Archive for April, 2010

What Weight Fluctuations Do to Your Body

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 14 April 2010 | 43 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff

This is going to cross post on WATRD tonight. Through all my years of compulsive overeating / bingeing, my body weight has fluctuated between 105-172 pounds. During those times, the things that were important to me were – how I looked and where in my closet are the clothes that will fit the particular weight [...]

Favorite Protein Bar – Genisoy

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 13 April 2010 | 18 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff

Just wanted to share with you the main protein bar that I have been eating just about every day for years. They are called Genisoy Soy Protein Bars and they come in a handful of flavors. Some of my favs are chocolate fudge brownie and cafe mocha. Some other flavors they have are: cookies and [...]

Q & A – How Did I Stop Bingeing?

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 12 April 2010 | 37 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff

Yesterday, a reader commented on my post and asked me a question about bingeing. I started writing a response, but it got kinda long, so I decided to answer in a post today. Tanya wrote…When you first stopped binging to now, what is it that you do or say to yourself that stops the binge? [...]

Amazing Book – “goodbye ed, hello me”

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 09 April 2010 | 24 Comments
Categories: Guest Bloggin', Helpful Books

This is a cross post that is also running on We Are the Real Deal. I just got done reading a really great book about recovering from an eating disorder and learning to fall back in love with life and yourself. It’s called “goodbye ed, hello me” by Jenni Schaefer, a recovered anorexic and bulimic. [...]

Guest Bloggin’ at Anonymous Fat Girl + Therapy

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 08 April 2010 | 12 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff, Guest Bloggin', intuitive eating

I’m flattered that Anonymous Fat Girl asked me to do a guest post while she is away on vacation. It is a post about my journey through compulsive eating/bingeing, from where I began to pretty much where I am today. If you want to check it out, you can read it here. I also wanted [...]

Thoughts on Goal Weight

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 07 April 2010 | 33 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff

Some people have emailed me privately and asked me how I figured out what my goal weight was and how I’ve been able to have maintained it for a year and a half now. I thought it might be good to answer in the form of a post. To be honest, I never had a [...]

My New Way of Eating Tested at Two Events

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 06 April 2010 | 21 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff, Holiday Eating, intuitive eating

So I blathered on the other day about how on Saturday 3/27 I tried my first day at intuitive eating. It just so happened that was the same day as my nephew’s 3rd birthday party. Typically, going to my sister-in-laws house for any event fills me with anxiety. For some reason, I was still holding [...]

Vacation and New Eating Plan

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 05 April 2010 | 25 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff, Eating Out, intuitive eating

So I went on vacation and have been home now for a few days. Since March 26, I have not looked up one item in a calorie book or looked up one thing on a calorie counting website. This, my friends, is a MIRACLE. I can’t remember a time since I was a teenager that [...]

Pssstt… I Started Eating Intuitively

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 03 April 2010 | 36 Comments
Categories: Day to Day Stuff, Helpful Books

I’m back from vacation! But more about that on Monday… I have a little secret that I can’t keep to myself any longer. I wrote this write before I left but did not publish it because I did not know how things would go on my trip… It is part of my nightly routine to [...]

Guest Bloggin’ at “John is Fit” Today

Yazan: love2eatinpa | 02 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Guest Bloggin'

I’m lucky enough to be guest blogging today onĀ great site called John is Fit. Catch up with you after I get back from my trip! One Day at a Time… Nurture myself… Awareness… Letting Go… Listen to my Body

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