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Surviving Myself: Real Stories of Real People Mastering their Real Life Challenges

Jan 29, 2010

It’s always clearer when it’s someone else’s life, right? Following are stories of individual clients (or even me) finding ways to manage their struggles with food using behavioral and cognitive techniques.  Their specific circumstances may not be your circumstances, but […]

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Surviving Myself: Susan’s Hungry Day “Go To” Foods

Oct 27, 2009

Ever just have “that kind of day“?  The kind of day when you just feel like endlessly munching?  Well, I sure have, and after I have exhausted all my other non-food options to just get past it, here are some […]

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Surviving Myself: “MINDING MATTERS” (or Weight Management for the Otherwise Competent)

Sep 4, 2009

I get soooooo tired of magic bullet books that claim to have “The Answer”, the one that can magically fix my relentlessly grueling and often torturous relationship with food.   My guess is that the publishing industry knows their audience.  They […]

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Surviving Myself: Stay Tuned…

Aug 16, 2009

As the book evolves I will post chapters here for you to review and share your comments.

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Weight Loss Tips: 24-HOUR BINGE RECOVERY MENU

Nov 24, 2008

Reset your metabolism, calories and emotions THE RULES Don’t starve – it will come back to bite you every time. Jump start your metabolism and get everything moving on down the line (so to speak) by eating a decent breakfast.You’ll […]

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Food and Drink: HEALTHY SNACK IDEAS

Sep 23, 2008

HEALTHY SNACK IDEAS -Carb-Balanced, All Natural, All Around 200 Calories- Any real food dinner leftovers Medium apple and 1-1/2 Tbs. cashew or almond butter. Medium baked potato and ½ cup pastured cottage cheese. 1 cup melon or berries and ½ […]

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Surviving Myself: Americans Eat…

Jan 27, 2008

Breakfast again….According to a study from Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, overweight women who eat egg breakfasts lost twice as much weight as women who start their days with bagels.  Researchers say the protein in eggs increases […]

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Food and Drink: 38 Low/No Starchy Carb Breakfast Ideas, and counting…

Jul 3, 2007

**Think outside the box… **Use grass fed organic full fat dairy when available **Use low carb tortilla, bread, crackers etc.  There are several good brands on the market. **I tend to avoid anything that comes out too much like a […]

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