Find Food Freedom Through God's Grace
My best friend is a model. I just spent five days holed up with her and nine other gorgeous women in one house for a girls weekend in Aspen. Did I feel self conscious about my body? You’re damn right I did! I went to boarding school at the age of fourteen. Before that, I […]
Food is so dang delicious. Sometimes, it’s too delicious. Which is why it can be hard to get a grip on some serious portion control. We all have moments of stuffing ourselves past capacity, but what happens when it seems like it’s on the regular? Getting in tune with your hunger and fullness signals is […]
The biggest thing that I have learned from having such a complicated relationship to food and my body is that habits hold far more power over us than we give them credit for. It is hard to separate the guilt and shame from the act of negative behaviors. It is frustrating to want so […]
Binges. Over eating. Pigging out. Whatever you call it, they happen. Sometimes when we are in full view of everyone, like a holiday party. Sometimes when we are hidden in a dark closet alone, crying as we shove spoonfuls of tubbed frosting into our mouth. (Yup, I’ve actually done that.) If I am totally honest, […]
I have been skinny and I have been fat and at both ends of the spectrum I have found one thing to remain the same: My obsession with food. Weight loss does nothing to heal wounds. It is the relationship that you have with yourself that does that. When you put losing pounds ahead of […]
The dieter in me is always looking to get smaller. I have come so far from where my thoughts used to be surrounding food and my body but I have also realized that there still looms those old “dieting” demons. I have my moments where I struggle to except that I am still heavier now […]
Food confusion is rampant these days and in the world of fast pace living where most of us are eating in a flash and in the go processed foods have become a ginormous part of the American diet. While not as abundant in nourishment for the body the way whole foods found in nature are, […]
It’s 2018. The ball has officially dropped and for many of us we have dropped the ball…on our health routine. For others, we are finally getting ready to get the ball rolling in the hopes of making this year the year of finally feeling good in our bodies. I am gonna be straight with […]
Dieting. The word has been like a thorn in my side ever since I was a little girl. It has done nothing but bring anguish, shame, guilt, confusion and a sense of utter defeat my food and my figure. I keep thinking back to when I lost the majority of my weight in high school. […]
As I sat in my pastor’s office, anxiety wrought with hands wringing as wet tears crashed down upon them, I felt desperate for some peace. For some relief. My mind was utterly out of control. My own ability to soothe these deep wounds and dark chasms of confusion was pathetic at best. That much was […]