Since everyone else today seems to be asking “What Is Normal Eating?” (Psych Central blog, New York Times Wellness blog, Feed Me I’m Cranky blog), I figured I should address it here – at the official “Normal Eating” Web site. “Normal eating” means eating according to body wisdom – which …
There’s been a lot of discussion in the forum lately about mindful eating – generally how much people don’t want to do it. It’s ironic that emotional eaters who claim to love eating find it so hard to just eat – to focus only on eating when they’re eating. It …
When you’re in the moment of craving – wanting to eat, though you’re not hungry – it doesn’t help to have abstract knowledge of why you eat. If you know that you eat when you’re angry, for example, that doesn’t help much in the moment that you’re angry. You’re still …
Just a note for those in the U.S. celebrating Independence Day at a BBQ with lots of food… Please enjoy the food, and don’t stress about what you “shouldn’t” be eating. That will just lead to “last chance” overeating. Remember that you have the right to eat whatever you want, …
Do you eat in the evening – and eat and eat? If so, you are not alone! Here is a sampling of the many posts about this in the forum: “Night eating has been my number one curse. When I initiated that terrible habit then the pounds really started a …
There was an interesting discussion in the forum this week about whether – even after you stop emotional eating – you need self-discipline to lose weight. Here is the argument in favor, from a Normal Eating Support Group member: I think the issue of discipline is important in Stage 4. …
There’s a post from me with an excerpt from Normal Eating® for Normal Weight on the Fem2pt0 blog. This is in addition to the excerpts already posted on this Web site. It’s from the chapter, “Beauty: Inner and Outer”, and it talks about how our culture equates physical beauty with …
In case there’s any confusion about the source of the idea: “You can and must look like Miss California”, check out this article. It’s a great analysis of a piece by the editor-in-chief of Women’s Health introducing the May issue. We’re so used to hearing these crazy messages, we don’t …
Since I started the original Normal Eating Support Group in 2002, only a tiny fraction of members have been men – well under 1%. And those few men who joined have never stuck around. In contrast, many of our female members have been active participants for years. (I’m very grateful …
The Normal Eating® approach is to figure out the reasons behind emotional eating, and then take steps towards fixing the real problem. So if you’re eating out of loneliness, you’d take steps towards enriching your social life. The tricky part is figuring out the real problem. It’s not always obvious. …
