Happy New Year! Ah, the time of year for a New Year’s resolution. This year, I really will lose weight and get fit! I promise, I swear! This year is the year – for real this time. How many times have I said that be The new year seems to give us a sense of […]
Tag Archives: Binge Eating
14
Dec
Dec
A colleague, Tina Gilbertson, and I were talking about the support groups we have been attempting to start. My group is a process group for those struggling with food and body image and Tina is working on a group called “Women of Size,” intended to help women feel good in their bodies, no matter what […]
Body Shame, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Tips for eating Thanksgiving Dinner, not your feelings
09
Nov
Nov
For this month’s newsletter, I am borrowing from my last year’s newsletter, “Thanksgiving, i.e. National Overeater’s Day”. It seems appropriate to talk once again about this day of thanks and the day that overeating is the accepted principle. Before I started to deal with my own food issues, I treated Thanksgiving Day as an excuse […]
09
Oct
Oct
As men and women with food and body image challenges, we may learn to deny several parts of ourselves, including the part that eats. I think this is what diets teach us to do. Therefore, in order to heal your relationship to food and your body, you may need to reclaim your eater. The below […]
Body Shame, Family, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Resistance is not just a form of Exercise
11
Sep
Sep
Do you enjoy exercising? Do you have a physical activity that you just love and can’t wait to do? Or, do you wish you wanted to exercise – after all it will help you lose weight – but you can’t seem to get yourself to do it? Or, perhaps you yo-yo exercise – you exercise […]
22
Aug
Aug
I often ask those who I work with: “If it’s not about food, what is it about?” Unless you are eating to fuel your body when you are hungry, you may be using food as a way to cope with your emotions. In other words, it isn’t about food, it is about something else. If […]
Dieting, Family, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Reduce the chance of eating disorders in children
10
Jul
Jul
I’m sure many of you could tell me at least one story about your mother, father or siblings doing or saying something that contributed to your poor relationship with food and your body. My mother used to buy food that only she could eat. For example, she bought green, seedless grapes for herself only. My […]
15
Jun
Jun
Normal eating is being able to eat when you are hungry and continue eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it… not just stopping eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to use some moderate constraint […]
14
May
May
I remember when sugar was the worst food you could eat. Then, fat was making all the “bad food” headlines. Now, it seems carbohydrates are the culprit for all the weight gain in the world. Thinking of food as good and bad makes feeling positive about eating difficult; so do other food rules on how […]
14
Apr
Apr
There is a promise in our society that if you lose weight, you will be happy. A client said to me once, “I’m thin, but I’m not happy” and I think she is right. Happiness doesn’t come from how you look on the outside, it comes from how you feel on the inside. I know […]
23
Mar
Mar
Lately, I find myself saying to people, “Your weight isn’t about what you eat, it is about how much you eat.” It is easy to find people talking about not eating certain “bad” foods to help them lose weight but rarely do people talk about how much to eat. What I find in my work […]
Body Image, Body Shame, Dieting, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
If You are Going to Eat It, Enjoy It
07
Feb
Feb
If you are a compulsive overeater, you may tend to shovel food down without even tasting it. Have you ever eaten an entire meal and still felt hungry afterwards? This is because you didn’t eat what you really wanted or didn’t take the time to taste what you ate. How often do you read, watch […]
06
Jan
Jan
I am big on emotions. Sadness, Joy, Anger, Fear, Hurt, Happiness, and Shame are all important to recognize and express. An important part of my job is to help people learn to feel. For those who work with me, they know I talk about feelings a lot. Shame (aka guilt, bad) is the emotion I […]
07
Dec
Dec
As the holidays approach, you may feel excited and/or anxious about seeing your family. Or, perhaps you avoid your family and feel relief at not spending time with them. Family holds a certain space in our lives. Whether you talk to your family members every day or not at all, family has a way of […]
03
Oct
Oct
Ever notice how many television ads you see tell you 1) how to lose weight and be happy on this diet or that diet, 2) why you should eat this food because it is healthy and will help you lose weight or lower your cholesterol, 3) that “bad” foods seductively portrayed as delicious, smooth, velvety, […]
08
Sep
Sep
I love peanut butter. As a kid, I used to eat it out of the jar, spoon first. Although I grew out of the spoon phase, I still love it with bread and honey, with chocolate and in nearly any candy bar. What I never did know about my love for peanut butter, is that […]