Morning Musings

I love my quiet time in the morning.

Seems I wake up, more often than not with the FID’s.  That’s:  Fear Of Impending Doom.  I don’t know why I seem to “come to” most days in this state, but, thank God (or Good Orderly Direction, or Source, or Universal Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), I do know what to do about it. Continue reading “Morning Musings” »


April 27

Strategy:  Peruse the buffet line without a plate in my hand first.  Take a plate of salad or veggies alone, eat it first, and then go back – after I have taken the edge off. Why:   Unlike my sister who […]

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April 26

Strategy:  if I’m not planning to have dessert, then don’t read the dessert menu.  When I really want to keep myself out of harm’s way, I read the menu before I even go to the restaurant and pick out my […]

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April 25

Strategy:  Don’t set up tomorrow’s binge today.  Don’t buy any more than I need for the indulgence I am having right now.  At least give myself the opportunity to decide not to overindulge.  If I buy extra, that decision has […]

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April 24

Strategy:  If there is no reason not to, have a skinny day. Why:  Because I can and I never know when I will need extra calories.  My life isn’t even as food intensive as lots of my clients and still […]

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April 23

Strategy:  Always exercise on a Monday. Why:  It sets the tone for the week.  I guarantee that if you charted your exercise patterns you would see that virtually every week with Monday exercise is a week with more exercise overall.  […]

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April 22

Strategy: Don’t miss more than three days of exercise in a row. Why:  For some reason that is the magic amount of time in which the warranty on your momentum expires and you wondered how you ever got yourself to […]

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