Getting multiple children, self, and husband out the door each morning often glides along like a bowling ball across still waters--a graceful launch, splash, then sink. I have worked hard on trying to smooth this process but morning nirvana has yet to arrive. However, I have nailed down one piece of the puzzle and I [...]
Early in my teenage years I got sucked into the media's message of appearance = self worth. I became extremely paranoid about food and weight gain. If I had more discipline, I might have developed an eating disorder. Luckily I had these people for parents who always loved me unconditionally: Because of their kindness to [...]
My brain was rarely happy about making dinner. 5pm would roll around and with the the Mount Everest tasks of chopping, cutting and cooking before me, my brain whispered, "we can't do dinner, let's eat chocolate, and make sure it's in the laundry room because that's the only door with a lock the kids can't [...]
Lunch dilemma: I have hyper-focused on a project and have forgotten to eat. You might think I would lose weight this way. You would be wrong. When my blood sugar gets low enough, I turn into a ravenous bear, just coming out of hibernation, willing to devour any type of junk food: Here are [...]
Dear people who tell me to make a big batch of food ahead of time so I can eat healthy for the rest of the week, My ADHD brain translates "ahead of time" to five minutes late. I need a breakfast I can make in one minute and eat in the car while I'm putting [...]
