This morning’s breakfast: whole wheat toast with butter, local eggs (these guys were huge!), and a little fruit salad of cherries and clementines. I’m taking time to eat a filling breakfast in an attempt to eliminate the need for a snack... 

I pulled this graphic from the Blog of Impossible Things (one of my favorites!) This message resonates with me especially on days when my journey or path isn’t clear. I’m finding that my biggest obstacle in life is me, and being too much... 

Figuring out what I want is key. Any time that familiar voice tells me “Well you could eat a pint of ice cream. No one would know. You could just start over tomorrow. You deserve it.” I have a back up plan, and that plan is my mission. My... 

  (I made lemon and raspberry jam pancakes this weekend! Check out my other blog, Beautiful Layers , for the easy recipe.) This week I’m adding a little more structure to my weight loss efforts. I feel like I’m getting the hang of my... 

That sounds like the lyrics to a church hymn, but you know what I’m finding out? When I’m listening and engaging my higher self, the world seems brighter and everything is more clear. Food is not fear, it is love and so much more enjoyable... 

Tomorrow makes one week since I started reading and implementing the tools of Brain Over Binge .  In that week I’ve come to realize a few things that are helping this process: 1) Not every urge or feeling means something. I used to believe that... 

When working on weight loss we are often told to avoid all creamy sauces and condiments. But, you ask, “Mayonnaise is just eggs and oil, right?” We know eggs and some oils are considered healthy foods in moderation, so why then is mayo on... 

I never thought, in a million years, that words from any book would ever help me to stop overeating or binge eating for good.  I wanted to believe they would and it never stopped me from buying them. I read many thousands of words telling me that I... 

I’ve been making my way through FloCoIMo with my 31 recipes challenge. So far, I’ve made 12 recipes. Here are my not so good phone photos of what I’ve made so far. Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos Krissie’s Mom’s Potato Ravioli  P... 

Old habits die hard. I’m hearing this a lot, as well as replacing old habits with new habits. And finding it difficult to identify these bad habits is a process in and of itself. Sometimes I don’t even know it’s a habit, or that it’s...