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Amy English
Aug 2, 20232 min read
What Will Be Different Tomorrow?
Cindy wanted to understand her emotional, stress, and binge eating habits. She was determined to find what caused the frenzied eating...
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Amy English
Jul 19, 20232 min read
Feelings That Made Me Hungry
I stumbled on a gem... a journal entry I wrote in February 2017 (two months before my last binge). It's titled: Emotional needs/feelings...
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Amy English
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Trust Your Instincts
I was furious when my former doctor aggressively suggested bariatric surgery in 2014. I felt embarrassed and ashamed. But now, I'm...
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Amy English
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Change Starts With You
What are you saying about your body? Do you know who’s listening? I remember the day my daughter asked me if she looked fat. She was 8...
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Amy English
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Hershey Didn't Have the Answer
I had a panic attack when I learned we would be moving to Georgia for my husband’s job. While on a work trip, he called to share the...
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Amy English
May 24, 20232 min read
What is Food and Body Confidence?
Food and body confidence refers to a positive and healthy relationship with both food and your body. It involves having trust in your...
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Amy English
May 19, 20232 min read
A Slippery Slope
Things are good for a few weeks. You're on point with your plans to exercise and eat well. Everything is going great.... until it's not....
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Amy English
May 15, 20232 min read
Snacking When You're Not Hungry?
A very common question that gets asked: "How do you handle snacking, especially at night? I keep snacking in the evening, even when I'm...
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Amy English
May 10, 20231 min read
Hand Over the Chocolate...
It sounds like… "I'm so bored. I should get a snack." "I don’t feel like working. I wonder what's in the fridge." "I need to relax and...
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Amy English
May 2, 20233 min read
Diets Don't Fix Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is a habit that many people struggle with. It involves turning to food as a way of coping with difficult emotions. It...
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Amy English
Apr 25, 20232 min read
What is the Weight of Shame?
Weight fluctuation is normal, especially as our bodies change throughout life. Whether it’s sickness, a visit to the ER, perimenopause,...
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Amy English
Apr 11, 20232 min read
The Binge
Binge eating is a habit that strips you of your power with food and yourself. It leaves you feeling like you have no control. When the...
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Amy English
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Combating Your Sweet Tooth
How do you combat a sweet tooth? Post this question on social media and you will get a ton of suggestions. Here are a few of the ideas...
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Amy English
May 6, 20194 min read
When the Fog Starts to Lift
My Fat2Fierce journey continues in 2019, and it keeps blowing my mind. This year I committed to do the following: Step out of my...
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Amy English
Jan 7, 20195 min read
My Fat2Fierce Journey - Month #12
Last year started with my deeply personal and impossible goal to lose 100 pounds. Over the months I slowly detached from that number,...
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Amy English
Dec 11, 20184 min read
My Fat2Fierce Journey - Month #11
This year started with my deeply personal and impossible goal to lose 100 pounds. Over the months I slowly detached from that number,...
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Amy English
Nov 30, 20184 min read
Wasting Time
What would you be thinking about it you weren't thinking about your weight? What would you do with all that time? My husband recently...
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Amy English
Nov 7, 20184 min read
My Fat2Fierce Journey - Month #10
This year started with my deeply personal and impossible goal to lose 100 pounds. Over the months I slowly detached from that number,...
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Amy English
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Movement Break
It never fails. Movement always gets me out of my funk. Always. Sometimes I fall so deep into my funk that I forget about movement. I...
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Amy English
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Finally!
Last week a friend texted this side by side picture to me. It was a total surprise, and I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it....
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