Everyday signs of an uneasy relationship with food, described without a checklist or a verdict, and a one-week way to notice your own patterns first.
One biscuit, then the packet, then Monday. Why the all-or-nothing eating mindset tends to follow strict food rules, and one low-pressure practice to try.
What do food cravings mean? Mela reads a craving for chocolate at four o'clock as information about your afternoon, and here is what to do with one.
Mela reads thinking about food all day as often tracing back to hunger or a food you've forbidden yourself, and what tends to happen once it's allowed.
Why old food rules and the 'Monday, properly this time' voice come back weeks later, how a lapse differs from a relapse, and what a setback can tell you.
If your week begins with a promise to "be good" and ends in the biscuit tin, the problem was never your willpower. Here's what's actually driving the cycle — and the first small step out of it.