Fat Dialogue / Sugar Junkie Blog by Guest Blogger Rebecca Hill

March 15, 2011


I have not yet read Geneen Roth’s book, Women, Food and God but I hear it’s great!



In a recent e-blast from Oprah’s website they had a short article (perhaps an excerpt from the book?) that caught my attention. If you want to read the whole article, here’s the link:


http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-Cookie-Burglar-Stop-Binge-Eating-Geneen-Roth/1


But the part that intrigued me most was Geneen’s idea of writing a “Fat Dialogue.” Here’s a condensed version of what Geneen had to say:

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February 27, 2011

While everyone else is watching the Oscars I’m sitting here contemplating Deepak Chopra’s question, “What kind of relationships do I want to have?” I’m not doing this because I’m “so deep and centered” – I’m doing this because my husband, Tom, turned our TV reception off 3 years ago upon both of us realizing that I’m a TV addict, and in particular, I’m a reality show junkie. If I remember correctly, it was a “Real Housewives of Orange County” marathon that was the final straw in making this decision.

After about 6 hours of me watching “The Real Housewives” and refusing to talk with Tom or even get out of bed, Tom started yelling, “This must stop. Ever since I’ve known you, you’ve talked about wanting to be a writer, but you never even try to write – you just watch TV!” So, off went the TV and I guess it worked – because here I am writing instead of watching the Oscars. (Though I do keep trying to get “sneak peeks” of the Oscars from clips online and The Huffington Post…our secret, okay!?!) Read more.