages about bodies and lifestyles. But does this help us on our journey of Wellness? Or does it keep us in diet world, where we can never beContinue reading “Influencers”

When I was a kid, like every kid, who went on a road trip, I would ask “are we nearly there?” If it wasn’t me asking, it would be one of my siblings. To quell these questions my parents distracted us with games, songs, food and lots of laughter. Sometimes the destination seemed anticlimactic asContinue reading “Destination addiction”

“A breakthrough happens when you make a new choice” Tony Robbins Sometimes we do things without any thought behind them. Even that automatic behavior is a choice: to not be aware of the moment. Why aren’t you present in every aspect of your life? My breakthrough moment came when I made the choice NOT toContinue reading “Break Through in dieting”