dieting

Girls and women

May 30, 2013

I just hosted a two-day visit from a bestie. Long-term readers may recall that this friend – who I’ve known since we met at University back in 1986 (and if there are readers who were just toddlers or not yet born at that point, your presence here is merely tolerated cos obviously, I hate you!!! [...]

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Owning your body

May 28, 2013

As I continue to struggle with self-acceptance (self-love and similarly wanky notions – joking… though I do concede that it’s a bit trendy to talk about self-acceptance at the moment!) there’s one aspect that alludes me. My not-dieting approach and increased happiness with my life means my ‘self-loathing’ is diminishing and with that my anger [...]

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Honestly…

May 22, 2013

Emily over at Skinny Emmie recently wrote a post about how most of us only share the good stuff. You know… “Been to the gym and did a zillion push-ups.” Or, “Just finished my 20km run.” Or we offer up pics of delicious dinners or healthy treats. Of course there are also the motivating quotes [...]

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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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No Diet Day

May 6, 2013

Happy No Diet Day! If you’re anything like me you’re probably thinking, ‘Huh?’ But it’s true… in case you were wondering: 6 May, is No Diet Day, which is perfectly timed given my recent post about the fact that I’m neither dieting, nor am I not-dieting (which for me has traditionally meant bingeing!). And I’m [...]

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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 [...]