Category Archives: eating

Nutrition is a game we play.

By Michelle | Published: August 2, 2011

Before I completely freak you out with talk of food groups, let me say a couple of things about The Bottom Line when it comes to eating: The bottom line is that you provide yourself the opportunity to eat at regular times. The bottom line is that, at those times, you give yourself free reign [...]

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Eating incompetence.

By Michelle | Published: April 4, 2011

I am not, by any means, a perfect eater. Or even a competent one, every day. I do tend to score high on the validated eating competence inventory, but I am far, far, faaaaar from perfect. In fact, I’m not sure perfection in eating even exists. Or that I’d want it to. I’d like to [...]

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Surprising results from my totally unscientific survey.

By Michelle | Published: February 4, 2011

I recently asked a bunch of people what, if anything, they would most like to change about their relationship to food. As expected, since people vary, there was a wide range of responses, all of which were cogent and wonderful. I guess I had my suspicions about what issues would be most popular. I expected [...]

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Food you like is food that feels good.

By Michelle | Published: January 24, 2011

French version of this post here, courtesy Stéphanie Potin-Grevrend. One of my most scandalous messages is that you should eat whatever you want, in whatever amount you want. What scandalizes me is how people often interpret this message. Over and over again, this is how people respond: “I can’t do that because I would eat [...]

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Notes on “Heavy.”

By Michelle | Published: January 21, 2011

I don’t normally write about TV shows. In fact, I purposely avoid watching TV shows about nutrition, fitness, and weight loss because they annoy me, and my yelling at the television then annoys my husband. But when I saw the advertisements for A&E’s new show Heavy (in between advertisements for Hoarders and Intervention, in case [...]

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