Archive for the 'Helpful' Category

Ditch the Drive-thru: Melon and Meat

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I just keep learning things about myself. Like, nothing transports me to BingeVille quicker than an empty stomach and a sense of self-pity. To solve this, I eat small, balanced meals throughout the day and very rarely let myself feel more than a slight hunger. So far, it’s worked for me even when I can’t [...]

Bento

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

My psychiatrist friend is fond of musing, “Mal likes little things, like purses and dogs.”
Well, who can blame me?

I like to counter his wiley, psychological ways by stating that I’m living out an unfulfilled fantasy of being tiny myself. An as yet unfulfilled fantasy. But, I digress.
Last year, when I was getting really serious about [...]

Slow Food

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

What sort of amazes me is how much time and energy it takes to eat well and be mindful about things. For me, even after I had pretty well gotten the bingeing under control, I still had a problem with fast food and not, of course, because it tastes so much better than its opposite. [...]

Hostile territory

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

The cupcakes above are not actual size. In fact, I shrank them down (“reduced,” as our grandmothers would be fond of saying) so as to avoid undue temptation for me or you or anyone else who doesn’t need delicious chocolate cupcakes on their mind. These are the cupcakes I made for my friend’s birthday yesterday, [...]

In praise of: Almonds

Friday, January 5th, 2007

Taste [rating:5]

Health [rating:4]

Environment [rating:3]

Processed [rating:5]

Portability [rating:5]

[rating:overall]

An experiment.