by Andrea Amador | Nov 20, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic, The Power of Forgiveness
On certain occasions, especially big holidays like Thanksgiving everyone tends to overeat. That’s no big deal. But here are a few ways to stay in touch with your natural hunger signals and honor your appetite so that you can enjoy this day to the max: 1) Eat...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 14, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Make Peace with Food, Self-Compassion As Strength, Stress-Relief
Most of us are disappointed or angry with ourselves when we overeat. We assume our tendency to binge means that we have no self control. Nothing could be further from the truth. In order to tame your inner critic and break the cycle of self abuse, you have to start...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 11, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Creating Confidence, It's All Just Energy
If you want to feel better about anything in your life, you have to change the way that you think about it. Remember, your body’s listening. In your body, you have chemical messengers that tell your brain how you will feel about the thoughts that you think....
by Andrea Amador | Nov 28, 2008 | Binge-Busting
Every year at Thanksgiving I take it upon myself to prepare stuffing the way my Nana used to, simple bread stuffing with celery and onions sautéed with thyme and fresh butter. In my former Weight Watchers days, when I was calculating points, I knew that ½ cup was...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 1, 2008 | Binge-Busting, Food, Intuitive Eating
I love food. Don’t you? When I first began learning how to listen to my body, I wanted all the things that I had denied myself on a diet. Those were the junk foods, the chips, burgers, fries, candy and all the manufactured goods that I would never let myself have on...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 1, 2008 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Creating Confidence, Health At Every Size, Make Peace with Food, Self-Compassion As Strength, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care
As I finish the last 5 chapters of my book, “Lovin’ the Skin You’re In: The Juicy Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Friends with Your Body,” I notice that I go through cycles in my body that alternate between ‘fat’ days and ‘skinny’ days. In fact, oddly...
