Surviving Myself: Thanksgiving Self Makeover

Oct 28, 2012

Surely you have seen those before and after Thanksgiving menus where that perfectly reasonable “typical Thanksgiving Day menu” turns out to be 8000+ calories?  I had always had that, “Heck, it’s Thanksgiving.  It’s once a year.  I’m just gonna eat […]

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Surviving Myself: Halloween – Trick Me or Treat Me?

Sep 30, 2012

Halloween, that predictable candy blowout, lends itself to a short but sweet discussion of how fellow compatriots of the weight management wars have been able to successfully navigate this holiday and treat it like what it is…just a day. Let’s […]

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Surviving Myself: Vacation Mentality

Jul 30, 2012

Used to be that I began the eating-out-of-control part of vacation as soon as I got in the car to drive to the airport, or sometimes even the day before left if I couldn’t hold back the tide.  And, while […]

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Featured: Nature’s Appetite Managers

May 24, 2012

I had spent the greater part of 20 years on the edge of a binge.  I had no idea then how much I was aiding and abetting that process, and had just resigned myself to the fact that that’s just […]

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Surviving Myself: Closing Pandora’s Box (Binge Recovery)

Apr 27, 2012

I get such a kick out of it when I hear myself say, in explaining some radical over-indulgence, “I ate more than I wanted to”.  Oh, come on, that’s not true.  I ate exactly what I wanted to.  That’s the […]

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