Last Saturday I took part in a workshop at Studio NiaMoves called “Exploring Mindful Eating.†Personal chef and food consultant Adam Miles talked about how human beings develop issues with food, and what we can do about it. His premise is that we start out with an instinctive ability to eat right, eat only when we’re hungry, and enjoy what we eat, but that we pick up bad habits, bad information, and a twisted relationship with food as we grow up. We learn to eat the wrong things, for the wrong reasons. But we can unlearn. …[MORE]
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It takes years of casual neglect and simple bad habits for a human being to get out of shape. Why would you expect to get back into shape overnight? ConsolationSome progress is still better than no progress.  You can get there from here. Do something every day. That’s the mantra of my exercise program. I repeat this to people all the time: “If I’m sick, or if I’ve worked an 18‑hour day, or if it’s raining, I put on my shoes and I walk around the block.†Something. Every day. It’s how I satisfy the terms of an imaginary contract that my brain has made with my body. Today, I found myself without a car. My 10‑year‑old Maxima broke down last night, and this morning, a friend helped me jump‑start it and dump it at the mechanic’s shop. I’ll find out tomorrow what’s wrong and when I can have it back. Meanwhile, I had to get some exercise. …[MORE]
Good Reasons to Eat
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