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Surviving Myself: Under The Influence of Saboteurs…or Not!

Dec 19, 2011

I spent years creating an extraordinarily undermining food history with most of my long time friends.  They still enjoy regaling their friends with stories of  my gluttony and the extremes I would go to to balance off the damage.  For […]

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Surviving Myself: 100 Calorie Packs – Is Less More?

Nov 13, 2011

I get interviewed by a website called HerCampus.com fairly regularly.  I always enjoy contributing although I never know till they write it up whether or not I will be quoted.  They do a really interesting variety of college relevant topics.  […]

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Surviving Myself: When is a Calorie Not Just a Calorie? The Biochemistry

Aug 29, 2011

I was brought up in the tradition of calorie counting, and as a result, once I understood what I was spending and despite some serious eating issues – both behavioral and nutritional – never again gained my weight back. So, naturally […]

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Surviving Myself: Strategies for the BBQ-Challenged

Aug 29, 2011

Just when you had convinced yourself that you are the only one on the planet earth who ever had to work this hard at this…here are a few tried and true deliberate Labor Day BBQ strategies courtesy of my clients, […]

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Surviving Myself: You Can Have Your Cake And Not Wear It Too!

Aug 3, 2011

One of the things it is easy to get stuck behind in the quest for successful weight management is the delusion that I have to be perfect, deny myself every food pleasure or I may as well not bother.  “I’m just […]

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Surviving Myself: Willpower-Free Zone

Jun 5, 2011

Rather than depending on that fickle willpower, hoping that “your head will be in the right place,” why not try some of these strategies (painstakingly developed) by some seasoned veterans of the weight management wars to handle some of their […]

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Surviving Myself: Environmental Control Picks Up Where Willpower Leaves Off

Jun 5, 2011

All my life I’ve wanted someone to tell me how to generate willpower and how to sustain motivation.  I wish I could tell you, but I still don’t know the answer to that question, although I’ve been managing my weight […]

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Surviving Myself: Exercise – The Real Magic Bullet

Apr 24, 2011

Probably the only reason I finally got started exercising regularly was because of Smokenders.  Oh, I had been “intending” to exercise since my early 20’s (and I had 3 expired health club memberships to prove it).  My third time back […]

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Morning Musings: February 28, 2011

Feb 28, 2011

Onward and downward!  

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Morning Musings: February 27, 2011

Feb 28, 2011

God’s part (The Grace)…My part (The Shoveling)      I can accept that I am not going to be perfect, and get over it      I can use my history to tell myself the truth      I can do the action […]

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