“Normal” these days for many many women is being on the non-stop pendulum of weight loss and weight gain. I don’t know very many people who are overweight and happy with who they are. I also don’t know many people who have taken weight off once and for all. So abnormal- as in unhealthy – [...]
27Feb10
The New Normal is Abnormal
15Feb10
More Thoughts on Slow Dieting
What do you think of this article? For a long time, I wanted to be in the “Diets don’t work” club. I love the idea of telling everyone that I will never diet again – but I quickly learned that meant being fat forever. Hala El-Shafie says: Diets set you up to fail; they should [...]
27Oct09
Move to Eat or Eat to Move
Thinking about the diet/non-diet thing again and how exercise reflects my frame of mind. When I have my diet head on, I exercise to eat. I see my hour on the treadmill as earning calories. I think that attitude comes largely from Weight Watchers which does encourage exercise as “earning Points”. But my non-diet head [...]