The Storm Before the Calm?
The creek in our backyardI am not trying to jinx myself here, but I wonder if I’m experiencing the reversal of the expression, “the calm before the storm.” After months of “stormy” misery, struggling...
View ArticleCherry Jubilee
Tonight, I had delicious sweet cherries for dessert — a Michigan favorite. Of all the kitchen gadgets we’ve amassed over the past three years, we don’t have a cherry pitter at home. So I had to spit...
View ArticleIt’s Happening Again …
No, no, not chewing and spitting (whew!) After months and months of not waking and eating in the middle of the night, save for the occasional blip on the radar (usually right before my period), the...
View ArticleA Dollar A Day
I’ve confessed I have a wee bit of a shopping problem, and that one of the biggest problems with my history of chewing and spitting was that I was wasting food (i.e., money) left and right — literally....
View ArticleAttaching a Goal to a Mantra
Me this weekend, ready for the challenge!! Piggybacking off today’s previous post … So my SELF subscription still hasn’t run out yet, which means I’m still reading each issue I get. Though I loathe the...
View ArticleChoosing Pride Over Guilt–Guest Bloggin’ About Recovery
I’m flattered to be guest blogging over at Confessions of a Compulsive Eater today about my recovery journey and where I am today. Check it out here or after the jump. Successful weight loss and...
View Article… Questioning “Recovered”
Last week I mentioned how happy I was to feel “recovered” in that I recognize when others are being obsessive and it annoys me. And while I’ve never fooled myself into thinking my issues were gone,...
View ArticleBe Safe, Be Well & As Always, Be Happy
That’s how my mom signs off on every e-mail. And though she usually uses the short-hand version (BSBWAAABH), I know what she means and love it every time I see it. They’re words to live by. Going along...
View ArticleFrom “Disordered” to “(Recovering) Disordered” to “Recovered Disordered”
My blog has gone through many changes in the nearly three years I’ve been writing (click here for my first post!). While I’ve undergone many physical and emotional changes in that time, the title of...
View ArticleFood Evolutions
Now that Maya is starting to eat solids (rice cereal with her 10 AM feeding — soon to be coupled with fruit; a veggie with her 4 PM feeding; a little more cereal with her 7 PM feeding), a whole new...
View ArticleCrying over spilled — and spit-up — milk
I wouldn’t say I had a successful breastfeeding experience with Maya. I did a combo of nursing, pumping and formula for her first nine months and stressed myself to the max. My supply sucked, but I...
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