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Morning Musings: December 11

Dec 11, 2024

We train people’s expectations…people bring you/prepare for you what they think you want.  Ifsomeone on my job is tracking me down to bring me a piece of the birthday cake I so deliberately avoided, then they must think I want […]

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Morning Musings: December 10

Dec 10, 2024

What are they thinking?…I don’t want to draw attention to myself.  One of my clients who happens to be a therapist herself, caught herself hesitating to move a bread basket away at a dinner with two couple friends.  She realized […]

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Morning Musings: December 9

Dec 9, 2024

What are they thinking?…Using social pressure to your advantage.  I have done a lot of my worst over eating when I was alone.  I didn’t really want to be a lunatic in front of others, and (in theory) the company […]

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Morning Musings: December 8

Dec 8, 2024

What are they thinking…I don’t want my kids to stand out.  Being a parent must be even tougher than just managing yourself because now you are worried also about how your child fits in.  The commercials from the manufacturer of […]

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Morning Musings: December 7

Dec 7, 2024

What are they thinking?…who wants to be a killjoy?  I am sure I am not the only one who has imbibed when it was absolutely not a good idea for me just because I think that you will think I […]

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Morning Musings: December 6

Dec 6, 2024

What are they thinking?…sometimes I seem to care more about whether you are happy with me than whether I am happy with me.  I have a sister who just doesn’t feel compelled to explain her food choices.  It is so […]

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Morning Musings: December 5

Dec 5, 2024

No one said I have to skip all the junk, anyway.  Again, denying myself everything as if that is what is required to go through the holidays without weight gain is a common excuse I have used to give myself […]

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Morning Musings: December 4

Dec 4, 2024

My history with the holidays makes every trigger (people, emotions, circumstances) predictable.  More important than the obvious food triggers are the people and the history I have created with them.  I have actual brain pathways with every Pecan Sandie that […]

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Morning Musings: December 3

Dec 3, 2024

Is there someone whose support you need to enlist, someone with whom your success is tied up?  Typically at the very least, it is helpful to have those you live with in on it with you so that the environment […]

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Morning Musings: December 2

Dec 2, 2024

If you think about it, you can probably predict who influences you to eat well and who you derail with.  I know I can.  I have a long history with some people.  I have people I influence – I know […]

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