Seriously. I can’t believe it. Being afraid of carbs was like my religion. And these religious beliefs always ranged from mildly afraid to EXTREMELY afraid. I believed every bad thing I ever read about it. And whenever I ate carbs it was with a heavy, guilty heart. “I just can’t get it together” “I am […]

November 8, 2013

I Can’t Believe I Was So Afraid of Sugar

Ok ok ok, sure sure sure — paying attention to what you are eating, and enjoying it, and really tasting your food and feeling for satiation is never a BAD thing, especially when it makes you happy and feel good. But the rules of “mindful eating” or “intuitive eating” are stressful and unhelpful and you […]

November 8, 2013

In Defense of Mindless Eating

And as much as disordered eating is physical thing, it is even more a mental thing. If you find yourself very attached the the idea of being _______________ “perfect”, “thin”, “skinny”, “beautiful”, “healthy”, “powerful”, “glowing”, etc. Or if giving over to normal eating is too hard because you feel like in the process you are […]

August 21, 2013

Who Would You Be