Morning Musings: May 1

Strategy:  Make travel days skinny days by creating routines or bringing my own food. Why:  The available food on the road or in the air is generally not great anyway, and this way I bookend the trip with low days.  […]

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Morning Musings: April 30

Strategy:  Never assume that something is safe from my clutches just because it theoretically “isn’t my thing”. Why:  I will eat anything when I am desperate or already on a roll.  Nothing is sacred.  Diet jelly with diet butter on […]

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Morning Musings: April 29

Strategy:  Delay gratification by saving the goodies for the end of the vacation. Why:  Especially on vacation I am walking a fine line anyway.  If I love the pastries from a particular French bakery that I only ever go to […]

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Morning Musings: April 28

Strategy:  Always ask what my meal comes with.  Why:  I remember once ordering a Black Bean Burger on a whole wheat bun and it surprisingly came with Cajun curly fries.  Who would assume that something that healthy would come with […]

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Morning Musings: April 27

Strategy:  Peruse the buffet line without a plate in my hand first.  Take a plate of salad or veggies alone, eat it first, and then go back – after I have taken the edge off. Why:   Unlike my sister who […]

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