by Andrea Amador | Feb 6, 2008 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Creating Confidence, Self-Compassion As Strength, Supreme Self-Care
Weight Obsession is a national pastime. Most women say they hate their bodies because they are too fat. Being obsessed with how I looked has certainly been a big part of my life. I’ve spent years as a frustrated woman, bouncing back and forth from diet to diet,...
by Andrea Amador | Feb 1, 2008 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Health At Every Size, Inspiration, Intuitive Eating, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, R.E.C.L.A.I.M. System, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
Today I woke up quite early, around 5:00 a.m. I ran right into my office and began finishing up the tasks that I had left over from yesterday. I have been working on a new article and a survey. It’s for women to take to determine if they are obsessed by food and...
by Andrea Amador | Dec 12, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Make Peace with Food
Comfort eating is triggered by feeling deprived. My husband, Angel just walked into my office with a ‘daddy sandwich’ on a plate. He paused to give me a kiss and to offer me a bite of his sandwich before he headed into his office to start the day. A Daddy sandwich is...
by Andrea Amador | Dec 6, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame
Emotional eating is stress eating. If you’re a woman who is overweight and struggling with overeating, food obsession, cravings, and hating your body, then there’s a good chance that you have binged in response to stress and overwhelm. We get bombarded by life when we...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 1, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Make Peace with Food, Tame Your Inner Critic
Cravings! Don’t they just drive you completely nuts? They’re guaranteed to sabotage any dieter’s best efforts. It doesn’t matter how ‘good’ you are or how motivated you are toward achieving a goal, they just seem to pop in when you...
by Andrea Amador | Sep 15, 2007 | Binge-Busting, Health At Every Size, Make Peace with Food
The past few months I’ve been working on my first book. Say Goodbye to Dieting: Reclaim Your Power over Food, Love Your Body and Yummy up Your Life. In the year that I took to test out Intuitive Eating and figure out how to use energy coaching to boost the...