Today is the birthday of the guy who invented the graham cracker.  His invention of the graham cracker wasn’t for the creation of S’mores, or for dunking in milk. In fact, the dude created graham flour, which later turned into graham crackers, with the hope of killing the sex vibe among teens and adults. He thought peeps needed to be sexually tamed because they were ADDICTED to sex, gluttony, and all things material.  

The year?  1830...

What have you done to honor your body today?

Assignment: Find a body lotion that you love. Maybe you love the scent of the lotion. Maybe you love the way it absorbs into your skin. Or, maybe, just maybe, the tactile connection between your own hand and your skin feels like a friendship.
Or a romance….

Or maybe none of this is true.

The harder this assignment seems, the greater your obligation is to do it.

​The benefits of this practice are dramatic and potentially life altering.

 recent study in the journal Appetite examined the effect of eating chocolate cake. In particular, the researchers were interested in understanding the association of either guilt or of celebration with eating chocolate cake. In other words, when eating prototypic forbidden food like chocolate cake, were women likely to feel helpless and out of control (ie guilty) OR to experience pleasure and enjoyment (ie celebration)?

The study had two parts:

The first was to evaluate attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and intentions to eat healthily and their effect on a person’s reaction to eating chocolate cake.

The second was to evaluate if the association of guilt or of celebration was related to weight change over a period of time (6 or 18 months).

Do you criticize just about every nook and cranny of your body?

Do you have a tape running in your mind, telling you that you are too fat?

Self-talk can be so cruel!

Here is a newsflash:

The secret of successful, healthy weight management is not actually a secret.

Say what?

Eating for Fun and Health!
Dieting can be hazardous to your physical and psychological health.

In 2002 or so, the “Listen to your Body” campaign was launched.

Here is the gist:
​“Eat what you want, when you are truly hungry. Stop when you are full. And eat exactly what appeals to you. Do this instead of any diet, and you are unlikely to ever have a weight problem, let alone an eating disorder”