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Morning Musings: February 20

Feb 20, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if..the scale tells me exactly what I think it should exactly when I think it should.  This one gets people in trouble all the time.  Many the sincere dieter has lost faith […]

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Morning Musings: February 19

Feb 19, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I get to love every meal.   Michelle found the crux of one of her stumbling blocks when she heard herself saying about her planned turkey sandwich for lunch, “But, I don’t love […]

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Morning Musings: February 18

Feb 18, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I don’t have to really work at it.  Well, there is the learning curve which does require focus till you create your own personal tool box – much like learning any new […]

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Morning Musings: February 17

Feb 17, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I just never have to reconcile the caloric bills I already incurred.  I used to start over hundreds of times, and never put it together it that I was wearing all those […]

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Morning Musings: February 16

Feb 16, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay commited to eating well…as long as my head stays in the right place.   This is the big one, the motherload, as it were, of risky conditionals.  I think of it as the dietary equivalent of worshipping […]

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Morning Musings: February 15

Feb 15, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay commited to eating well if….I can maintain my habit of starving all day.  When this is the only way she had ever lost weight, it was hard for Linda to accept that it hadn’t worked.  But, […]

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Morning Musings: February 14

Feb 14, 2024

I can stay committed to eating well if…I never have to decide what I will eat in advance, if I can just wing it.   I don’t want to prepare in advance.  I don’t want to brown bag it. Safe detour:  […]

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Morning Musings: February 13

Feb 13, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I can maintain my reputation as a baker, pizza chef, candy maker, etc.  I remember Dr Phil interviewing a chef who had started at 170 pounds and was now around 450.  “But […]

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Morning Musings: February 12

Feb 12, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I can just leave all these tempting things my environment (that I need to keep here for my husband, my kids, potential guests, my grandchildren etc.).   Safe detour:  If it doesn’t […]

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Morning Musings: February 11

Feb 11, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I can just continue to be extremely picky.  I have never had anyone say that and have it be only fish and veggies that they like, incidentally.  Whenever I hear this, it […]

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