Morning Musings: September 5

A calorie is not a calorie to me when…this food tells my brain to tell me to eat more.  Eating foods that quickly turn to sugar (whether obviously sugar choices like cookies, or the more subtle choices like pasta, cereal […]

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Morning Musings: September 4

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I have actually physically hardwired the neural pathways in my brain to associate that food with relief.  I am literally releasing chemicals upon eating that food that temporarily soothe me.  Problem […]

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Morning Musings: September 3

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I eat out of tiredness, anger, frustration, stress, boredom, sadness, loneliness (you fill in the adjective).  To begin with, I justify foods that soothe me – which, by the way is […]

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Morning Musings: September 2

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I broke my rules or it feels illegal to me.  “I blew it now” is the taking my finger out of the dyke statement.  Pizza will do that.  Oh, I can […]

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Morning Musings: September 1

Simply put…a calorie is not just a calorie to me if it inevitably costs me more weight – biochemically, behaviorally, emotionally – someway, somehow.  Following are some of the times when a calorie is not just a calorie to me.  […]

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