Losing weight when you don’t FEEL like it

I don’t think there has ever been a harder time to lose weight!

Dealing with the Covid virus has challenged all of us, mentally as well as emotionally.

I’ve heard from many of you that the virus has made it really hard to stay motivated for losing or even maintaining your weight. [Read more…]

How I control fears about health, cancer and the virus

Scared Teddy Bear

Feeling scared?

What a scary time we live in right now. Even if you are doing fine and staying healthy, fear and panic can almost overwhelm you at times.

Here’s a simple but magical phrase I’ve been using to help me manage fears, not only during this time, but for the past few years.

Life is good until it’s not. And right now it’s fine.

Let me explain how this works. [Read more…]

Stay normal when the world is not

Mike at his “office”

For years, my husband, Mike, has gone to Panera Bread almost every day for coffee and breakfast.

When he was working full time, he usually spent an hour so at Panera before heading to the university in Denver where he was a professor.

When he semi-retired five years ago, we moved to Iowa and Mike decided to continue going to Panera every day. [Read more…]

THIS TIME, I’m going to do it…

I’m going to stay on my diet all the way to my goal. You are very determined and motivated, and you are sure that you can do it, THIS TIME!

It’s great to have that level of commitment and focus on your efforts. And maybe THIS TIME you will reach your goal and stay there. But if you are like most people, reality begins to set in and your enthusiasm fades. [Read more…]

I wrote you a letter

Dear Greg and Alice,

Thank you for the lovely card and delicious candy. I had a few pieces and took the rest to work for everybody to enjoy.

You see, having that candy in the house felt way too tempting to me. As you know, I have struggled a lot with my weight. [Read more…]

Break all the rules this December

As the holiday season gets more hectic, all your good intentions can start slipping away.

Maybe you hoped to drop another ten pounds before your work party, but the office goodies kept that from happening.

Or you convinced yourself that you were NOT going to drink rum-spiked eggnog this year, but suddenly, you’re enjoying a second cup of it.
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Normalize your life to lose weight

My Colorado friend Susan called this weekend.

She sounded awful—tired, grouchy and frustrated! She said, “I have totally gone down the slippery slope with my weight-loss plan. And now I can’t seem to get back on track no matter how hard I try.”

I was surprised because Susan has already lost nearly 80 pounds and had been doing great with her program. So I asked her, “What happened to your wonderful plan? Did something bad happen that got you off track? [Read more…]