Welcome to BeFriending Food!
I know firsthand that people who struggle with their weight, health or body image have a love-hate relationship with food. The goal of my BeFriending Food (BFF) blog is to help rid us of the “hate” once and for all. Here, I want to peel away the negativity and become the other BFF (Best Friend Forever) for you — one that is fun, creative and exciting… and never makes food the enemy.
BeFriending Food is about learning that food is in fact your friend. Not only does it nourish your body, it can feed your soul when you discover that the cake that your grandmother served CAN be made healthier and still taste exactly like the one you remember. I want to show you that food can bring you pure peace and be a source of passion even if part of your journey includes a desire to shed a few pounds because you really want to fit into the slinky dress that fit you a few years ago or it includes your seemingly desperate need to lose a ton of weight because you have to for health reasons or else!
I hope you’ll join me through my journey as I work to maintain my 55+ pound weight loss for another 15 years and share your own in the following subject areas:
“Devin Dishes” – Covering issues from my response to data being released about the obesity epidemic to current food events to my suddenly deciding to consider losing 10 more pounds. (Notice I said, “Consider” – check out upcoming posts to learn of my dilemma about this.) I’ll also introduce you to some experts who’ve been helpful in my life and whom you might be interested in learning about.
Chews You Can Use – Touting our favorite new foods and food products as they land in our test kitchen.
Dear Devin – I’ll pick my favorite questions and topics sent in by you and respond for everyone to see. (I won’t identify you personally unless you want me to.) When possible, I’ll combine your awesome emails and questions to answer as many inquiries as possible.
Geared Up for Healthy Comfort – Most trainers agree that food is 80% of “it,” meaning living a healthy lifestyle. But what about the other 20%? There are tons of “Healthy Comforts” that help me maintain my weight loss and live a healthy and happy life. So I’m going to start sharing those with you too. Visit these posts to learn about everything from cool cooking equipment and fun stuff for entertaining to awesome workout gear, cool fitness products and even make-up, shampoo and other products that add natural beauty to our lives.
Wheels Up, No Spare Tire – Here we can help each other find restaurants that support a healthy lifestyle. Many of you responded a couple of months back when I asked, “Where do you eat in your town?” Well, here’s where you’ll see the searchable results. Plus, you’ll be able to continue to post so you can help others and they can help you!
Can’t wait to see you, talk to you and share with you here on “Befriending Food”!
Happy Cooking, Eating…and Sweating!