Struggling With Food
I have an amazing new trainer at my gym. She is helping me with balance, flexibility & strength. Her knowledge of of the musculoskeletal system, how muscles work, how one muscle can affect another & how small alterations in the way I do an exercise can make a … [Read more...] about Struggling With Food
You Know You’re A Food Addict When …
When you’re at work early one Tuesday morning and you hear your boss place an order for a couple of dozen chocolate croissants to pick up and bring to the office the following morning.
Let me explain.
We have this tradition in our office that anytime someone is going away on … [Read more...] about You Know You’re A Food Addict When …
My Own Story
I saddened myself when I saw a T.V. commercial recently that is currently airing. A middle aged man uses his cell phone to tell his wife that he is on his way home & just can’t wait to get there. He steps through the door. In anticipation, his wife is waiting for him, arms out, eyes closed, … [Read more...] about My Own Story
My Name Is Ken, And I’m A Food Junkie
It has always been difficult for me to eat properly. Perhaps that’s because I really like to eat things that aren’t good for me. All kinds of things like cake, pie, chips, chocolate, candy, etc, etc, etc. And it’s always been like this for as long as I can remember.
What I used to really … [Read more...] about My Name Is Ken, And I’m A Food Junkie
From the FIX – Food Addiction: It’s Not An Eating Disorder
The FIX Q&A with Vera Tarman about her book Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
“I drink pop all the time. It’s like I’m addicted to pop now,” I remember someone telling me after I got sober almost 10 years ago. She said that I, too, … [Read more...] about From the FIX – Food Addiction: It’s Not An Eating DisorderA Remember When …..
Last month I attended the “1st Annual Food Addiction Conference” in Worcester, Mass, which was held by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School & the Food Addiction Institute.
While this conference was primarily for health care professionals … [Read more...] about A Remember When …..
Shocking Health Prediction
Several weeks ago, the C.D.C. (U.S. Centre for disease control) predicted that by 2020, 40% of the U.S. adult Caucasian population and 50 % of the adult black population will be afflicted with type 2 diabetes. In Canada, the predictions are equally as startling. By 2020, it is estimated that 4.2 … [Read more...] about Shocking Health Prediction
They Have Been Lying To Me!
William Banting’s story (no relation to the Banting of insulin fame) came across my desk this week. The 5’5” Mr. Banting, an Englishman, weighed in at over 200 lbs. His story resonated with me, when I read about his life long struggle with loosing weight, and his willingness to try the latest … [Read more...] about They Have Been Lying To Me!
Don’t Give Up What You Want Most For What You Want Right Now
Some time ago I came across a saying that stopped me in my tracks. It read - “Don’t give up what you want most for what you want right now”.
Admittedly, I’m a bit of a collector of inspirational material whether it’s quotes and posts I see on Facebook, blogs, in daily reader books, books … [Read more...] about Don’t Give Up What You Want Most For What You Want Right Now
The beginning of the end… hitting bottom with food!
In the fall of 2009 I was at my bottom. Not the first bottom I’ve had, you understand, but one of three that changed my life in monumental ways. Maybe a better way to say this – it was one of the three bottoms that forced me to change for real. I’m not talking about small, somewhat challenging … [Read more...] about The beginning of the end… hitting bottom with food!
Dieting Kept Me Fat
As most people in the western world, I was led to believe by very reputable authorities, including doctors, nutritionists, The Canadian Department of Agriculture, the USDA, the National health Instituted, etc., etc., that if I ate less and exercised more, my weight problem would be solved. Well, … [Read more...] about Dieting Kept Me Fat
