Setting boundaries are essential to our self-care. Ultimately, if we say "yes" when we really mean "no" to do things when our schedule is already maxed out, or say "yes" when we're really not hungry, to food we really didn't want or need, we are disregarding our own needs, to please others. This is no bueno.
Once the resentment and feelings of overwhelm set in, we find ourselves running towards the cookie jar, because, somewhere deep down we feel violated when we lack firm boundaries. Truth is, many of us do not learn healthy boundaries growing up, especially if our caregivers didn't have healthy boundaries for themselves either. Boundaries are the emotional and physical borders we place between ourselves and other people. It's where we draw the line, and support ourselves in making good decisions for our personal wellbeing. The French have strict boundaries around only eating three meals a day and not snacking. With that said, within the boundary of meal times, there the French allow themselves tremendous freedom to eat a variety of foods, within the boundary of moderation. This approach worked beautifully for me, and continues to, after twenty plus years. This is because I can live with and sustain the boundaries I learned to set for myself. Better boundaries make for better eating. Boundary setting needs to be about whats right for us, not about pleasing others. We deserve to draw the line where we believe it needs to be drawn, simply for our own wellbeing. Any boundary we set is about what's best for us, not for anyone else. Oftentimes when we establish new personal boundaries for ourselves, it is met with resistance, especially when we break the bad news that someone can't overstep anymore. For example, some of my family memebers didn't enjoy the fact that I no longer want to eat cake at any time of the day. However, once they were convinced that I was loyal to my new boundaries and most importantly that I wasn't stopping them from doing their thing, Ithey simply stopped pressuring me. When we break the comfort zone by asserting a new boundary, it's important to be consistent and cofident in our decision. It's not our job to be concerned about or responsible for other people's reaction. Noses will be put out of joint. If friends/family members/boyfriends/work colleagues aren't ready to respect our boundaries, we may need to back off from them....until they learn and adjust. Bear in mind, we can't control other people's perceptions of us, however, we are in charge of our we perceive ourselves. We are powerful and not powerless in our decisions around food. Boundaries help remind people of what we are willing to condone. The good thing is that someone with good boundaries themselves will respect ours. For example, if someone comes to my house and chooses not to eat (for whatever reason), I respect their choice and am not offended at all. Likewise, if I decide not to drink alcohol at a party, a gracious host with good boundaries themselves, will not apply pressure for me to drink. If by chance we find ourselves being pressurred to violate our boundaries with food or drink, its; helpful to have an automatic response up our sleeve that rolls off the tongue. Something along the lines of; "I would like it if you could support me in eating/drinking the way I choose to" We need boundaries ultimately to preserve our equilibrium. Don't be afraid to set them and enforce them. Treat it as a game if you are met with resistance. Ultimately, its our body, our life and, as long as we are not hurting anyone, then who cares if people judge us for the boundries we set for ourselves?
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If you come from a family of persuasive "food pushers" who always managed to coerce you into eating a second helping of meatballs you weren't hungry for or devouring a cupcake when you really weren't craving it, don't panic.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. While you will need to be an advocate for your own health, rest assured, it will be fun, even if it often feels like a business negotiation. I know you are willing to strengthen your negotiation muscle if it means your health goals don't get derailed. Truth is, moving forward, the food pushing situation needs to be managed. Food pushers are everywhere. At work, at home, at parties. I want you to be able to handle any tricky food situation without it stressing you out. Let me share some strategies that work for me, so that you don't have to experience "eater's remorse" ever again if you don't want to. The only way to stay healthy when you have food pushers around is to be adamant about eating what and when you really want to. This means you have to speak up, clearly and assertively, when necessary. If you are in the habit of being a "people pleaser", rest assured, if I can change from chronic people pleasing, to politely assertive, you can too. My go to response is always "I think I'm satisfied, thank-you". Repeat as many times as needed. Often times, at a gathering, the problem is we feel obligated to try a bit of every dish, so that the people who brought it or cooked it know how much we appreciated their efforts. However, no-one knows our appetites better than we do. Therefore, only we can decide how much food we need. Let's look at it this way, if you had an operation to reduce your stomach, and more food would mean potentially vomitting, then NO would definitely mean NO, wouldn't it? Good news is, we can treat our body like we have a small stomach (because we do) and behave accordingly. Giving someone else control over your appetite is a recipe for an unhappy gut and a weight management problem. You don't need to argue for your rights, because its not their body and you are a grown up. You just need to assert your boundaries. You're no longer a child listening to a parent. Other responses to use to politely refuse food are;
If someone says something along the lines of "You're so skinny! Have some more. You don't eat enough!" You can turn it into a lighthearted teaching opportunity. Make a fist, hold up your hand and say "Did you know this is the actual size of your stomach?" It's amazing to think about how much we try to put in there. I don't enjoy feeling uncomfortable". Whatever it is you feel comfortable to say to food pushers, it's about saying it with force and conviction. It might lead to a short, uncomfortable silence, but they will understand they were too pushy and it won't happen again. If it does, rinse and repeat, until they get the message! Remember that food isn't the only way to celebrate, so be sure to enjoy yourself, all the while staying in your "feel good" zone with food. One of the biggest hurdles I see in clients maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle is the ability to maintain balance, over the long term.
