Tag Archives: food

Wellness Wednesday – Do Calories Mean Something Now?

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Thistle

A month ago, I increased the percentage of carbohydrates in my diet, and the results have been fantastic. And as I mentioned, I gained some glycogen weight because my body could finally replenish its stores. I also gained a pound … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Carb Diaries, part 1

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Thistle

A month ago, I discussed the changes I made to my diet in 2012 that led to eating yogurt for breakfast daily instead of cereal. This was part of an ongoing effort toward eating more whole/real foods, less processed food. … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Yogurt and Histamine

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Thistle

Now this is interesting. I had an ah-ha moment last week on a night when I had a major acute hive reaction (the worse I’ve had since mid-January, with eight-inch long hives, oy…). I’m pretty sure this reaction is due … Continue reading →

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The Eating Instinct, by Virginia Sole-Smith

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Thistle

Subtitled: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America When the author’s first child stopped eating as an infant, she had to relearn everything she knew about food and hunger. In researching this, she moved into researching food culture in … Continue reading →

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Gut Reactions, by Simon Quellen Field (audio)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Science of Weight Gain or Loss Two notes before I begin. First, this is not a diet book or a self-help book. This is a book (primarily) about body science, dealing with the complexities and intricacies that make … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Making sense of discrepancies

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Thistle

Last week, I began listening to a Great Courses lecture series regarding body composition. The lecturer made a statement that I’ve heard a lot – that if you’re eating well and moving well, body composition will change, and that if … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – When Food Turns Against You

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Thistle

Back in early January, I got a bad cold and lost my sense of smell, as you tend to do when you get all stuffed up. The cold lingered and kept recurring for months, until it turned into full-blown bronchitis … Continue reading →

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Wake UP

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Thistle

On Wednesday, I posted about being at my second-highest weight ever. That evening, I binged for the first time in 93 days. I’d almost made it a full 100 days, and it was the longest I’d gone without binging since … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Exercise & Diet

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Thistle

They say you can’t out-exercise a bad diet, and I suppose that in a way, this is true. But in my case, I’ve found the opposite to be truer: you can’t out-diet a sedentary lifestyle. At least I can’t. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Making the Most of Mother’s Day

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Thistle

So yeah. Yesterday morning was frustrating, waking up to water everywhere and a messed up kitchen ceiling. But I’m tired of days just going to hell because of things outside my control, and decided to do what I could to … Continue reading →

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