Eat When Hungry: Journey into the Science of Satiation

Eat When Hungry: Journey into the Science of Satiation

Trust Our Bodies, Not Our Foods

More specifically, don’t trust the foods of the standard American diet because they will lead us astray and this episode goes deep into the answer of why that is — deep into the center of Eat When Hungry into the science of satiation.

Trusting our bodies is truly is one of my favorite messages from my latest episode of Eat When Hungry with Dr. Doug Lisle. This episode looks at my most profound personal insight of moving into plant-based living and losing half my weight:  I was not broken, and I am not fixed. 

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Halloween: Haunted by the Shadows of Myself

Halloween: Haunted by the Shadows of Myself

I Was Not Broken, and I Am Not Fixed.

This message is important for me to remember today, a day when my former size feels palpable and when addictive foods beckon me with their wicked wiles.

Halloween has haunted me as far back as I can remember. Halloween highlights all my shadows of struggling with food addiction. And, there are many shadows in my story.

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Choosing My Language Carefully: Uprooting Social Stigma

Choosing My Language Carefully: Uprooting Social Stigma

Language Matters: Choosing How to Speak about My Hunger Drive

My story centers around drilling into a deep understanding of my hunger drive, so I could lose more than half my weight – a number well into triple digits.

I frequently talk about my hunger drive and the way hunger works in me. I have deliberately chosen these to help me speak as I break my silence about transforming my shadows around weight.

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