http://hellosunshine.org A local eating, body advocating, conscious, joy seeking, college student Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:09:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en shameful confession: I love top 40 music and I listen to it all the time. I was completely surprised though when on two separate occasions the DJs said offensive things that I keep forgetting to write about. Here goes. offense 1: The DJ is talking about giving away tickets for a ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=241 noon Wake. Drink water. Stumble around 12:15 Rebound on mini-trampoline for a while (in pajamas & sports bra). 1pm Make juice. Or eat fresh fruit (in pajamas). 2pm Watch TV. Sister wakes, joins you. 2:30 Help sister make breakfast 3pm Shower. Dress in something comfortable, or put pajamas back on 3:30 ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=240 It's actually chilly tonight, post-rain in the middle of summer heat.. I'm enjoying the fresh air on the patio as I type this. Since Saturday I have been reluctantly relishing the joy of doing nothing. My family has made this quite easy by constantly occupying the vehicles, making it impossible ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=239 about overeating french fries... "...To make a meditation out of [eating] and eat them consciously without having a secondary entity in your head that says you shouldn't be eating them. Eat them fully and consciously, and at the same time feel how your body feels while you eat ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=227 Pure brilliance. "Its that I have a masters and then I got married look." http://hellosunshine.org/?p=237 a moment in the life of intuitive eating, and re-training the mind. the scene: I just got out of the shower after exercising. body: I'm hungry! mind: Great! Let's go eat. body: I want one of those organic pop tarts! mind: eeeerrr. Those have a LOT of calories. body: You didn't care about the calories on ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=236 In January, as part of my self-care plan, I quit formally exercising. It was a hard mentality to shake off, because I was so used to berating myself for being inconsistent with fitness, it was very weird to have permission to not exercise. Now I am fully aware of both ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=234 I tend to get a tremendous urge to write whenever I have finals and exams looming overhead. It's also a time where I suddenly find motivation to clean (particularly small nooks, crannies, and high shelves), write love letters, watch movies, make intricate recipes with exotic ingredients, and re-arrange drawers. It ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=232 I went to the dentist yesterday, who told me I have a LOT of cavities. As someone who goes to the dentist twice a year, brushes religious, and flosses every single day- I feel really upset about this. Partly it was the manner with which this particular dentist dealt with ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=231 Somehow I've never gotten around to writing about this, but for the past year I have been practicing intuitive eating. Many people come to it when they're sick of diets that don't work, but I actually never dieted because I already knew they didn't work. Instead, I was a master ... http://hellosunshine.org/?p=230