How I ended the dieting cycle, learned
to love my body and stop the madness
9 years later
When I started on this path nine years ago I had no idea what would happen. All I knew is that I could not go on a diet again. I started with an intention :never to diet again. I observed myself and took on the goal of making peace with my body and food. I…
Writing Workshops
These are the guidelines used in our writing workshops. It is a free style form; it only works if you ignore other writing practices which emphasize structure and editing. This is about writing practice, a prelude and an aid to writing the future edited pieces. Writing Guidelines Keep your pen moving Don’t pause to re-read…
Pick up a pen, instead of a fork
When I first discovered ‘free writing’ many decades ago, I fell in love. Prior to this style of writing I had fixated on the grammar. Flashbacks of my High School English teacher often came rushing back as I attempted to write anything. Memories of how she pointed out our failings and our inability to emulate…
The best diet
How many times have you read an article with that heading? Or listened to an infomercial or picked up a book telling you this is the final and only diet you need? I know, now, there is no great diet. But… “my aunt lost 50 pounds” or “I can always lose weight on this diet.”..…
Does vanity keep us thin?
Or does it make us want to be thin? Is Vanity a good thing, ever? We want to love ourselves, but can loving too much become an unhealthy obsession? As a Brit, I still value humility, remembering how the phrase “self praise is no praise” got hurled at you if you commented on your own…
Do you hate your body?
If you look at my photo albums you may wonder if I was in The Witness Protection program. Very few photos of me remain. For most of my life there is little evidence that I existed. For decades I either hated my body or believed it needed a tweak. Why keep photos of imperfection I…