

Surgery, Drugs, or Counseling for Heavy Kids?
Adults never seem to know what to do about fat kids. Since the idea of doing nothing doesn’t seem to be popular, and neither does trying...


3 Ways Camping Helps Reshape Food Thoughts
As usual for me this time of year, I'm getting ready for my annual camping trip to Baxter State Park. Even though I've been doing this...


You Don’t Need to Earn Dessert
A few years ago, I saw Alton Brown perform here in Maine. As expected, he talked a lot about food, and he shared five things that he felt...


The Pleasures and Pains of Being Embodied
I’ve been going over old journal entries, and one mentioned a church service about Embodiment. It caught my attention because I’ve been...


Walking for Obligation or Enjoyment?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve gone for walks. Even when I didn’t like any other form of exercise, I still enjoyed taking walks. But...


Finding Balance in Eating
Note: this has a couple of spoilers for the movie Chocolat. Our society doesn’t seem to do that well with balance or moderation. These...


The Limits of Comfort Food
Even people who don’t know much about emotional eating probably know about comfort Food. It crops up a lot in popular culture, from...


Choosing Asparagus on Easter
Easter is coming early this year, next Sunday, and after watching some old home videos from 1986, I’ve been thinking about how much has...


3 Takeaways from “Fat Talk”
I’ve mentioned Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith a couple of times, but the book had so many great...


How Gender Can Impact Eating
Note: I don’t have any details about gay or trans people, so my comments below are about cis, straight people unless noted otherwise. I...