Have you been struck by a sweet obsession lately? The drive to eat sweets and to eat them until they are gone is an all to common experience. The process goes a little something like this; you’re at the grocery store, you see the most delectable chocolate cake ever. You say to yourself “Hmmm…I think [...]

When I lost 80 lbs the first time, I was a young 18 year old with a desire to show off my new body and to make those boys, who had always ignored my overweight self take notice! For years, at the start of each summer, I fantasized about shedding the excess weight that I [...]

Has the scale ever taken on magical properties in your life? Did it somehow become endowed with the power to change your mood as its dial finally settled? And, have you noticed how the scale simply tells you information that you already intuitively know!? For me, the act of weighing ourselves, is similar to those [...]

You, like me, probably have a history with the Gym…that place where people go to “feel the burn,” lose weight, get fit, tone their bodies, and feel a bit smug. Over the past 3.5 years of practicing intuitive eating, I believed that I would never go to a gym again. To my surprise, I signed [...]

Have you ever considered how odd it is that we use an expression like “I’ve fallen off the wagon” when we talk about our relationship with eating? People are constantly falling off of wagons when it comes to dieting. Learning to listen to your body through eating intuitively is the path for kicking that wagon [...]

A couple of months ago, I started thinking about adding strength training to my movement practice. I try to give time to moving my body joyfully everyday.  Honestly, I missed moving my body more days than I would have liked during December. At the same time, I probably moved my body more this December than [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]