Morning Musings

I love my quiet time in the morning.

Seems I wake up, more often than not with the FID’s.  That’s:  Fear Of Impending Doom.  I don’t know why I seem to “come to” most days in this state, but, thank God (or Good Orderly Direction, or Source, or Universal Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), I do know what to do about it. Continue reading “Morning Musings” »


August 5

Keeping a diary is a good indicator that I really want to know what I am up to.  Boy, has that helped me clear up what is “worth it” to have to reconcile.  I’d rather wear a bathing suit than […]

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August 4

Staging indicates and intention.  The more I do to set myself up in advance to be on track, the more I must be intending to stay there.  I know I am planning on a good week when I hit the […]

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August 3

No surprises here – fortunately for most of the us the summer has some fairly predictable situations.   Did anything in particular work for you last year?  One of my clients took a Richard Simmons cruise.  Another keeps Italian Ices in […]

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August 2

Each time I derailed and ultimately gained back, I did so by doing the same old problem behaviors that I did the last time around.  I just never noticed the patterns.  Apparently most of us do this.  But, if I […]

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August 1

Summer months seem to provide all kinds of eating opportunities with probably less structure than any of the other months…no matter your life situation, parent, employee, single, married, kids, no kids, working, not working.  That makes August a perfect month […]

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July 30

It probably hardest on the kids.   David Kessler, former Surgeon General and author of The End of Overeating says that if we don’t manage the way our kids consume sugar, fat and salt combos when they are very small, their […]

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