Equilibrium, which is a word used often in France, is, by definition, a balance between several different influences or aspects of a situation. In my mind, maintaining positive lifestyle changes and achieving a sense of balance in our lives is a constant, moving target. With this in mind, we need to be agile and know how to pivot, literally daily. We also need to know how to read ourselves - how we're feeling at any given moment, what's going on in our heads to make us want to eat in a certain way. Why are we feeling lethargic and lazy? Are we experiencing head hunger or true physical hunger? What are our underlying needs disguised as a craving? In my experience, it is rarely our body that gives up first wanting to eat well and exercise, it's our mind. Therefore, being acutely mindful and aware of our thoughts and feelings, results in an intimate relationship with ourselves and our intuition. Our intuition has always been there, we just lost touch with our bodies, based on "outside" authoritative diet rules, which most of us can't wait to rebel against anyway! Do we really want to be told what to eat? Most chronic dieter's intuitively know what a healthy, balance meal looks like. Pick up any health magazine and we find heaps of recipes. Let's face it, sometimes we burn the candle at both ends. Sometimes, life throws us a one-two punch. Sometimes, due to life circumstances, we are sleep deprived or exceedngly under pressure from work, illness, family, finances, personal relationships or just life in general. So, how do we keep it all together, when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan? Without wanting to sound simplistic, because, the answer has many layers, however, we simply come back to ourselves and continue to pay close attention. to ourselves and our needs. We practice leaning in...to ourselves and our personal needs at any given moment. You might be thirsty when you think you're hungry - have a large glass of water and wait then minutes. You might be overtired when you think you need a cupcake - take a power nap and wake up to a herbal tea. You might be stressed, angry, bored when you crave an entire bar of chocolate - distract yourself with uplifting music or a sitcom or talk it out with a good friend, before you devour chocolate in a stressed state of mind. It's truly not worth eating when you are stressed because often you miss the pleasure of the experience. To top it off, if we do this repeatedly, then we become more stressed because our jeans won't fit. It's a no win situation. Our intuition can take many, many years of a journey to reclaim. However, it is always there. Don't ignore it. Come home to your body. Feel it fully. Trust it. And it all starts with simple awareness. One of the most effective ways to learn to stop eating before feelings of discomfort arise is to eat with attention. When we dedicate our mind to one task at a time, such as eating a meal or snack, the satiety signals arrive earlier, because the feeling of fullness and satifaction and the signal to stop eating is emotional as well as physical.
