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Surviving Myself: That Elusive Exercise Mojo

Sep 26, 2014

After 10 years of sincere but broken promises to myself that tomorrow I would start a lifelong habit of jogging, paying Smokenders for my third attempt to quit my 2 1/2 pack a day habit was actually the catalyst to […]

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Surviving Myself: What I Really Needed to Know

Sep 26, 2014

I am a graduate of every diet on planet earth (both sensible and ridiculous), could recite the principles of good nutrition and exercise chapter and verse. I’d start out bulletproof, basking in the after glow of weight loss success, until […]

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Surviving Myself: Got Grace?

Sep 26, 2014

How many times did I find myself on my knees on the bathroom floor, sobbing and praying for God (or some universal force) to remove my food addiction? In hindsight, I can so clearly see that I received the grace […]

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Surviving Myself: Exercise as a Catalyst for Change

Sep 26, 2014

I recently reconnected with my college freshman year best friend through Facebook.  She was absolutely shocked to hear from me.  So totally out of control was my lifestyle back in 1972 that she naturally assumed I was dead.  Surpri-ise! Change […]

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Surviving Myself: Vacation Mentality Cliff Notes

Sep 26, 2014

Used to be that “vacation mentality” eating began in the car on the way to the airport, or even the night before if I couldn’t hold back the tide. I had often so lost it on vacation that I made […]

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Surviving Myself: My Summer Skinny Toolbox

Sep 26, 2014

At the first sign of serious warm weather, I search for my beach bag, pull out last year’s sunscreen and predictably wonder, “Does sunscreen have an expiration date?” Unlike my youth, I no longer associate sunny skies with a healthy […]

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Surviving Myself: Inspiring Myself

Sep 26, 2014

If you have ever successfully lost weight, then you have likely experienced that initial momentum, that glorious feeling of catching the wave and having it carry you effortlessly right up onto the sand. You’re absolutely bullet proof…for a while. While […]

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Surviving Myself: “After This” is Now

Sep 26, 2014

Ah Spring…at last. Birds chirping, sunshine, peeling off all these layers. Uh oh, hold the presses. That means “the big reveal”! Now, I wish I had buckled down more over the winter so that would sound like good news rather […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: Mind Games

Sep 26, 2014

“Stand up and step away from your brain”, one of my wise friends often advises because, when I rely on my emotional brain (the amygdala) run the show, I am just as likely to act as my own worst enemy […]

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Surviving Myself: No Plan Is A Plan

May 20, 2014

Ah June, the month for serial celebrations.  I have finally learned never to attempt to get together or even for that matter speak with my friends with children for the entire month of June.  Back in the day (oh, here […]

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