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Surviving Myself: Stop Dieting And Act As If…

May 17, 2010

The January Jump Start is over.  What now? It’s not that a weight loss program couldn’t provide me with a great running start.  It often did.  It was only when I was suckered into the promise that there is a magic […]

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Surviving Myself: Food Addiction For The Non-Addictive?

May 8, 2010

Although Overeaters Anonymous got the no white flour and sugar thing right some fifty-four years ago, major health experts are now acknowledging and writing about the addictiveness of certain foods. Real biochemistry. Not just you-like-it-so-much-you-can’t-stop, but real organic brain changes. […]

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Surviving Myself: Grace

May 8, 2010

I almost hesitate to talk about grace at all – since I think that it is one of those words that people often groan about when they hear it mentioned.  I know that at one time I certainly would have.  […]

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Surviving Myself: I Finally Figured Out That Starving Is NOT My Best Skill!

Apr 16, 2010

For probably 15-20 years of my successfully weight-managed life I had truly considered my ability to starve to be one of my greatest assets, and I figured that people who didn’t suffer from food addiction just didn’t “get it”.  They […]

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Surviving Myself: Honey, We’re Saving Our Kids

Mar 26, 2010

With every meal and snack we feed our kids, we are programming not only their eating habits (and therefore their future health), but also the habits of our future grandchildren.  Awesome opportunity, right?  Based on current health statistics, for this […]

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I Can Program A “New Normal”!

Mar 26, 2010

There is this great line I heard from Gerry Hicks a while ago for when he is debating the spiritual rightness of something he thinks or is going to do (you know, when you can’t tell if your reasons are […]

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Surviving Myself: Calories – One of Many Tools In Your Toolbox

Mar 18, 2010

I recently had a client say to me, “I don’t think counting calories is the whole answer for me”.  I agreed. There are lots of other tools that she will need to use, to be sure.  I also told her […]

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Surviving Myself: It’s Not Just Bull****

Feb 26, 2010

One of my clients was recounting a story to me of how she had agonized that morning getting herself to exercise.   You know the conversation, when you are all warm and cozy (have had lots of practice and are very, very good […]

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Surviving Myself: If I Don’t Have A Plan For The Environment, The Environment Has A Plan For Me

Feb 25, 2010

It is almost insulting how much the environment dictates the food “choices” we make.  I find that really smart people (or at least those of us who think we are) seem to have a harder time with this.  It’s like […]

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Surviving Myself: I Can Be Bribed Into Weight Management!

Feb 14, 2010

Don’t you hate it when you end up spontaneously spending a lot of calories on something that is soooo not worth it to you? One of the ways I have managed to pull myself up short and get myself to […]

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