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…]
A couple of months ago, I ran into the sliding glass door between my patio and my home.
It was night and dark outside. For some reason, I thought the door was open, but it wasn’t and I slammed into it pretty hard.
I rubbed my the area on my shoulder where it hit the door and assumed it would be fine the next day. But it wasn’t. [Read more…]
Kathy wanted to lose “JUST twenty pounds.”
She talked about this a lot, but since it wasn’t such a big deal, she never stayed on her diet long enough to make any progress. When I asked her about ways her weight was impacting her life, she couldn’t come up with much of anything. [Read more…]
I just got back from a great vacation in Jamaica where the weather was warm and all the trees were green.
Now I’m back in Iowa where we have tons of snow and the trees are all brown. The past few days, I’ve just wanted to sit in an easy chair and eat cinnamon rolls! [Read more…]
Today, I really don’t care! I don’t care about healthy eating or doing my exercise.
I certainly don’t care about doing nurturing activities or things that might protect me from emotional eating. Instead, I want to eat whatever I like, take a nap instead of exercising and hunt for some great cookies. [Read more…]