The Weekly Vlog

Abstinence-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders Jul 16, 2025

Read the research paper here.

Have you ever wondered if it’s a good idea for someone with an eating disorder, such as b...

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Can You Do BLE With a More Freewheeling Personality Type? Jun 25, 2025

Are there personality styles that aren’t a good fit for Bright Line Eating? I received an email from a woman who found t...

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Is Whole Wheat Flour Addictive? May 21, 2025

Today, I want to explain why whole wheat flour is a problem for us, even though it may not have been a problem in the pa...

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The 4 S’s of a Successful Rezoom May 14, 2025

I’m thinking today about how scary and demoralizing it can be to break your Bright Lines. I’ve broken my Lines more time...

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Mixtures May 07, 2025

My twins, Zoe and Robin Thompson, turned 17 on May 2. We celebrated their birthday at Plum Garden, the restaurant my fam...

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Defending Your Lines Apr 23, 2025

I talked to someone the other day who told me that she had binged recently. She shared how she stays Bright for a bit, t...

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Motives in Restaurants Sep 25, 2024

Restaurants are my Achilles’ heel, and I want to share with you a few meals recently that didn’t go well—and what I did ...

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Do You Have to Binge to be a Real Food Addict? Jul 24, 2024

Here in the U.S., we’re in the middle of summer. There are picnics and parties and food all around us. I’ve been thinkin...

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Scraping the Bowl Jun 12, 2024

If you’re new to the Bright Line community—Welcome! We’ve got hundreds of new people joining us, thanks largely to the F...

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Why Weigh Vegetables? May 29, 2024

Julie Harris wrote in with a great question. She said: “Why is it necessary to weigh and measure vegetables in Bright Li...

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Can't Stop Eating May 22, 2024

Theresa wrote in with a very powerful and relatable challenge: “It seems I can’t stop eating once I start. This is espec...

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Do What Gives You Peace May 15, 2024

Recently, Flo sent in some great questions. She asked: “What do you mean when you say ‘There are no Bright Line Eating p...

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