After so many years launching a diet on New Years Day is just habit for me now. And I got to say, this year is no different. There’s just something about the potential of a new year that makes me want to start as I mean to go on and take that shot to finally […]
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Change Happens, Even When You Think It Doesn’t
Day 59: Problems You may have noticed a rather large gap here between my last post and this one. That’s because I’ve been having a complete freak out. The sort that involves binge eating as many carbs as possible, withdrawing completely from everyone, giving up any sort of self care and generally self destructing in […]
Fight Fat-Shamers With Shame?
Day 37: WTF is that supposed to do? My Big Fat Revenge, soon to be showing on Oxygen in the US, is a show where former fatties who’ve gotten “healthy”, ie lost weight, set up a nasty prank on a person who was horrible to them whilst they were fat. I’ve personally had this fantasy […]
Some Uncomfortable Home Truths
Day 35: Listen up, girlee I’ve been following an exercise program for the last four days and already I’m checking to see if I’ve lost weight. So ridiculous. And annoying to see how completely the diet rhetoric colours every thought about food and movement. Deep breath. Let it go. Clearly overcoming the diet mentality is […]
Monthly Check In
Day 31: How’s it all going? So it’s been a month since I’ve been actively focussing on incorporating Health at Every Size principles in my life. So, how’s it going? What changes have I noticed? What’s good, what’s not so good and is anything just flat out bad? From my first post there are three […]
The Anatomy Of A Binge
Day 30: Losing Control As long as I can remember I have binge eaten. For me the binge is almost always the same. I’ll be feeling OK, positive even, and then over a few days my energy and motivation levels will slowly subside until I end up feeling like getting out of bed is an […]
I Am Not Fat
Day 27: Do you identify as fat? I have a friend that I work with regularly whom is an amazingly talented communicator. I don’t remember how the subject arose, but we found ourselves talking today about fat. My friend noted she had a problem with the word fat, which many people do. It’s not that […]
Reconnect With The Taste Of Food
Day 25: Food is just food Yesterday my mother text me what she was having for dinner. Osso Bucco with caramelised brussle sprouts, crispy potatoes with a red cabbage salad and a glass of wine. It sounds like a menu at a restaurant but she made it herself. I’ve written before about how it seems […]
What I’ve Been Reading
Day 23: Looking for inspiration I have cookies for lunch today. Yesterday I exercised twice. It’s safe to say that I’m feeling a little bit out of control. It’s also safe to say that I, like the majority of the world, have some real issues about food, dieting, fat and health. There is so much written […]
I Really Want To Go On A Diet
Day 22: Letting go is hard I went clothes shopping the other day after a long hiatus. It wasn’t an intentional hiatus, more my partner and I are going on holiday to England (6 weeks an four days from now!!!) so it’s really been a question of not wanting to spend money. But, turns out, […]