The feeling of being satisfied by a meal is about much more than the actual food we choose. If we eat what we think we "should" instead of what we really fancy, we can be left strangley wanting more, because we ate "around" the craving. We need to pay attention to what our bodies really need, on any given day. Once the choice is made, then its important to pay attention to the smell, the taste, the texture and the satiety factor, in order to get the signal to stop eating. For example, if we eat a cup of popcorn versus and wedge of cheese or hard boiled egg, the satiety effect is totally different. We can easily eat and eat popcorn, as we often do at the movies, yet it's less easy to eat and eat hard boiled eggs, due to the protein, fat content and therefore the satiety factor. Also, because these foods stop hunger in it's tracks, when we are paying attention, we naturally don't have the need to keep mindlessly munching. Therefore food choices help us out and make it easy to eat less and experience increased satisfaction. This is good to know. For example, full fat Greek yoghurt also cuts hunger. In fact it's my "go too" when I'm still a little hungry at the end of a meal. After a small serve of Greek yoghurt, I feel completely satisfied and get the signal that I am done with the meal. So next time you eat, think about how you want to feel after eating and make choices based on the feeling you want to have, post meal or snack. Sometimes we have salt cravings, but do we need to eat an entire bag of potato chips to satiate the craving for salt? Or can we just put some good quality sea salt on a spoon and eat it? Same effect, yet a lot healthier. Or, sometimes we may want the chips.And that's OK. Having the chips is fine too, however, there is a caveat. The mindful way is to serve yourself is in a dish (as opposed to eating straight from a giant bag), take a seat, turn off all distractions, and dedicate yourself to savoring every single potato chip. Don't do anything else. Open all your senses as you eat. Look at the shape, the texture, notice the salt on each chip. Notice the flavors in your mouth. Listen to the sound of the crunch. It is very satisfying to eat this way. to eek out every last bit of pleasure from every. Single. Chip. Now, I'm not saying we can never allow ourselves popcorn while watching a movie. Personally I enjoy cooking popcorn at home with in coconut oil (healthy fat) and good salt, and enjoy it with my husband and kids while we watch a movie. However, it's good to know that popcorn (grain) is not very satiating and in fact corn is cheap and it is used to fatten up cattle before slaughter. All this to say that it's also good to pay attention to the nature and satiety effect of different food. Dedicate your mind to noticing food choices and how they make you feel. Armed with the knowledge of how different food affect our satiety levels, we are better equipped to make food choices that work for us rather than against us. Getting healthy means adopting new and different lifestyle habits compared to the daily habits that have gotten you where you currently are.
Learning to embody a naturally thin person, by adopting their way of thinking, moving and coping with stress is a key ingredient in permanent change. When you are trying to make changes intially, it really feels like temptation is everywhere. However, people who don't struggle with food or weight use their natural cues of hunger and fullness to guide their eating. In other words, there possess an inherent internal compass that guides their eating, and they remain finely attuned to it, often unconsciously. Because of this, they don't need to think about food all the time because they trust their bodies to let them know what, when and how much to eat. Equilibrium comes naturally to them, so for most naturally slim people, when asked "How do you stay so slim?" they honestly struggle to articulate why and often put it down to genetics or luck. These thin people traits are qualities that we can learn too, with mindfulness and active awareness. Granted, it will take conscious effort initially, but only until it gradually becomes so easy that you do it almost without effort and almost without thinking. As someone who comes from a family of obesity and as someone who has struggled with my weight, I can honestly say maintaining a healthy weight is not so much genetics as it is environment and embodying the habits of the naturally slim. When we learn to tune into huner and fullness cues and shrink our stomachs back down to their natural size, body changes do and will happen. If you don't believe me, just look at the way stomach banding has such a success rate, at least initially. This is because the reduced size of the stomach pouch literally forces us to honor the fullness signal. Also, being naturally slim is not necessarily about money, either. In fact, I know of a few billionaires who, even with all the money in the world to be able to eat the best food and have the best personal trainers, still struggle with their weight. Therefore, in my honest opinion, weight management is not as simple or one dimensional as genetics, money or even the right exercise plan. We've all known exercise fanatics who still struggle with their weight. Simply put, we can't outrun a bad diet and overeating. There is no secret to thinking, eating and moving like a naturally thin person, but there is a natural process to relearn how to do it. With that said, one trait I have observed in all naturally thin eaters is that they never feel guilty about eating. Their body trust is so great, that they are able to fully savor and derive maaximum pleasure out of eat bite. And because of this permission that they naturally give themselves, they are easily able to either stop when they've had enough, or, when they do overeat because the food tasted amazing, they will naturally recalibrate by eating lighter the next day or meal. What qualities have you observed about naturally thin eaters? Let me know in the comments! When we are forced to abstain from entire food groups on a diet, in effect we lose body trust and confidence in our ability to eat according to our own physical and psychological needs.
