Book #26

26) Roth,Geneen. WOMEN, FOOD, AND GOD: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything. Scribner 2010.

Geneen Roth's books were among the first to link compulsive eating and perpetual dieting with deeply personal and spiritual issues that go far beyond food, weight and body image. She believes that we eat the way we live and that our relationship to food mirrors our deeply held beliefs about ourselves and the amount of joy, abundance, pain and scarcity we believe we have (or are allowed) to have in our lives.

I'll admit, I was a bit put off by "God" in the title, but Roth takes a higher power/meditative/nondenominational approach.

Guidelines to Eating:
--Eat when you are hungry.
--Eat sitting down in a calm environment.
--Eat without distractions.
--Eat what your body wants.
--Eat until you are satisfied.
--Eat (with the intention of being) in full view of others.
--Eat with enjoyment and pleasure.

good health blog review of a G. Roth retreat/workshop: http://everywomanhasaneatingdisorder.blogspot.com/2006/06/geneen-roth-workshop-notes.html

usual prerace stuffs

It's perfectly clear and lovely now, but the stupid weather forecast calls for an 80% chance of thunderstorms during race time tomorrow morning. :( I am not a big fan of starting races in the rain and even less so of slogging muddy trails, but I will be there toeing the line at McKay Hollw Madness 25K regardless and will make the most of it!

Noticed that this year the race shirt isn't included in the registration packet, but will be presented on crossing the finish line! There are cut off times in the race as well, but generous enough that it shouldn't be a problem even for me.

Why is it always the pair of socks I'm looking for that goes missing? Or even more annoyingly one of the matched pair disappears on me in the laundry somewhere between putting things in the washer and taking them out of the drier?!

I have a pair of Injinji toe socks or
a pair of double layer Wright socks or
a pair of Thorlos cushioned socks
but, no, I get fixated that I need to wear the pair of Smart Wools that I can't find!

And what kind of running idiot contemplates wearing a new just-got-them-yesterday pair of shoes to a race? Better to stick with my old trail pair of Adidias, especially if its muddy. Lol..but maybe I could change and wear my new shoes at the after race party!

And, of course, I HAVE to show off these brand spankin' new trail shoes here! Aren't they just so totally ME? :)

They feel spectacularly good right out of the box; hope I'm as excited about them in action.