Real Stories of Real People Mastering their Real Life Challenges

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 try to identify with the nature of the challenge and their process rather than comparing the details of your life. Continue reading “Real Stories of Real People Mastering their Real Life Challenges” »


The Selfie Method

Sep 26, 2014

My favorite cartoon ever was one where Ziggy is looking at himself in a mirror saying, “Well, what’s it going to be today?  Are you with me or against me?”  There, in a nutshell, was my history with weight management. […]

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That Elusive Exercise Mojo

Sep 26, 2014

After 10 years of sincere but broken promises to myself that tomorrow I would start a lifelong habit of jogging, paying Smokenders for my third attempt to quit my 2 1/2 pack a day habit was actually the catalyst to […]

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What I Really Needed to Know

Sep 26, 2014

I am a graduate of every diet on planet earth (both sensible and ridiculous), could recite the principles of good nutrition and exercise chapter and verse. I’d start out bulletproof, basking in the after glow of weight loss success, until […]

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Got Grace?

Sep 26, 2014

How many times did I find myself on my knees on the bathroom floor, sobbing and praying for God (or some universal force) to remove my food addiction? In hindsight, I can so clearly see that I received the grace […]

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Exercise as a Catalyst for Change

Sep 26, 2014

I recently reconnected with my college freshman year best friend through Facebook.  She was absolutely shocked to hear from me.  So totally out of control was my lifestyle back in 1972 that she naturally assumed I was dead.  Surpri-ise! Change […]

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Vacation Mentality Cliff Notes

Sep 26, 2014

Used to be that “vacation mentality” eating began in the car on the way to the airport, or even the night before if I couldn’t hold back the tide. I had often so lost it on vacation that I made […]

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