The Gap
There is a gap between what I wish was true, and what actually is. And as much as I wish it was otherwise, there is nothing I can do to effortlessly transform into a natural size eight.
Tag Archives: intuitive eating
52 things I wish I knew before I started to diet
33. Everyone looks great naked through the eyes of love
Love the Skin You’re In – Anthology of Body Image Posts
Love the Skin You’re In is an anthology of thirty-one body image posts from head ♥ heart ♥ health.
Smoking & Dieting – the same flawed approach
I’ll end up that wrinkled old woman with grey skin hooked up to an IV trolley, with only one lung, outside in the hospital carpark lighting up a cigarette.
The sublime paradox of ‘Nobody Gives a Fuck’
My partner never notices me – if I painted myself green he wouldn’t even look up from the football. Nobody gives a fuck about me.
Cake Shop
I stand in front of the glass display counter waiting to be served. In front of me are shelves of delicious mud cakes, cheese cake and hand-made chocolates. I quite like a slice of cake on occasion but my true love is chocolate.
[Interview] The lovely Renee Stephens stops by to chat
But what if it’s not our own flawed willpower or sluggish metabolism that’s to blame? What if we’ve just been using the wrong tools for the job? The truth is that dieting actually makes us fatter because it’s focused on control and deprivation.
Why a relapse means you’re following your dreams
When you have a disordered behaviour (like disordered eating or substance abuse) you use it to cope with stress.
Up Close and Personal with My Idol + What the Fuck do I ask her?
My most favourite famous person ever has agreed for me to interview her for my humble little blog. I’m almost peeing my pants.And I’m petrified. I have no idea what to ask her. So I came up with a plan.
New Year’s Resolutions ~ are you setting yourself up for failure?
The lure of dieting is never far away. Is resolving to lose weight in 2012 the next step in my relationship with my body or a recipe for disaster. How can I tell if this is what I really want?
10 Strategies to Curb Your Holiday Eating*
or how to hold on to your authentic self in the midst of the kids being home from school, being stuck with your husband 24/7 and having to visit your family who are always so vocal about how you look.
Why the goal of *losing weight* is fundamentally flawed
Please don’t set yourself the goal of “losing weight” because it’s a fundamentally flawed idea. Choose instead to give love, receive love and be love and the shape of your body won’t matter.
I need your help to enter The Matrix
In the last few days I’ve been studying this new training system that allows me move toward the people and things that are most important to me without letting the fear and pain in my life hold me back.