If you've ever tried to abstain from carbs, for example, it may work for a time and you may see good results initially. However, inevitably, one day you will go to a restaurant or a party serving birthday cake. You may even be excited or even anxious at the birthday party, and then, in a weak moment you encounter a "food pusher" who starts to apply some peer pressure on you to join in the festivities and eat a serving of birthday cake too. Even though you know you shouldn't, and you sworre to yourself you wouldn't, somewhere in the back of your mind, you think to yourself "life's too short". So you oblige and accept a helping of cake. Hesitantly, because, while birthday cake is not on your diet plan, in your mind, you secretly want to rebel against the "food rules" inflicted on you by this diet all because you need to live up to the societal expectations of being a certain "size" in order not to feel judged and ostracized by society. Next thing you know, after a few bites of delicious, but somewhat "sinful" cake (according to your current diet), the floodgates open. Before you know it, you can't stop/won't stop and there is literally NO CARB left behind. Sound famliar? I know it is because I've been there too. In fact, resistance always creates force. Truth is there is no diet that achieves miracles, that can be maintained over time. And when prohibition exists, desires are ceated that would possibly not exist without that prohibition. Mindful eating is about finding the middle ground.Since perfect eating does not exist, it is important to make choices that honor our health and satisfy our need for pleasure around eating as well. This is why I always say, if you are going to eat,go for quality and and savor every single bite. When we have a craving that feels insurmountable, it can be frustrating and even a little scary. When all we want to do to is lose weight and feel comfortable in our bodies, but we eat the hot fudge sundae anyway, the feeling of self sabotage can be heart breaking. In my mind, when this scenario happens again and again, I believe we have split energy. On the one hand, we want to have a healthy body weight and feel great, but on the other hand, we feel that we need "treats" in our life to feel happy, to brighten our day, relieve stress, help us cope with the mundane and the pressurres of life. One of my mentors, Geneen Roth, once wrote that it's not so much that we really want the hot fudge sundae, but more that we want our lives to to hot fudge sundaes! I feel this is symbolic of how most people live quiet lives of desperation and therefore, when faced with some delicious sweetness with a bliss point that is off the charts, then it"s sure hard to resist. Truth is, whether we are aware of it or not, most of us simply need and want the hot fudge sundae in our lives. I know I did. As a teen and all through my twenties, Icouldn't get enough. I was literally addicted to ice-cream and hot fudge. I simply couldn't turn one down and often I would seek out a McDonalds in whatever city I was in, just so I could get my fix. If you have ever hunted down certain foods when you have an insatiable craving, you can re;ate to the frenzy of the hunt. I often used to blame it on PMS, to justify my actions, until I realized acted tjis way more than a few days out of the month. Having said that, I have always been "hormonally challenged". I didn't know it at the time, but I was also suffering with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), which i found out years later is caused, essentially, by insulin resistance from excess sugar?carbohydrate consumption. It's funny to reflect on nowadays, but one of my casual jobs while I was at school was working in an ice-cream shop called Norgen Vas (very similar to Haagen Das). Anyway, this shop had the most amazing hot fudge sauce I had ever tasted. I used to love this job. I actually looked forward to it because, during my break at work, I would fill a small cup of the mouth watering, warm silky chocolate fudge and simply devour it, minus the ice-cream, almost to the point of feeling sick. Now, years later, I have to laugh. And yet I never stopped to question why this sauce had such power over me! You see, in hindsight they say we have 20/20 vision, and now I believe that sometimes we think we need these treats because without consuming them, our lives would be as good. In order to "let go" of filling ourselves with excess sugar we don't need, we truly need to be convinced, deep down to our core, that life will be just as rosy without the excessive consumption of whatever your sweet or savoury kryptonite may be. When it comes to self-sabotaging behaviours, rather than harshly criticizing yourself, I prefer you to simply observe, without judgement, and don't miss the lesson. Every perceived slip up is an opportunity to learn more about yourself and to go deeper into discovery of your own cravings, which, surprisingly, have nothing to do with food. Being a mindful eater means being a discerning food consumer. The truth is that the processed food industry is super competitive and hungry for profits at the expense of our health. Processed food companies, when formulating popular junk food products do not have our best health in mind.
