Morning Musings: September 18

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I can’t tell if I am full with this food. It dissolves instantaneously in my saliva – like those 20 calorie puffed discs and rice cakes, and of course, any white […]

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Morning Musings: September 17

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I can smell the bread baking.  Smell is the most evocative of the senses.  If the smell continues, chances are the eating will too.  It baffles me how people can own […]

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Morning Musings: September 16

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I have associated that particular food, person, mood, place, smell with “unconscious hypereating” (a term coined by Dr. Kessler in The End of Overeating).  The circumstance itself has a history that […]

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Morning Musings: September 15

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I don’t need teeth to eat it.  Chewing is one of the main ways my brain gets signaled that I am eating.  If I don’t get the signal that I ate, […]

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Morning Musings: September 14

A calorie is not a calorie to me when…I feel badly about myself for eating it and then proceed to take it out on everybody else.  I remember one time at my sister’s when I asked her if she minded […]

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