This is the season of excess with food and alcohol, so why set yourself up for failure? Starting any kind of diet now would be crazy making. So we will take baby steps.
The first step is to get honest.
Do you binge? Here are some questions to help you assess your eating.
Quiz: Are You On the Road to A Binge?
Are you on the perfect diet . . . for a gerbil?
Do you rate your day by how well you waged your war with food?
Do you sneak food?
Do you tell others that you are on a diet but don't lose weight?
Do you eat alone often?
Do you secretly hoard or hide "bad" food?
Do you fall into a funk after seeing how much you have eaten?
Do you belittle yourself about your weight?
If you answered yes to three or more of these questions you are at risk for a bout of binge eating.
What do you do to avoid a binge? Let me know!
Ask Eli a question at info@elidavidson.com or go to www.elidavidson.com to share your best tips on how you have lowered your overeating and increased your self care.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Help For Oprah: 'Tis the Season of the Binge
OPRAH!!! (I am saying that in your Oprah show voice...so hopefully you will hear me.) O Magazine just arrived on my doorstep. There you are. Skinny Oprah and Fat Oprah. I feel your pain. I have been there.
Your comments tell me that a diet you haven't tried is TLC -- The Low Criticism Diet. You are teaching living from the inside out, and I will wager you a very large some of money (in Eli dollars) that if you really give yourself the TLC Diet, that will be the last diet you will need. I will be sharing it with you over the next month. But first:
Stop beating yourself up. Stop the rigid diets. Start accepting yourself.
Self criticism is one of the most fattening things around. The more you demean yourself for having a 'food mistake' the more you fuel having a binge. One binge fuels the next and all of a sudden you can't fit in your Obama Inauguration dress.
Until you reinvent your way of being with yourself, your weight is always going to victimize you.
Oprah, when you say, "I'm embarrassed. I'm mad at myself." you show that you haven't addressed the judgmental mindset that is a key component of yo-yo dieting. I should know, I have waged the same battle myself. The Low Criticism Diet is the only diet that silenced the insanity of my 20 year battle with food.
Remember food isn't the issue. Self love is. Don't feel bad, Oprah. Women gain between 8 and 15 pounds between Halloween and Christmas, said Jone Novek, wellness expert in Scottsdale, Arizona New York City. As an executive coach for women I am seeing a trend of working women putting their health at the bottom of their "To Do List." Does this sound like you, Oprah? I watch more and more women grumbling at the thought of prying themselves away from the office and toward greater health. During the holidays it gets even worse.
Your comments tell me that a diet you haven't tried is TLC -- The Low Criticism Diet. You are teaching living from the inside out, and I will wager you a very large some of money (in Eli dollars) that if you really give yourself the TLC Diet, that will be the last diet you will need. I will be sharing it with you over the next month. But first:
Stop beating yourself up. Stop the rigid diets. Start accepting yourself.
Self criticism is one of the most fattening things around. The more you demean yourself for having a 'food mistake' the more you fuel having a binge. One binge fuels the next and all of a sudden you can't fit in your Obama Inauguration dress.
Until you reinvent your way of being with yourself, your weight is always going to victimize you.
Oprah, when you say, "I'm embarrassed. I'm mad at myself." you show that you haven't addressed the judgmental mindset that is a key component of yo-yo dieting. I should know, I have waged the same battle myself. The Low Criticism Diet is the only diet that silenced the insanity of my 20 year battle with food.
Remember food isn't the issue. Self love is. Don't feel bad, Oprah. Women gain between 8 and 15 pounds between Halloween and Christmas, said Jone Novek, wellness expert in Scottsdale, Arizona New York City. As an executive coach for women I am seeing a trend of working women putting their health at the bottom of their "To Do List." Does this sound like you, Oprah? I watch more and more women grumbling at the thought of prying themselves away from the office and toward greater health. During the holidays it gets even worse.
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