Posts in Weight Loss Joy

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…]

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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Be sure you didn’t go through a doorway

I do it all the time. I walk into a room and can’t remember why I’m there. I had my phone in my hand a few minutes ago but now I can’t find it. Of course, I also can’t find my car keys or my glasses.

In our complicated lives, we often have too many things happening at the same time. Eventually, something gets lost or forgotten. [Read more…]

Over the past years, you’ve probably heard lots of conflicting advice. Throw the scale away. No, wait! Weigh yourself every day. No, that’s not right either. Never weigh yourself at all.

In the field of weight loss, you’ll find plenty of controversy about using the scale. Lots of books and program leaders take an extreme approach and say, “Throw it away! Never weigh yourself again.” Sometimes, you’re told, “The scale is evil, and it will ruin your weight-loss efforts.” [Read more…]