Surviving Myself: 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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Surviving Myself: 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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Surviving Myself: 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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Surviving Myself: 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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Surviving Myself: “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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