mindset

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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Only death comes as the end

March 6, 2013

A few weeks ago I was talking to my life coach about failure. The conversation centred around the fact that we should recognise that our own perceptions may be a bit screwy: we may see something as a failure, when we should be celebrating the fact that we even attempted it in the first place; [...]

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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 [...]

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Shaking things up

November 17, 2012

It’s a vicious circle: feeling crappy about yourself; relying on comfort food to make yourself feel better; then feeling even fatter and porkier and crappier about yourself. And then, you know… rinse, repeat. Of course occasionally the self-loathing spikes enough to create a crescendo, coupled with promises of everything ranging from ‘clean’ eating, to extreme [...]

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A bite or the whole damned enchilada

November 12, 2012

I’ve been struck by an interesting observation since moving to my new hometown. The fact that people we meet see us as who we are now – the person standing before them. We all do it: make judgements based on what we observe, often in a moment in time. It’s a rare person who can [...]