The Skinny by Amy Brunell
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
The Fat Prejudice -- This could be one of the last remaining prejudices that still hides behind, well anything. Fat is America’s crisis, as well as an epidemic as well as an excuse for food companies and food industries to perpetuate our addictions with whatever they are selling. Despite what we now know concerning how we’re all marketed items with the triple threat of fat, sugar and salt, [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
Give Up Coffee??? Let’s think about our deep emotional connection to food. Food means more to many of us than nourishment. It is a friend, it doesn’t talk back, it tastes good and we actually need it. We have become intensely attached to our food. Our attachment to food is only exacerbated by too many food choices and decisions. We become overwhelmed at the amount of choices and decisions [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
How’s Your Underwear? Today I want to write about a condition that affects both women and men. It is about what is lying in your drawer right now. You know the drawer which I’m referring to. It is the drawer with those old, worn-out undergarments...your underwear. Why do we struggle with our on-going plight of ratty undergarments? What is it about those well worn items we hold on to for [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
I am worried people... Every year for the past 6 or so years, I’ve run a Family Camp. All kinds of families come to meet and spend a week hanging out at 6000 feet up in the beautiful mountains. We share a cooperative liberal environment to play, sing, worship and hang out. So at camp and I promised myself to take some time and do some writing. Lately, I’ve been “over-busy” and it’s [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
Delving into Forgiveness -- “The past is over…Forgiveness means giving all hope of a better past.” Jack Kornfield There are so very many thoughts out in the world about the concept of Forgiveness. Many of our influences come from religion. All religions talk about forgiveness in some way, but the concepts can be in conflict-or let’s say human interpretation can be in conflict. So [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
This Feels Bad… A member wrote a scathing letter about me to WW. This member was very angry at me and accused me of shaming them. Now there’s more to the story than that, but let’s just say that the idea of shaming someone is so totally out of my nature. I don’t even think that way-not even to my kids. I call these moments “green hair” times. It’s when you are accused of [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
“Eat What You Love?” -- Some weight loss experts propose that eating what you love can be a step towards the solution of weight management. You might think “Well if I only ate what I love, then I would only eat chocolate, fries, chips, ice cream and mac & cheese.”Eat what you love” is problematic because essentially we don’t value our bodies. We don’t love ourselves and [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
Regrets? I’ve Had One Lately --- Sorry for the delay in new blogs lately-my computer crashed. Yes, I’ve become one of the many unfortunately souls who lose their technical device. I’m hoping the Geek Squad is going to let me know that yes, they have saved my photos, but alas no such call has come yet. When I was first told my computer hard drive was crashing, I kind of couldn’t believe [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
I’ve been thinking about patience lately. I realize how much patience one has to develop to accomplish any worthwhile goal whether it’s getting a degree, raising a child or losing weight. Regarding my children, one lecturer used to say, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” That saying has helped me when parenting my children, but I use it to in other aspects of my life. We’re so used to [...]
The Skinny – Amy Brunell
Waiting for the Inspiration to Come... What is Motivation? The urge to move forward. Why do we lose it? We’re tired. How do we get it back? We move anyway. This week I’ve been exploring how we get motivated, how we lose motivation and how to get it back. Frank Tibolt says, “We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates [...]
