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Morning Musings: July 21

Jul 21, 2024

But, these are my husband’s (or children’s) leftovers!  Really?  If you end up eating them, then apparently they are your leftovers.  I act like I have kitchen elves.  What sometimes works for my clients is to have everyone take exactly […]

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Morning Musings: July 20

Jul 20, 2024

What I need to know about myself is that I become more attached to the food the longer I own it.  If I don’t capitalize on the moment of clarity when I know that I should chuck it, it is […]

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Morning Musings: July 19

Jul 19, 2024

I don’t know about you, but I know that I hate to throw food away once I have spent money on it   But does it make any sense to be unwilling to throw out a $5 coffee cake and then […]

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Morning Musings: July 18

Jul 18, 2024

I can feel it in my bones when there is junk food on the premises.  At my sister’s, for example, I would ask if she minded if I had one of the Drakes Coffee Cake Juniors in her pantry.  She […]

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Morning Musings: July 17, 2016

Jul 17, 2024

True confessions.  OK, so here is what I had to do to help myself with peanut butter.  Of course, you do not need to tell me, I could have just not kept Skippy Super Chunk in the house – obviously.  […]

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Morning Musings: July 16

Jul 16, 2024

When something is in my house I can actually feel it there.  If I really find that my trigger foods must be in my house for someone else, there are lots of ways to protect myself from exposure to them […]

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Morning Musings: July 15

Jul 15, 2024

I figure that there are a limited number of times that I will be able to say no in any given day.  Once they are gone, they are gone.  There also seem to be less “no’s” in my arsenal when […]

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Morning Musings: July 14

Jul 14, 2024

Your friend’s habits are predictable too.  Don’t you know who is going to want to get appetizers, spend a lot of time before the meal on drinks, split desserts, etc?  I do.  That would be most of my friends.  

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Morning Musings: July 13

Jul 13, 2024

Your friends give you food because you have taught them that you want them too.  They are not bringing it (or cooking it for you) because they don’t love you, want you to die prematurely or because they think you […]

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Morning Musings: July 12

Jul 12, 2024

We “train” other people’s expectations of us where food is concerned. Case in point:  One of my clients had a great reputation among her friends and family as a fabulous baker.  During the time she was losing over 100 lbs. […]

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