The companies then expertly market junk food to us and engage in a certain form of mind games and NLP (neuro linguistic programming) so that we "give in to temptation". This is waht makes us continue to buy and get addicted to their products and continue to consume them for as long as we live. I mean, how many Coca Cola addicts do you know? And diet versions are no better. Aspartame is a known carcinogen. Now, I'm not saying these companies are deliberately evil and preying on the weak willed and easily manipulated. However, they are formulating, on purpose, a product designed to ensure consumers come back for more and more and more. Its up to us to be in charge of our choices and make a stand as to what and how much we choose to consciously consume. At the same time, bags of chips keep getting bigger because the companies know that once they are open, the whole bag will be consumed, yet the fine print stated that the serving size is only a fraction and what the average person consumes in one sitting. The processed food industry maintain that they are meeting a need for convenience, so it is really the consumers fault that we can stop at just one. However, according to the book "Sugar, Fat and Salt" by Micael Moss, the ultimate aim of companies, when formulating this processed food is to find the "bliss point", so that we get hoked and find it difficult to stop eating. Furthermore, because these highly processed foods and beverages are often devoid of nutrition, such as candy, soda pop and potato chips, they never fill us up or truly satisfy our hunger and thirst. This leaves us starngley unsatified and wanting more. When you understand why some foods are irresistable, you'll also understand what big food manufacturers of food devoid of nutritional value have done to our health and waistlines. Yet its important not to be a victim of the food industry. You see, nobody makes us buy and consume these foods. We can vote with our dollars as to whether we buy into the industry or not. We need to take our power back. Just because they are cheap, conveniet and often very addictive, doesn't mean we need to get hooked. Again, when we view these foods as "play foods", there is a time and place for them, preferably following real, whole, nutritious food, so that we don't feel the need to fill up on empty, nutritionless fake food. When our food environment is "weighted" against us, and sugar is more addictive than cocaine, with your newfound hyper awareness, you will start to cahnge the way you see food forever. In my mind, the problem of obesity and food addiction has a lot to do with the intentions of the food engineers who know how to get us addicted to their product with the perfect combo of salt-fat-sugar. It is a sobering realization when we wake up from the junk food coma. Once realized, you may find yourself wanting to turn to fresh fruit, vegatbles, fish, meat and healthy fats. You may feel inspired to cook your own food with real, nutritious ingredients. Naturally, overtime, your body will shrink as a consequence and your beauty will bloom. Oh and we cant forget to mention that the quality of your menal state improves dramatically along with your energy levels and life in general... Once you begin to become more mindful of how you feel physically, you will naturally become aware of how you feel emotionally. Learning to deal with emotions such as anger, stress and frustration positively, without turning to food, all starts with emotional awareness.
Often times, when we spend a lot of time in our heads to avoid experiencing feelings, our "monkey mind" or "noisy roomate" , as it's sometimes called can lead us to mindlessly overeat or make food choices that don't honor our bodies and health. And yet the noisy roomate is not our friend. It tells stories that we believe to be true when so often, these imaginings are nonsense. Moving forward, I want you to start checking in with yourself regularly, throughout the day, by being aware of and identifying specific thoughts you may be having. Ask yourself "how are these thoughts are making me feel?" This practice, when performed every 30 minutes, will help you catch yourself, and identify your underlying need before you reach for the bag of potaoe chips. You may need a powernap, a ten minute break and a cup of hot tea or a walk in the fresh air. You may just need a hug, a neck rub or a big glass of water. Maybe you just need to phone a friend and vent a little to let off steam. Whatever it is, there is usually a healthier way of dealing with unpleasant feelings, rather than eating food you don't need and its a way healthier for you. As you get emotionally healthier, you will become acutely aware of how certain people and situations make you feel. If, everytime you speak to your sister, you end up trying to please her, while she belittles you in front of others and then pretends it was a joke, you may need to choose not to care a lot about her words. Oftentimes, when people are mean towards us, it has more to do with them and their troubles than it has to do with us. Now, we can choose to be hurt by such comments, or, alternatively, we can recognize the motive and simply walk away, hang up or choose not to care a lot about the relationship. You see, when you choose how you want to feel emotionally, which, I presume, is fabulous, then there is no point tolerating someone bringing you down. Especially when this type of emotional abuse can lead you to eat as a way of coping. With awareness and mindfulness, practiced in the moment, you are better able to identify these trigger situations and either limit them, or simply brace yourself for them mentally, so that being around certain people doesn't always result in you wanting to eat. Try this next time you walk into a potentially triggering situation. With awareness you'll be amazed at how you can set an intention of the perfect unfolding (ie. you don't feel the need to reach for food to calm anxiety). Practice this and you will see how it puts you back in charge of situations that were previously detrimental to your morale. As you get emotionally more aware and healthier, you will naturally feel the need to numb youyrself with food diminish as well, which is wonderful progress! One of the biggest obstacles I hear people face when maintaing a healthy lifetsyle is when we eat out at restaurants.
