Category Archives: Intuitive Eating

Six Months

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

I just realized that it has been over six months since my mother died. Six months!  Where does the time go? I still find it hard to believe that I have no more nursing home visits for a long time, … Continue reading →

Posted in depression, Intuitive Eating, Mom | 8 Comments

Hunger Games

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

I have been trying to honor my hunger with mixed results. After years of using food as a friend, confidant, paying attention to my stomach is harder than I thought it will be. I find that I can go hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogher 12, Intuitive Eating | 4 Comments

Honoring My Hunger

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

In my years of dieting, I deprived myself. No, that cookie is bad! I am such a fat ugly you name it if I eat that chicken wing. Don’t have that cookie, someone probably sneezed on it (though when people … Continue reading →

Posted in eating disorder, hunger, Intuitive Eating | 11 Comments

Graffiti Thinking

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I am probably at the happiest point in my life that I have been in a long time. I still get down a lot. I still look at myself and see nothing but ugliness. Yet, I am somewhat content. When … Continue reading →

Posted in depression, Intuitive Eating | 9 Comments

Is That My Stomach?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

For most of my life, I have told myself “I can’t have THAT! It is so ……” Even when I am not actively dieting, my eating behavior revolved around dieting practices. That constant guilt that I am bad if I … Continue reading →

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Intuitive Eating: The Start

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

As I mentioned before, I have been reading Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D. and Elyse Resch, M.S., R.D., F.A.D.A. I am finding it fascinating and I know that it can help me. I know I have hit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Intuitive Eating, self esteem, self image | 8 Comments

Beginning of a New Journey

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Guess what came from the UPS guy today? Let some food sanity for me start today. I am tired of abusing my body. I am tired of this binge, purge, binge, purge cycle that I have been on for so … Continue reading →

Posted in healthy eating, Intuitive Eating, people | 17 Comments