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Surviving Myself: When is a Calorie Not Just a Calorie? The Biochemistry

Aug 29, 2011

I was brought up in the tradition of calorie counting, and as a result, once I understood what I was spending and despite some serious eating issues – both behavioral and nutritional – never again gained my weight back. So, naturally […]

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Surviving Myself: Strategies for the BBQ-Challenged

Aug 29, 2011

Just when you had convinced yourself that you are the only one on the planet earth who ever had to work this hard at this…here are a few tried and true deliberate Labor Day BBQ strategies courtesy of my clients, […]

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Surviving Myself: You Can Have Your Cake And Not Wear It Too!

Aug 3, 2011

One of the things it is easy to get stuck behind in the quest for successful weight management is the delusion that I have to be perfect, deny myself every food pleasure or I may as well not bother.  “I’m just […]

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Surviving Myself: Willpower-Free Zone

Jun 5, 2011

Rather than depending on that fickle willpower, hoping that “your head will be in the right place,” why not try some of these strategies (painstakingly developed) by some seasoned veterans of the weight management wars to handle some of their […]

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Surviving Myself: Environmental Control Picks Up Where Willpower Leaves Off

Jun 5, 2011

All my life I’ve wanted someone to tell me how to generate willpower and how to sustain motivation.  I wish I could tell you, but I still don’t know the answer to that question, although I’ve been managing my weight […]

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Surviving Myself: Exercise – The Real Magic Bullet

Apr 24, 2011

Probably the only reason I finally got started exercising regularly was because of Smokenders.  Oh, I had been “intending” to exercise since my early 20’s (and I had 3 expired health club memberships to prove it).  My third time back […]

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Surviving Myself: Mind Games

Feb 17, 2011

One of my favorite cartoons of all time was a Ziggy comic where he’s looking at himself in a mirror, and the caption reads, “Well, what’s it going to be today?  Are you with me or against me?”  That’s the […]

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Record Keeping – An Exercise in Understanding, not Judgment

Jan 23, 2011

I never would have learned the value of keeping a food diary if it had been left up to me. Really, my hand was forced.  Thank goodness, since it has proved to be a surprisingly significant tool in helping me […]

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Surviving Myself: Ode to Bread…by Melanie

Jan 15, 2011

Dear Bread Basket, Despite spotting you at your usual hangouts, I have been avoiding you and I thought I owed you an explanation. I just don’t think you are good for me anymore. You see, the problem is, I find […]

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Catch The Wave

May 31, 2010

It took me awhile to figure out that there never was anything magical about a particular food plan, bizarre diet, balls behind my ears or even medication that made me successful at losing weight the many times I had been […]

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