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Morning Musings: September 11

Sep 11, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…it comes in little pieces.  This includes Cheese Nips, Wheat Thins, sunflower seeds, Cinnamon Toast Crunch.  Granola is a perfect example of this.  Do you know anyone who ever ate a […]

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Morning Musings: September 10

Sep 10, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I tell myself the most arrant nonsense, and then believe it myself. Case in point:   Munchkins.  I keep telling myself that I have only eaten one donut’s worth.  Ok, so here […]

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Morning Musings: September 9

Sep 9, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…the food I eat at 7 am is telling me to look for snacks at 10 am.  This food actually makes me hungry both sooner and later, potentially prompting me to […]

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Morning Musings: September 8

Sep 8, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I have no off button for this food.  I betcha can’t just eat one…honey roasted peanuts, potato chips, French fries, Girl Scout cookies – whatever does this to you.  Nuts are […]

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Morning Musings: September 7

Sep 7, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie when…I hear myself making the most ridiculous justifications about the food.  I can have whatever I want; it is my budget.  But something is up if I have to justify it to myself.  […]

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Morning Musings: September 6

Sep 6, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I find myself sneaking this particular food and hiding the evidence.  This is particularly true when I find myself hiding the evidence from myself!  I do this with Hershey Kisses wrappers.  […]

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Morning Musings: September 5

Sep 5, 2024

A calorie is not a calorie to me when…this food tells my brain to tell me to eat more.  Eating foods that quickly turn to sugar (whether obviously sugar choices like cookies, or the more subtle choices like pasta, cereal […]

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Morning Musings: September 4

Sep 4, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I have actually physically hardwired the neural pathways in my brain to associate that food with relief.  I am literally releasing chemicals upon eating that food that temporarily soothe me.  Problem […]

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Morning Musings: September 3

Sep 3, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I eat out of tiredness, anger, frustration, stress, boredom, sadness, loneliness (you fill in the adjective).  To begin with, I justify foods that soothe me – which, by the way is […]

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Morning Musings: September 2

Sep 2, 2024

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I broke my rules or it feels illegal to me.  “I blew it now” is the taking my finger out of the dyke statement.  Pizza will do that.  Oh, I can […]

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