diet

Not bingeing: more than not-dieting

May 10, 2013

A short post today as I’m just continuing on from last week’s post, Approaching Normal, in which I talked about different streams of thought in terms of therapy (with respect to eating issues, in this particular case). In that post I commented that – the behavioural approach (or one promoting ‘dieting’ and strict ‘do this, [...]

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Approaching normal

May 2, 2013

For those playing along at home, you may recall that I’m neither dieting nor am I not dieting at the moment. Historically for me it’s been one or the other. I’ve been either dieting (aka ‘on a mission’) and being ridiculously strict and losing weight; or I’ve been binge-eating everything in sight (regaining weight I’ve lost and [...]

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It’s 3am I must be…

April 1, 2013

It’s just after 3am here in Oz on Easter Monday. I’ve been in bed for about 4-5 hours and cannot sleep. Again. Still. Fortunately I don’t have major commitments tomorrow (today) so am not overly worried, but will try to avoid sleeping the day away and further screwing up my sleep patterns. I’ve mentioned it [...]

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Fit for… what purpose?

March 20, 2013

I was looking for something yesterday so had to trawl through old posts. In all honesty it made me a bit sad… Not because my posts used to receive more comments (which they did) but rather, the loss of my exercise mojo. Many of the posts from this time last year talked about my 4-5 [...]

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Not NOT dieting

March 12, 2013

I’ve been on and off diets for so long my closest friends are accustomed to news of the latest. Two of the three of my old close friends also struggle with their weight (but to a lesser extent), so most of our emails include reference to our efforts: I’m going to the gym. I haven’t [...]

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When you’re on a roll

February 22, 2013

I’m visiting my mother this morning. My childhood hometown is only about 35km away from my new place. We try to catch up at least once a week and it’s lovely to have that regular contact. But… I’m a bit nervous about today’s visit. I’m both worried that I will and that I won’t get [...]