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3 Reasons I Dislike Overeating

3 Reasons I Dislike Overeating

I have a confession – I overate at lunch on Friday. It’s not something I do often, and afterward, I remembered why. Here are my 3 biggest reasons for disliking overeating. Back in Old Patterns I used to overeat all the time, although I didn’t usually recognize it, since I was in the mindless eating phase. I was also very out of touch with my body, so it was much harder to tell if I was eating too much. I don’t enjoy going back into those old patterns of not recognizing my hu

Reflections on “The Moment of Lift” and Weight Discrimination

Reflections on “The Moment of Lift” and Weight Discrimination

I recently read The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates, and even though she didn’t talk about weight discrimination as a form of oppression, I couldn’t help thinking about it. If you’re not familiar with the book, it’s about Melinda Gates’s experiences of gender equality – or usually inequality – in her personal life but mostly in her work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The book focuses on the importance of education for girls

3 Tips to Help Avoid the Trap of Moral Licensing

3 Tips to Help Avoid the Trap of Moral Licensing

Did you know that having the option of nutritious foods at a fast food restaurant can make it more likely for you to get fries and a burger? Or that you’re likely to underestimate the number of calories in a meal or snack if you think some part of it is healthy or good? Like if the Oreos are organic, or the lasagna comes with a salad? I didn’t know any of that until reading The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It b

When Too Much Self-Control Backfires – and What to Do About It

When Too Much Self-Control Backfires – and What to Do About It

It’s easy to think that if a little of something is good, then more of it must be better. But the reality is, too much of anything can have negative effects – including self-control. As Kelly McGonigal writes in The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It: “Because self-control also demands high levels of energy, some scientists speculate that chronic self-control – like chronic stress – can increase your chances of ge

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