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Morning Musings: April 2

Apr 2, 2024

Records help me decide if something is worth it to me.  Rather than addressing my food choices from the perspective of some diet program or some nutritionist is “allowing” me to eat a food, I get to decide if it […]

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Morning Musings: April 1

Apr 1, 2024

I recently reconnected with my freshman college best friend (35 years later, I hate to admit) and she was genuinely shocked to find me still alive, and naturally even more surprised to find out that I am a Nutritionist…ha!  My […]

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Morning Musings: March 30

Mar 30, 2024

It’s not that it wouldn’t be great to develop better willpower (clearly), it’s that I don’t actually have to master that if I am willing to master the environment.  My surroundings are an easier thing to initially manage than my […]

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Morning Musings: March 29

Mar 29, 2024

I can teach these principles all day long in my practice, but if I go home to a box of donuts on my own counter, all bets are still off.  What I have developed (through painful trial and error of […]

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Morning Musings: March 28

Mar 28, 2024

I used to always confuse self-discipline and willpower.  I thought self-discipline meant that I had willpower.  It doesn’t apparently.   But, if I will be self-disciplined about the action steps involved, I will not need to be relying on my willpower […]

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Morning Musings: March 27

Mar 27, 2024

What really makes any plan work is my willingness to do what I need to do to make it convenient, easy, and eventually habitual.  There are always clear action steps involved in any successful plan.  If I identify exactly what […]

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Morning Musings: March 26

Mar 26, 2024

“Just tell me what to eat and I will eat it”.  How many times have I said that and wished it were that simple?  I am so glad that eventually I figured out two important things: one, I have zero […]

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Morning Musings: March 25

Mar 25, 2024

Making myself be accountable for the bill hurts more than being overweight.  I makes me go out of my way to figure out ways to head myself off at the pass next time.  If being overweight had the same leverage […]

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Morning Musings: March 24

Mar 24, 2024

I can also accomplish this banking in advance by exercising and not eating those calories as I go.  Again, reasonability is the name of the game.  This is not a call to overexercise and starve.  It’s just like having a […]

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Morning Musings: March 23

Mar 23, 2024

This is what Weight Watchers is doing with “flex points”.  They are not a gift.  They have been skimmed from your daily budget in advance and given back to you to play with, as if you would not be smart […]

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