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calorie counting to binge eating

Friday Q&A– I went from calorie counting to binge eating

This question comes from Elizabeth in New York City. Q:  I went on a diet last summer. I lost 40 pounds from June to November by eating exactly 1200 calories each day and running on the treadmill for 45 minutes every morning. Starting around Thanksgiving, I lost it all. I started bingeing at the Thanksgiving

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about if you weren't thinking about food

What would you be thinking about if you weren’t thinking about food?

Have you ever thought about all the real estate in your brain obsessing over food takes? What kinds of things would you have room to think about, what kinds of things could you do if food, dieting, and body image had less of a hold? Some people use food to fill chronic emptiness. Others eat

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reminder of why you shouldn't diet

Just a reminder of why you shouldn’t diet…

watch?v=M6wJl37N9C0 Today I spent the afternoon at a presentation by Andrea’s Voice author Doris Smeltzer.  Ms. Smeltzer lost her 19 year old daughter, Andrea,  to bulimia 11 years ago and now has a book and foundation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Andrea’s eating disorder began as a regular old diet that

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ways to cope with stress without food

How to beat stress eating– 50 ways to cope with stress without food

If you give a normal person a list of five things to do, they will get started with the first thing on their list. If you give a stress eater a list with five things to do, they will get started by running to the refrigerator. Eating becomes a way to deal with procrastination, fatigue,

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