tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67827736011578163102024-02-19T19:25:07.685-06:00Blueberries with TeaRebirth through tales of blueberries with continuous cups of tea.Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-38546975184892202602012-06-13T12:50:00.000-05:002012-06-13T12:50:26.106-05:00Mindful Green BeansI practiced mindful eating today with green beans. Leftovers heated up at work can't be too sexy. Or, can they?
I decided that I shove the whole green bean in my mouth all at once if I eat with a fork. So instead I used my fingers and was able to eat them much more slowly.
Then, I realized that I don't like the tips. Why should I eat something that I don't enjoy? Shouldn't every bite be as Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-31568926924655336012012-03-01T13:13:00.001-06:002012-06-13T12:53:48.311-05:00Scale RelapsesI have weighed myself twice. Last Thursday I binged and then Friday I weighed myself. Did well with my eating since Friday but for some reason felt compelled to weigh myself on the pesky scale at the gym at my work where I take yoga classes. The only progress I can gleam from this was all the times I didn't weigh myself in these few days when I wanted to. And the fact that with today's incident IJuniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-55953367513210955362012-02-22T09:57:00.001-06:002012-06-13T12:55:35.817-05:00Recapping Past NumerologyLaying in bed next to my poor, feverish 2 year old this morning, I realized that I last weighed myself on February 13. It was 155.8 for whatever that is worth. Wow, I daresay this is the longest I have gone without weighing myself since last July. Progress! I've been dancing around with various blogging adventures and pseudonyms in good anonymous 12 step form, but for new followers and Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-5759178735338220182012-02-21T10:00:00.000-06:002012-06-13T12:56:50.305-05:00Scale and Number WithdrawlsI woke up at 1am with a raging headache. Before I came up with a game plan to address said headache, I found my first waking thoughts to be that I should weigh myself. I did not weigh myself. Instead I took some ibuprofen and heated up a lavender rice sock to put over my head. I was back asleep by 1:30am.
This morning I also thought that I should weigh myself. I did not.
I think I still managedJuniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-65153464644671056152012-02-20T16:12:00.001-06:002012-06-13T12:58:55.915-05:00Shame of the Muffin TopI haven't weighed myself for a good number of days now. I can't be sure how many to be honest with you. Maybe a week? Its like I am in the fog of a scale detox.
I am not supposed to be weighing myself at all. As of last summer my work with a therapist had led to that decision. I was starting to become too similar to the old anorexic me and my weight loss rate was decreasing so I was becoming Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-18913378694867303832012-01-17T15:48:00.000-06:002012-06-13T13:01:48.270-05:00Eating in RecoveryWhen trying to view food through the lens of a 12 step program, I have found that some pretty profound realizations can be made quickly. If you are ready. Until you are ready to admit powerlessness over reckless behavior with food - then you can 12 step other aspects of your life and leave the elephant in the room alone. Eventually you can't squeeze your largeness around the elephant inJuniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-24127456553271872362012-01-11T22:13:00.000-06:002012-06-13T13:03:37.124-05:00The Weekly YoginiI got back into yoga last summer. And I say got back into it with a bit of a sigh. As, I have this pattern of creating healthy habits to enrich my lifestyle. And then. I sheepishly abandon them. It is always some major life change that comes up. Knee surgery, college, planning a wedding, graduate school, job travels, illness, pregnancy, new babies, emotional catastrophes. So Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782773601157816310.post-1527490867296260832012-01-11T09:50:00.001-06:002012-06-13T13:04:14.861-05:00The Journey BeginsThis is the journey of Juniper.
A woman who loves birth. A woman seeking balance. A woman who adores a regular yoga practice. A woman trapped in the golden handcuffs of Corporate America. A woman in recovery from her own demons as well as coaddiction recovery from others' addictions. A woman with a husband and two children. A woman who has struggled with food - both in excess of and deprivation Juniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070216102198429187noreply@blogger.com0