It’s summer! Do you ever get tired of the same old foods? Let’s put a bit more joy into our abstinent food plans! How about some dragonfruit? Have you ever tried this? It is a large, strangely shaped red fruit with sweet flavored pulp. Here are pictures. Here is a professional view: And this is […]

I am sorry for posting this so late, Life just got in the way. In a recent post, I quoted food abstinence as, “Abstinence is the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight. Spiritual, emotional and physical recovery is the result of living […]

On July 4th, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, which was intended to celebrate the birth of a new nation, commemorating freedom from British colonial rule. In India, Independence Day falls on August 15th every year. In Canada, a similar celebration occurs on July 1. These days have greater historical and cultural […]

I want to talk some more today on restaurants and travel and summer food non-fun. We look at summer and imagine other people taking cruises to Alaska, going to Rome, Paris, or Reno, and sometimes there is the feeling of “not enough”, “not good enough”, “why can’t I?” Foods that trigger compulsive eaters seem to […]

How can you travel across time zones and stay abstinent? How do vacations compromise your abstinence?? How can you take a week at a tropical isle and not mess up your food?? What about a trip to Disney world? Let’s talk first about some principles for eating while traveling, then we will apply them to […]

Hello and welcome to Theresa’s weekly blog. This week I want to begin a series of blogs to help you get through the summer fun and the vacations and travel, abstinently, happily and with enjoyment. Today we are going to talk about eating abstinently in restaurants, then we will discuss airplane, long car rides, and […]

A craving is an intense desire for some particular food that is not on your food plan. Food addicts will experience cravings as a symptom of their condition, from time to time. THIS IS NORMAL! It is often related to the stage or quality of your recovery. It is this intense desire to eat your […]

I wanted to write more about cravings today, but I found these three articles I need to share with you. The first article (reprinted below) is a commentary that is usually written by physicians. This one is written by a chief of Gastroenterology.  High fructose corn syrup (a form of fructose), he says, has been […]

So, it was a hard day for Julie at work…. her meeting with her boss did not go well, and the project she was working on just did not come together. She did not get lunch till 2:30 and she stuffed it down between meetings and had to leave part of it. She forgot to […]

An article in my favorite nutrition magazine really aggravated me this week. Turns out there is a new energizing frozen coffee for sale.” The perfect way to cool off”.  It is made from a blend of water, light cream, liquid cane sugar (sugar, water, and potassium sorbate) and coffee swirl syrup. This is made of […]