Yes, eating out can potentially trip us up and throw us off, however, with mindfulness, eating out doesn't have to be a saboteur. Firstly, it's important to arrive at the venue with an appetite, not necessarily ravenous, but with a good desire to eat. This is because, if overly hungry, we may be tempted to devour the entire bread basket and butter stick, before the waiter has even taken our order. This is No Bueno! Often, In fact, I will often have a cup of tea or soup and perhaps a protein snack such as cheese if I need to before going out to eat, especially when I know the service may be slow and by the time we actually get to eat, it will potentially be way later than what my internal body clock is used to. If need be, pack a handful of almonds in a zip lock bag, and put them in your purse, just in case your blood sugar gets really low and you becopme a "hangry" mess at the dinner table. You can always go to the bathroom and discreetly eat the almonds to help you survive a hypoglycemic attack. When we are training ourselves to become mindful eaters, the intial training period, when dining out at a restaurant, will require extra attention and awareness. Rest assured, eventually we can eat mindfully almost without effort and almost without thinking. Often times, when dining out with friends, a romantic date, family members or even work aquaintences, there may be some level of anxiety, social phobias or even excitement. This is a landmine opportunity to self sabotage if we have the tendancy to eat past comfort and finish off the last bits on our friends plates too. Again, awareness is key here. You and you only, are in cahrge of where your hand wanders. Keep in mind, when ordering food, the waiters job is to upsell and entice you to order more, including alcoholic and sugar laden drinks, appetizers, bread, desserts etc. However, you are the one in charge of your order, so don't feel pressurred to order more than you need. Also, don't be afraid to share plates, drinks and desserts either. Often times, when I dine out, I will share wine, fries and dessert with my husband. Often, enough is as good as a feast. After the first few sips and bites, the pleasure factor starts to decline, so next time, pay attention to how the pleasure factor diminishes. The flavour and pleasure really pops at the beginning, so consider stopping after three mouthfuls of dessert, knowing that you can always order another serving tomorrow or the next day. I tend not to order sugar laden drinks with my meal, because I would rather chew my sugar, as in, eat dessert instead. This is a personal choice. You need to weigh up what's important to you. However, keep in mind that drinking too much with your meal can stretch out your stomach, potentially making you feel bloated and drinking to much fluid with yoyur meal can also interfere with digestion. Having said that, if I'm in a warm climate and I'm thirsty, I will sip a large drink, such as an ice-tea, or ice-coffee, however I always dilute it with water and lots of ice, especially if its overy sugary. Better still, if they offer a stevia sweetened beverage, this is a good option. ersonally I avoid aspartame laden drinks, since this type of sweetener is a known carcinogen. As a side note, I would also make a conscious effort to avoid clothes with elasticized wastes when eating out, as its far too easy to shoot past comfortable satisfaction when you don't physically feel your pants getting tighter as you eat. A zipper and button serves as a gentle reminder that you have had enough to eat. As a side note, bear in mind that our stomachs, at rest, are about the size of our clenched fist. Therefore, more than a fistful or so of food (imagine, though that non starchy vegetables, such as lettuce, is condensed down) will stretch out youyr stomach. The stomach will keep stretching if we continue to overfeed it. This is why stomach banding is so effective, because we literally are forced to stop eating, due to the reduced size of our stomach pouch. Eating out is a wonderful opportunity to socialize with friends and colleagues. If you are trying to reach a healthy weight, there is np need to avoid these situations. With increased mindfulness and attention to your body cues, there is no reason why yoyu cant walk out of the restaurant feeling pleasantly content, without having felt the pressure to overeat past satisfaction. Remember, no one can force food on you, and if they do try, then you may need to questions whther these people really have your best interests at heart. Finally, be sure to order what is is you really fancy, rather than ordering around what you really want and then going home and eating more to make up for that feeling of deprivation. In my experience, its far wiser to not eat around a craving, just go straight for it, enjoy it with maximum pleasure, and go home feeling content, minus the guilt. |
AuthorG'day. Welcome to my blog, where I write about mindful eating. My name is Sally Asher and I'm a wellness author of three books. I hold a Health Science degree and have a passion for behavioral change. I live between South Florida and Melbourne with my husband and two teenagers. My husband and I run a real estate investment company. I love to help people eat mindfully and reconnect with the innate, intuitive sense of eating that we are all born with. ArchivesCategories |