food

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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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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What’s in a name?

February 18, 2013

I’ve talked endlessly about my black/white thinking and my tendency to avoid all-things-grey – even when it comes to how I think of food. I found this post from just under two years ago in which I was bemoaning my habit of labelling food as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Since then I’ve tried to move away from [...]

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Healthy-living lessons from my father

October 11, 2012

I’ve been thinking about my father a lot lately. In September last year he was hospitalised for some bowel-related issues and never returned home again. I was in my hometown at the time and little did we know when we left home one Monday morning to take him to hospital, that exactly six weeks later [...]

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A no bullshit guide

June 18, 2012

Last week I spent some time working through exercises to ‘feel better now’, rather than waiting for the perfect job/weight/moment. My success in the challenge was mixed. I (unfortunately) realised that I am indeed one of those girls who would feel more contented if I was in a relationship (loved and in love), and some distant memories reminded [...]