Category: Self Help

Gluttony and Food Addiction

In all the the articles I’ve read about food addiction and in the numerous references to food addicts, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “gluttony” used. It’s a simple word that means excess in eating or drinking, according to Webster, yet somehow it doesn’t fit with the other words in the food addiction [...]

Sunday February 20th, 2011 in Food Addiction, Food Addicts, Self Help | No Comments »

Five Ways to Help a Food Addict

There are many things you can do to help a food addict. Here are are my top five favorites. 1. Look them in the eye. Food addicts are invisible to those around them. Even if they have grown larger in size and take up more space, to most of society, they are invisible.Being acknowledged is [...]

Saturday February 19th, 2011 in Food Addiction, Food Addicts, Self Help | 2 Comments »

Walking Works! Start Today!

This is just a quick comment to say once again that walking works. This isn’t about food addiction, but it is about being overweight and losing weight. I had lunch with a friend of mine the other day. We taught in the same classroom a few years ago and we still meet for lunch from [...]

Wednesday February 16th, 2011 in Self Help, Walking, Weight Loss | No Comments »

When You’re Ready to Leave Your Addiction Behind

One of the real challenges in the fight to overcome an addiction is leaving your old life behind. Food addiction, drug addiction and alcohol addiction have one thing in common. You have to leave a big part of your former self behind in order to move through your addiction and get on with your life. [...]

Tuesday February 15th, 2011 in Addiction, Food Addiction, Self Help, Stress | No Comments »