Why Diets Never Worked for Me: Finding Balance with Food, Part 3

Posted on August 13, 2009

If this is your first time reading this series you might want to read these posts first:

About Amy
About SS&GF
The Intro:  Finding Balance With Food, Part 1
Identifying the Problem:  Finding Balance with Food, Part 2

False Hope – A Lifetime of Diet Failures

Diets were always an elusive hope, one I would chase for a time, catch for a moment, and then lose my grip and fall right on my face.  I could really cut this post completely short and say, with complete certainty, that diets didn’t work because they didn’t solve my problem.

My problem WAS NOT that:

  • I didn’t know what a normal portion was
  • I couldn’t count calories or fat grams
  • I didn’t exercise
  • I didn’t know the difference between ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ food
  • I needed to eat prepackaged, tasteless food
  • I needed to drink my meals

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Posted on August 6, 2009

Identifying the Problem: Finding Balance with Food, Part 2

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If this is your first time reading this series you might want to read these posts first: About Amy About SS&GF Finding Balance With Food, Part 1 As I write this, we’re having our kitchen remodeled.  When we were purchasing the new appliances, we thought that our kitchen hood vented through the side of the [...]

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Posted on July 30, 2009

Finding Balance with Food: An Incredible Freedom, Part 1

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Before reading the post below, I suggest you read My Lifelong Journey with Food and see for yourself how my life has changed. You can also learn more about this me and this site here. At the end of each Finding Balance with Food post, I’ll leave you with one of the meals or snacks [...]

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