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” »


June 21

I didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to notice that I had no willpower in the presence of certain foods.  I am not proud of this fact, nor happy about it, but I am clear.  I have to admit […]

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June 20

Every diet that I went on that had an end date – whether that was a goal weight or an event or a time frame (especially the radical, really satisfying ones) – was a testament to the fact that I […]

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June 19

So, why does it help?  I think it is because exercise causes you to get a hold of that side of yourself that would also call ahead to a restaurant to check the menu before you go, or that side […]

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June 18

I remember when Oprah had successfully lost a bunch of weight years ago working out with Bob Greene and with Rosie cooking for her.  She was actively speaking about this on her show and had started a weigh loss club. […]

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June 17

More importantly, exercise also predicts other health behaviors.  I started in this field working for an in-patient hospital weight loss program that also conducted Risk Factor Management programs in corporations.  Exercise was, hands down, the biggest predictor other positive health […]

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June 16

There is an organization called The Weight Control Registry that has been tracking the behaviors of successful weight losers for a lot of years.  The one thing that virtually everybody (male or female) who has kept weight off for over […]

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