Posts filed under 'Food'
Commentary: Trust
“Adopt a regimen of health, practice moderate exercise, and take just enough food and drink to restore our strength, not overburden it.”
–Cicero, 44 BC
I just love this quote that my friend Sara once shared. It subscribes to the school of thought that as humans, we need to trust ourselves and our bodies to take just enough, do just enough — but to do nothing to excess. (HA — as Americans, isn’t EVERYTHING we do to excess?!)
Ironically, one of the tenets of the diet/weight loss industry is that we are incapable, as humans, to trust ourselves to just eat enough and exercise just enough.
We fall victim to our cravings, and then we “need” diet plans, diet books, guides, calorie counters, iPhone apps, journals, food scales, regular scales to help normalize ourselves. (more…)
12 comments May 6, 2009
Breaking Bread
Kind of off-topic post, but interesting nonetheless for our foodies out there.
The New York Time’s food critic, Frank Bruni, wrote this blog post today, Our Nightly Bread, which explores a positive side to restaurants charging for bread and butter these days.
As someone who loves, loves, loves warm crusty bread dunked in deliciously-herbed olive oil at good Italian restaurants (but could easily pass it up if it’s sub-par) I thought it was worth sharing.
Take a read and let me know what you think about charging for bread during tough economic times.
As for me, I’d rather pay for it and get the good, good stuff, then see a stale, wasted basket taking up space on the table!
2 comments April 28, 2009
Seeking Solace in Chocolate
One of the joys of understanding anxiety and disordered eating behaviors is that I can now analyze the “whys.”
Before I just did stuff and didn’t know why I was doing it. That drove me insane because everyone always says, “there’s always a trigger; if hunger isn’t the problem, food isn’t the solution.”
Logically, I know this. But sometimes, chocolate IS the solution!
I don’t mean to imply it should be … just that sometimes, for me, it is. (more…)
10 comments April 23, 2009
Green Eggs, Anyone?
When I was little, my mom often made us “jelly-rolls” for breakfast. To this day, it’s one of my favorite comfort foods … and when I make it/eat it, well … it pretty much grosses everyone out that I know!
What is a “jelly-roll,” you ask?
Ah, let me enlighten you. It’s regular, normal no-nonsense eggs … made with jelly inside, rolled-up in an omelet form.
And depending on the color jelly you use, your eggs just might have a green tint to them. (more…)
2 comments April 9, 2009
How Disordered Do You Want to Be?
I ask this because I, like you, have a choice.
The answer for me is … not at all.
We have a choice. We might tell ourselves our disordered minds are in control, but they’re not. We are.
If we punish ourselves with restriction or over-exercising, or if we punish ourselves with a binge, we’re doing it to ourselves.
It’s not about the food or the exercise; it’s always about something else. Food or exercise (lack of it or over-abundance of it) is a coping mechanism.
And I don’t want to use either as my coping mechanisms any longer.
This weekend, during an Honest.Open.Willing. chat with my husband, he asked me point-blank, “When will the obsession end?”
He sees me more than any of my friends and family, and he sees glimmers of hope, some aspects of behavioral change. He knows I want to be better, to be more fun again, to be the happy girl I was when I was heavy … but he (as well as others close to me) have said, ” … but the obsession is still there.”
He’s right, it is.
I want to turn it off. I don’t want to be disordered, or have disordered thoughts, or to make progress only to fall back. (more…)
19 comments April 9, 2009
Great Blog Post to Share
Like many people out there, I love the blog, Kath Eats Real Food.
Kath posted this post called “Stop Counting” for Gather.com that I wanted to share today.
A couple noteworthy snippets to think about:
“Your weight will be your weight whether you know the number or not. Weighing yourself does not prevent weight gain.” (more…)
12 comments April 6, 2009
Oikos Goodness
The good people over at Stoneyfield Organic made my day last week. A marketing contact, Krisitina, wrote me asking if I had tried their Oikos Greek yogurt.
She said she knew my blog wasn’t a food blog, but knew I liked to eat well and thought I might enjoy some coupons. Um, would I? Yes please!
So Kristina sent me a package that included info on Stoneyfield Farms, a reusable grocery bag, coupons to try their Oikos Greek yogurt — the only organic Greek yogurt on the market, and some coupons for their other yogurt.
I have always loved the fact that there’s no fake sugars or additives in these yogurts and I’ve often bought Stoneyfield Farms over other brands. (more…)
10 comments April 6, 2009
Rachel’s Wickedly Delicious Cottage Cheese
My blog is not a food blog, and I don’t typically do product reviews … but every now and then I come across something worth sharing with my readers.
Today is one of those days. Recently, I found a yummy protein-packed, no-fake-sugar delight and wanted to share with you all: Rachel’s Wickedly Delicious Cottage Cheese.
Has anyone else fallen in love with this? I was soooo excited to see it at my local grocery store and again at Whole Foods in Ann Arbor this weekend.
I haven’t tried her yogurt line yet, but now I’m going to now. if it’s half as good as the cottage cheese, she’ll have a new fan! (more…)
11 comments March 30, 2009
Commentary: Food Photo-Blogs & Recovery
Some of my very favorite blogs to read (besides celebrity gossip blogs!) are non-weight-loss-related, healthy living food blogs.
I LOVE the work my blogging buddies are doing, and love to get ideas from all of you. I wouldn’t have known about Barney Butter, were it not for these awesome food bloggers, for example!
I also read quite a few recovery blogs. I love seeing others grow and get better, and it’s helpful for me, as a reader, to see what others are experiencing. But lately I’ve had a bit of a nagging concern that I debated mentioning …
And so because I can’t keep my blogger-trap shut … I have to put this out there — and please know, in no way do I mean to attack those recovery bloggers, because you know how much I care about each and every one of you and you do it because you believe it’s a positive tool, or you wouldn’t do it — but to me, it seems that photo-journaling food –specifically on recovery blogs — might do more harm than good in the recovery process.
I mean, how does it NOT fuel the obsession? How does it NOT add to the fixation? How does it NOT just keep the cycle going, around and around? I honestly want to know. (more…)
28 comments March 26, 2009
