Tag: food awareness
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Balance with food. Balance with treats. Balance between “being good” and “letting go.” For years, I thought the answer to my problems was balance. It sounded sensible. Mature. Grown-up. I’d look at images of fit, healthy people with sculpted bodies and headlines screaming “balanced lifestyle.” It seemed like if you were controlled and balanced, the…
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It’s never been easier to sign up for calorie counting online. Calorie counting apps and websites are everywhere — but easy doesn’t mean good. For a long time, I believed tracking was the answer. Religiously, I stuffed my diary full of information: how many alcoholic drinks I’d actually consumed (not the fake number), how much…
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How to Stop Food Noise (Without Counting Calories) Food noise is exhausting. It’s loud, constant, and confusing — and it often leads us to survive badly around food. We reach for the chocolate bar instead of the carrot. We take comfort in ice cream instead of slowing down and dealing with what’s actually going on.…