by Barbara Spanjers |
A diet mentality starts a chain reaction around “naughty” food. Inspired by, and with affection for, the children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff. If you give a dieter a cookie she’s going to ask for a...
by Barbara Spanjers |
Anything you eat can and will be used against you in a court of self-judgment. Are there any foods you feel guilty about eating? Chips? Ice cream? Bread? If yes, then your inner Food Police are probably running the show. The idea of “good” and “bad” foods is so...
by Barbara Spanjers |
This is what comes out of my head when I sit by the pool watching my kid get squirted in the face with a water-blaster. It’s one week’s worth of haikus about dieting, weight, and body image (with more to come). I wore a swimsuit while writing these. Gotta walk the...
