The two women in the restaurant booth next to me smiled a lot. Over cups of decaf and the senior breakfast special, they chatted quietly about many things. Clearly, they were good friends and companions to each other.
Despite my efforts to avoid listening to their conversation, pieces of it slipped through. I soon realized that the woman with the flowing white hair asked a lot of questions, often repeating the same one they’d just finished discussing. [Read more…]
Some years ago, I went through a hard time coping with life. I couldn’t seem to figure out what was causing my struggles.
My life had been fine, and I hadn’t felt overly stressed. The weather had been good, my home life was stable, and I’d recently had good times with my friends and family members. But I kept feeling off balance and somewhat “out of sync” with life. [Read more…]
This article was published on “Next Avenue,” online publication.
It fits with a lot of our struggles with weight loss as well as other challenges in life. Click on the link below.
Hope you find it helpful.
One of the best weight-loss tools is the hardest one to do! It’s tracking what you eat and how much you exercise.
Personally, I hate it, and most of you do to. It’s tedious and has to be done every day, even when I don’t FEEL like it. [Read more…]
As she sat in my office, Patty said, “It was another bad week on my diet. I didn’t really stick with it at all.
The problem is that I‘m so overwhelmed that I can’t even see straight. By the way, I can’t stay long today because I HAVE to run to pick up my daughter from a friend’s birthday party.” [Read more…]
Last summer, Kate bought a new diet book. The plan looked great, and Kate knew that if she followed it carefully, she would lose her extra thirty pounds quite easily.
But the book was a little complicated and Kate had trouble figuring out exactly what she was supposed to eat. Whenever she got ready to follow the meal plan, she didn’t have the right foods on hand or time to prepare the recipes.
A year ago, I was walking regularly, following a healthy eating plan, and doing yoga stretches. Then one day, I stopped. My motivation was gone and I had no idea how to get it back.
I wanted to return to my healthy routines, but day after day, I would eat too much, skip my exercise, and worst of all, not care. [Read more…]
As Amy sat in my office chair, she sighed deeply, then began to talk about her discouragement with her weight-loss goals.
“Last January, I was so determined to lose weight. So I spent a bunch of money, went to weekly meetings, and bought special foods hoping all of this would help me stay on track. [Read more…]
For some reason, this time of year I forget lots of things. I don’t have a memory problem. Instead, I have an attitude problem!
Here are a few tools I’ve forgotten to use for a while. But I’m determined to put them back into my life. I will let you know how that turns out. I’ve added a few details to help you remember them. [Read more…]
I recently published an article on Medium called “Grieving Your Progress.”
I wrote it soon after we moved to Iowa, so it talks about our move. Now we have lived her 9 years and I have adjusted to this new home and town. But I thought you might like to read the article. It applies to a lot of life situations!
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