Post Turkey

Well, the pumpkin pie was definitely not as good as I remembered it and pretty much a disappointment all around, which is good because the last thing I wanted was to get hooked into sugar again. So I guess you could say crisis averted.

Well, the pumpkin pie was definitely not as good as I remember it and a definite disappointment in the moment which is good.

Thanksgiving

So here we are on the big pig out day of the year. Is anyone giving thanks for anything other than a license to binge today? For me it’s going to be a little weird, I’m already trying to navigate through my father’s thanksgiving feast in my head. What will I eat? What will I be saying no to? Thanksgiving has fallen at a very inconvenient time for me this year. I’m at the end of a two month detox and have made excellent progress which I have no intention of throwing away. I’m just going to have to be careful although I will not starve myself. There will be my favorite dessert pumpkin pie and since it was made with me in mind, I will definitely have some. That’s always a game of Russian roulette for me—eating dessert when I haven’t had any sugar for two months. I never know how it’s going to land. Will it be, “this isn’t as good as I thought it would be or as good as I remember” or will it be “this is so amazing, what will I do when it’s over?” I guess I’ll have to check back in tonight and let you know how it went. Here’s what happened the year I said no to the pumpkin pie because I wasn’t eating dessert.

I have no intention of repeating that scenario. For now, I am going to focus on what is supposed to be the spirit of the day and think about all of the things that I am grateful for. I feel truly blessed because it is a very, very long list. To everyone else I say, eat and enjoy today. Savor each bite and count your blessings. Gratitude goes a long way in feeding the body and the soul.

Last Saturday

I’m still ecstatic over the Feed Your Soul, Feed Your Body workshop I did on Saturday. It was an amazing afternoon with incredible women who came and shared their stories. We came together to talk about the ways we use food for emotional reasons and identify what we really want in those moments--to learn to feed our souls so that we don't feed our bodies when it's not appropriate.

It was such an amazing gift to listen to each woman talk about her issues and see myself in each one of them. I am such a believer in people telling their stories—we all think we’re crazy and alone in what we do when in fact there are lots of other people struggling with the same things only no one talks about it. The tagline for the workshop is "learn to provide yourself with true nourishment that goes beyond bingeing, dieting, and the need to have the perfect body." I realize it's a tall order but I know it's possible and it is my great joy to help the women of the world get off the diet/binge rollercoaster and embrace the amazing, gorgeous, powerful creatures that they are.