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Surviving Myself: Vacation Mentality

Jul 30, 2012

Used to be that I began the eating-out-of-control part of vacation as soon as I got in the car to drive to the airport, or sometimes even the day before left if I couldn’t hold back the tide.  And, while […]

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Nature’s Appetite Managers

May 24, 2012

I had spent the greater part of 20 years on the edge of a binge.  I had no idea then how much I was aiding and abetting that process, and had just resigned myself to the fact that that’s just […]

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Surviving Myself: Closing Pandora’s Box (Binge Recovery)

Apr 27, 2012

I get such a kick out of it when I hear myself say, in explaining some radical over-indulgence, “I ate more than I wanted to”.  Oh, come on, that’s not true.  I ate exactly what I wanted to.  That’s the […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: What If I Am Not Losing Weight?

Mar 15, 2012

The Scale is Lagging It does that. It is not on the same day of the week you are.  Often the loss or gain lags far behind the behavior, especially as we get older.  Eventually whatever you have programmed shows […]

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Surviving Myself: They Did It Their Way

Mar 8, 2012

One day recently a client asked me if I had ever published “my rules”, since I constantly talk about creating your own, individually tailored set of guidelines (just like diet programs do for you), that allow you to keep yourself […]

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Surviving Myself: You Can Be The 5%

Feb 1, 2012

In January 1, 2012, the  NY Times Magazine ran an article about a couple who are beating the odds by successfully keeping off 245 pounds between the two of them.   As the article went on to elaborate, they are […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: Health Tidbits

Jan 12, 2012

MEHMET OZ on APPETITE Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a protein made in the body that stimulates appetite.  Carbohydrate ingestion stimulates NPY. Cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulates satiety – CCK is cued by fat ingestion.  Eating 65 grams of fat 20 minutes before […]

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Surviving Myself: Am I Ready For Weight Management 202?

Dec 31, 2011

I recently listened to one of my regular Wednesday night Clinical Rounds conference calls (on constipation this particular time*) and the practitioner started out by going over what he considered to be the basics when helping someone to solve a […]

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Surviving Myself: Under The Influence of Saboteurs…or Not!

Dec 19, 2011

I spent years creating an extraordinarily undermining food history with most of my long time friends.  They still enjoy regaling their friends with stories of  my gluttony and the extremes I would go to to balance off the damage.  For […]

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Surviving Myself: 100 Calorie Packs – Is Less More?

Nov 13, 2011

I get interviewed by a website called HerCampus.com fairly regularly.  I always enjoy contributing although I never know till they write it up whether or not I will be quoted.  They do a really interesting variety of college relevant topics.  […]

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