THE 7th TOOL – A Body Buddy

Everyone needs a bit of cheerleading in their endeavors – especially when it comes to losing weight. A “body buddy” is a priceless tool in the journey of weight loss. Your body buddy needs to be someone who is an ally not an enabler. Sometimes your best friend just cannot be your body buddy. You [...]

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The Writing Diet: The 2nd Tool – A Food Journal

Keeping a food journal is unquestionably a quintessential tool in the process of weight loss. This is something you MUST do. Your food journal can be anything you want it to be – from a little notebook you carry around to an online journal on the computer or your handheld device. Find what works for [...]

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The Writing Diet: The First Tool – The Morning Pages

The very first tool of the writing diet that Cameron prescribes is called “The Morning Pages”. The morning pages are three pages of longhand writing (or 300 words on the computer, as I do it) strictly stream –of- consciousness. This means you get up and write whatever is on your mind – it does not [...]

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The Writing Diet: PROLOGUE

In most of Julia Cameron’s books, she writes about finding your inner creative self-using a set of everyday tools. So, its rather curious that she would write a book about weight loss. What Cameron found in all her workshops, whilst helping people on their journey to creative recovery, that by the end of that journey [...]

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The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron

There is a book that I have been very inspired by these past few months. Its called The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron who might just be my favorite author in the world. Last year, her book, The Artist Way, really helped me seek my creative inner spirit. On that journey a host of things [...]

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Do you ever have conversations with your food?

Do you ever have conversations with your food? I sure do…. And you know what… It talks back to me too. Here are some of the ways how…. When I’m stressed I scream at my snack shelves. “Hurry, Hurry, give me something to stuff myself with So the pain of my stress can quickly go [...]

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I’m a food addict

I’m a food addict There I said it…. My name is Malini Sood Horiuchi And I’m a food addict. I’m not trying to be facetious, This is a very true realization I have come to about myself. An addiction to food is as real a problem as alcoholism or drug addiction. Its just not looked [...]

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10 at a time…..

I’ve written and rewritten so many posts about what my goal for this year will be. So many random numbers have been thrown around in the air this past week….. 41 by 41…….21 by 41…..31 by 41!!!! Crazy….. I cant believe I did 40X40 last year. And my ego feels like I need to do [...]

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The Next 40

Weight last week: 163 lbs Weight this week: 164 lbs Total loss: +1 lbs Well I was so thrilled about losing 2 lbs last week that this week I celebrated  by gaining one back. Hmmmm……. a bit heavy on the food and drink this past week has brought me to the realization that losing 6 lbs [...]

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The foodie in me…….

I am, have been and always will be a huge foodie! I spend so much of my time… Writing about……….. cooking……… and eating food. I have two websites dedicated entirely to food……. http://thefoodfairy.wordpress.com/ http://therestaurantfairy.com/ It is one of my truest passions in life. So how the heck am I losing weight…… Whilst being more immersed [...]

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