Why do I eat more when the food tastes horrible?
ugh. Bob Evans in West Virginia. Broccoli is soggy, baked potato is cold, carrots are overcooked. And I finished them all. I’m a food snob. I like my food, fresh, lovingly prepared, hopefully organic, ideally local. As you can imagine, I’m very demanding when I eat out. There aren’t many restaurants I’m willing to go […]
Can’t you just eat those latkas another day?
Chanukah. Latkas. Lacy crispy confections of shredded potatoes and onions. Hot off the griddle. Just the right amount of oily, crispy, and then mushy inside. Jews traditionally eat latkas on Chanukah, which started Saturday night, and will end this Sunday. On Saturday night we had a big Chanukah party. I mixed a triple batch of […]
Which food will serve your soul?
A bomb exploded in my life 2 months ago. It had been there for a few years already, although I didn’t know what it was. I’d been tiptoeing around it, Eventually I started living on it, Not noticing how normal it had become, Not even really acknowledging that it was there. Then it exploded underneath […]
What would you do if no one was watching?
I broke a personal barrier last night. I danced while no one else was dancing. OK. I danced with two friends. At a party of 40 people. Until last night, I was a person who only danced when everyone was dancing. I was always mesmerized by women who get up and dance at concerts or […]
Got any rules you want to deconstruct today?
I went shopping for a bikini yesterday. Honestly. I never thought that would happen in this lifetime. It started with my upper arms. I had a rule that I couldn’t wear sleeveless tops because my upper arms were fat and soft. But summer is short here in Toronto, and I always yearned to wear tank […]
How long until you choose to feel better?
I turned the corner, and a woman opened her window and said “I love you”. Life just keeps getting better, I thought. She went on to say that she hurt her leg during power yoga, and instead of quitting, she remembered a blog post I had written about falling and continuing to run instead of […]
What to do with the pain?
Sadness. Loss. Fear . Regret. Worry. Crises rocking my world. First, I slept I ate I hid. For 2 days. It felt horrible. Like I was congesting the pain, Making it thick and doughy and sticky. I felt thick and doughy and congested. I wanted a different way. I know a different way. Coach a […]
So what if you will never have this food again?
My client is on vacation And she’s eating more than her body needs. She keeps thinking “I’ll never have this dessert again.” Which is probably true. She noticed that this fact has no effect on her children. Their attitude is “there’s always another dessert” Which is probably true too. This woman is very smart. She […]
How do you feel when someone flirts with you?
Or How comfortable are you with your sexuality? This is important because it may impact whether you’ll lose weight and, more importantly, whether you’ll maintain that weight loss or regain it. Today I realized how much I’ve changed. Rewind ten years. I was in a thin phase. In the supermarket, dairy counter. A muscly young […]
Want to share some secrets?
A client told me that she thinks I’m so brave to put myself out there in my blogs. I wasn’t always so brave about self-exposure. I used to think secrets were for keeping. Especially the ones that made me feel embarrassed or weak. Or fat. Yep. Keeping secrets can definitely make us fat. They weigh […]