Millions of Americans planned to stuff themselves yesterday. While listening to local radio morning shows, throughout this month, I heard about deep frying turkeys and listened to giddy voices discuss how much they could eat. I realized that Thanksgiving day truly is the Intuitive Eating Super Bowl! From dealing with a culturally sanctioned agreement to [...]

It’s almost November and my body’s been hit by the “seasonal munchies.” After practicing intuitive eating for the past three fall and winter seasons, I’ve gotten used to certain fluctuations in my eating patterns. Many people experience similar shifts in their eating habits as the weather turns frosty. Have you noticed a shift in your [...]

Is being overweight really a bad habit? A few weeks ago, I read a featured article on Yahoo.com entitled “Making up for Bad Health Habits.” My eyes closed and opened again repeatedly in disbelief when I saw “Being Overweight” as the #5 bad health habit listed in this editorial along with “habits” like #3 Smoking [...]

In the News: Call overweight people ‘fat” instead of ‘obese’, says British Public Health Minister, Anne Milton. Her reasoning: “The former nurse said larger people were less likely to bother to try to lose weight if they were told they were obese or overweight than if the doctor was blunt and said they were ‘fat’.” [...]

In previous years, I usually emptied and refilled my bowl of cold cereal about three times before I had eaten enough to feel a clear signal to stop. This morning, I was aware of my fullness signals before I got through one bowl of cereal. I have lived with a long-standing concern about the fact [...]

I’ve recently discovered a somewhat astonishing change in my body size. A few weeks ago, I decided to check my body statistics, because the spring clothes that I’m wearing are baggier than I remember. My tape measure indicates that two inches has disappeared from my body, since I documented my physical size statistics in April [...]