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” »


January 3

Of course there are plenty of times when the basics will not be enough, when additional solutions are called for that are more sophisticated than that – like reprogramming stress eating or my history with certain places and people, staying […]

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January 2

Whenever I take the history of a new client who at one time or another lost a ton of weight, we can always find at least one spot where (now in hindsight, of course) they first zigged when they should […]

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January 1

I think I always considered myself far too complex an individual for the simple solutions.  Making a menu, I thought, is for beginners, amateurs.  Controlling the environment?  For wimps.  Turns out, these simple steps will usually take care of about […]

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March 31

The food plan itself is huge, but still only one piece of the puzzle.  It is not the entire fix, but without it, it is hard to ever get to the rest of it.  I get undermined by my own […]

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April 29

If I can assess and predict the expenditure, then if I can’t stop myself from doing it, the at least I can bank for it.  I had been unable or unwilling to break my night snacking habit for years, but […]

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February 2

As soon as I hear the words “if” in any sentence involving my lifestyle plans, I know am giving myself an out.  Abraham-Hicks call it “arguing for your limitations”.  I have noticed that if my willingness is conditional, so are […]

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