The Little Food Lies We Tell Ourselves
I'll just have this ONE. Well, OK, maybe two (three, four, five...) “I’ll just have one.” “It’ll be different this time.” “I’ll binge tonight—then go back to eating healthy tomorrow.” “I’m buying these...
View ArticleDo You Know The Signs That You're About to Binge?
"Leave me alone so I can eat my feelings away!" Wanting to isolate is a warning sign for me. Over the last several years, I’ve been able to identify a few big, flashing, neon signs that, if I pay...
View ArticlePost-Holiday Pondering: Is It NORMAL To Overeat Sometimes?
No need to punish Santa—or yourself—for holiday over-indulgence. Even normal eaters overdo it sometimes. Hi all! Sorry I sort of—POOF— vanished last week. I had planned to post a little pre-Xmas body...
View ArticleHow To Help Your Family and Friends Help YOU Get Sane About Food
Hi there! I hope the holidays are going well and that everyone is doing okay with handling whatever (potential) food/body issues these times can bring up. Two days I ago, I came across an article...
View ArticleWhen Did You Know You Had a Problem With Food?
Today we have a guest post from a lovely young woman named Lauren. She asks an interesting question…I’ll answer in the comments. Hope you do too. The bigger this conversation gets, the more people we...
View ArticleWhat Does A Healthy Day of Eating Look Like?
I used lemon juice and zest to make a glaze for the lemon cake we're having tonight! It's my step-grandma's recipe. When I was in my diet/binge mindset (from the ages of 15 to 25 or so), I thought...
View Article"Little Victories" Friday!
By now, you probably know what to do, but just in case you have missed out on the greatness that is “Little Victories” Fridays, you can check out these past posts on what it’s all about. Basically,...
View ArticleHow Healthy is Your Relationship With Food?
It’s Day 1 of the HealthyGirl.org Book Club, hooray! As many of you know, our first book club pick is Crave by Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D. We’re going to post on a topic or thought from each chapter once a...
View ArticlePeer Pressure to Eat (or Drink) Things You Don’t Want
“Let’s order a buffalo chicken calzone!” “Uhh, well, I don’t know, I don’t think….” “C’mon, split one with me! You know you want to, they’re SO good.” “Umm, well…okay.” I can’t tell you how many times...
View ArticleHow Being A House Guest Made Me Think About My Relationship To Food
I hope you all had lovely long weekends! A bit of time has passed since I’ve written regularly for healthygirl, and I was excited when Sunny asked me to guest post (I hope that you have all been well...
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