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Morning Musings: January 31

Jan 31, 2024

Ultimately, possibly the biggest lump I have to swallow is this: no matter how excited I am to be thinner, no matter how desperate my extra weight made me, no matter how tenacious I am in other areas of my […]

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Morning Musings: January 30

Jan 30, 2024

Exercise Basics – I have to move – regularly.  Theoretically you should be able to keep the weight off if you keep the calories and content of your diet where they need to be, but weight management statistics throughout time […]

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Morning Musings: January 29

Jan 29, 2024

Environmental Basics – I have to know how much exposure is too much.  I’m OK, I’m OK, I’m Ok….ooops, no I’m not.  It can be a bit of a moving target (I can tolerate less when I am tired or […]

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Morning Musings: January 28

Jan 28, 2024

Environmental Basics – I can create environments that support the task I am trying to accomplish – at least some of the time.  I can keep the right things in my home, pick the type of restaurant I want to […]

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Morning Musings: January 27

Jan 27, 2024

Nutritional Basics – I have to figure out how much volume I need to be full.  Everybody has a certain amount of food it takes before they feel like they are done, and studies show that while you can ignore […]

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Morning Musings: January 26

Jan 26, 2024

 Nutritional Basics – I have to figure out what my trigger foods are.  Having said that about eating soon enough, trigger foods can override every smart move I already made.  Just about everybody has them.  They can be the foods […]

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Morning Musings: January 25

Jan 25, 2024

Nutritional Basics – I have to figure out how long I can wait between meals before I am unable to manage my appetite.  Like pain, hunger can get out there ahead of me and when I finally eat, I can’t […]

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Morning Musings: January 24

Jan 24, 2024

Nutritional Basics – I have to figure out when to eat.  In the last few years, while several diet books have recommended 5-6 mini-meals for reasons of blood sugar management (affecting insulin, appetite, cravings, inflammation, etc.), others have recommended three […]

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Morning Musings: January 23

Jan 23, 2024

Nutritional Basics – I have to find the appropriate eating plan for me.  A few years ago, I decided to throw caution to the wind and go crazy on the Induction part of the Atkins diet.  Of course, it was […]

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Morning Musings: January 22

Jan 22, 2024

Nutritional Basic – I have to feed myself real food (food food, I call it).  Apparently my body doesn’t consider itself truly fed on something like breakfast cereal, or the font of other dry crunchies that sound oh so good […]

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