"Today, the definition of normal eating is blurry. It’s gotten lost amid buzz words like “diet,” “restriction,” “willpower” and “flat abs.” It’s sandwiched between the sizable stacks of “shoulds”: I should diet. I should abstain from dessert. I should count calories. I should avoid “bad” foods. I should have an invisible stomach, smaller hips and thin thighs." - Anna Haro from Bookmarklet

“Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it—not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to give some thought to your food selection so you get nutritious food, but not being so wary and restrictive that you miss out on enjoyable food.Normal eating is overeating at times, feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. And it can be undereating at times and wishing you had more. Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for your mistakes in eating." - Anna Haro

"Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life. In short, normal eating is flexible. It varies in response to your hunger, your schedule, your proximity to food and your feelings.” - Anna Haro

^ That's how I eat. I could never do these fad diets. I just watch what I eat and don't eat to the point of being stuffed. - Admiral Anika

I have been playing a fun game with food lately - every time I go to the farmer's market, I try to buy something I have never cooked before. Last week it was borlotti beans - they are pink and white and look like candy. Ok, they taste like big white beans, but just shelling them was fun for the color. The week before it was padron peppers, which are succulent and tasty but not hot. Anyway, it's a fun game, and food should really be fun, it is one of few true pleasures of life. - Nadine Schaeffer