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” »


My Summer Skinny Toolbox

Sep 26, 2014

At the first sign of serious warm weather, I search for my beach bag, pull out last year’s sunscreen and predictably wonder, “Does sunscreen have an expiration date?” Unlike my youth, I no longer associate sunny skies with a healthy […]

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Inspiring Myself

Sep 26, 2014

If you have ever successfully lost weight, then you have likely experienced that initial momentum, that glorious feeling of catching the wave and having it carry you effortlessly right up onto the sand. You’re absolutely bullet proof…for a while. While […]

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“After This” is Now

Sep 26, 2014

Ah Spring…at last. Birds chirping, sunshine, peeling off all these layers. Uh oh, hold the presses. That means “the big reveal”! Now, I wish I had buckled down more over the winter so that would sound like good news rather […]

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No Plan Is A Plan

May 20, 2014

Ah June, the month for serial celebrations.  I have finally learned never to attempt to get together or even for that matter speak with my friends with children for the entire month of June.  Back in the day (oh, here […]

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Cabin Fever – Day Two

Feb 14, 2014

Man oh man, I don’t know about you but do snow days ever bring out my inner foodie.  For a thousand different reasons…my history, my associations, boredom, procrastination, lack of structure, simply being locked in the same location as the […]

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September – New Year New Structure

Sep 1, 2013

Spontaneity can be the kiss of death for sticking to a weight management program. The lack of structure of Summer is often such murder on our hard won diet routines that it can be a bit of a relief to […]

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