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Morning Musings: February 10

Feb 10, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well plan if…I just don’t have to eat vegetables.  Can you eat little enough volume of all the other foods to make this work?  But, people are literally sewing their stomachs closed to […]

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Morning Musings: February 9

Feb 9, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if….I don’t get bored.  Interestingly enough, most people’s unhealthy choices are the same ten foods (among them french fries, hamburgers, pizza and chocolate chip cookies, BTW). Safe detour:  Donna uses a local […]

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Morning Musings: February 8

Feb 8, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if….I just don’t have to grocery shop.  Inspite of the fact that this can be one of the most motivating behaviors you can do for yourself (who hasn’t felt proud to see […]

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Morning Musings: February 7

Feb 7, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if….someone else makes me.   Accountability to someone else never holds up long term.  Potential clients frequently tell me that they want to come to see me because they need someone to report […]

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Morning Musings: February 6

Feb 6, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…I do it perfectly.  Anything short of perfection and I am out of here.  Easy trap to fall into, and guaranteed to set you up with permission to derail eventually.  It’s like […]

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Morning Musings: February 5

Feb 5, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…it’s only temporary.  What, keep this up…forever?   You have to be kidding.  And of course that is one of the problems with radical programs.   Most people can do something radical temporarily, but […]

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Morning Musings: February 4

Feb 4, 2024

Roadblock:  I can stay committed to eating well if…“I can just get it out of my system” first.  So, let me just finish that half gallon of ice cream, that leftover pizza, that pack of Oreos now and I will […]

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Morning Musings: February 3

Feb 3, 2024

I still always have the option of working around a roadblock  by capitalizing on other things that I am good at.  For example, for Melvin, portion control is an issue, but he is willing to eat a lot of vegetables.  […]

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Morning Musings: February 2, 2011

Feb 2, 2024

I can make my history work for me.  At the very least, each January I have that much more information about what works and what doesn’t work.  I can use that information to pave the way to a new set of patterns […]

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Morning Musings: February 1

Feb 1, 2024

For me it has been important to understand that inside of me (and I will speak for myself) thrives a couch potato and glutton just waiting to get out…or waiting to be fed as the case may be.  She is […]

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