Archive for the ‘Healthy Eating’ Category
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
“In the beginning…” Three seemingly innocuous words. “In the beginning, I was more motivated,” said a woman I spoke with recently who completed our program two years ago and suddenly began to see her “compulsive habits” fall by the wayside. “I thought I could do this for the rest of ...
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Bryan got his driver’s license this spring. In an effort to make use of such an important milestone, I sent him to the grocery store with his younger brother. I figured it was time to start taking advantage of having another almost adult in the house and to test out ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
“I’m not going to be one of those people who loses the weight and then thinks my problems are over,” said Ken, a patient in his mid-fifties, I worked with last week. He is in ketosis, the weight is coming off magically, and he has all but stopped meeting with ...
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
“I need a target, Stefanie, something to shoot for, otherwise I just flounder.” My patient continued, “In the beginning of this process I had a goal. I felt so much more focused. Now, I’m just slowly letting all my hard work slip away.” And everywhere I turn this week, I’m ...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Once in awhile I’ll get an email from someone that says that she’s been reading my emails for quite some time, and that she is finally ready to get back on the slopes. She’ll mention shat wasn’t able to address her weight gain when it first started happening, but somehow, ...
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
“Thinking about all of this is a lot harder than I thought. It gets even harder when I realize how much stuff I have been putting off dealing with. It’s not just making good choices, it’s having a plan about how to live this way permanently.” Exhausted and frustrated, one ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The thing about the holidays is that they bring up all kinds of stuff. Sure, there’s a certain amount of excitement, anticipation, and magic. Right? Once a year foods, gatherings with family and friends, gift giving and sparkling lights make this time of year ever so special. And then, there’s ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
“A patient I worked with recently told me she’s afraid to answer the phone. “Why?” I asked. “Stefanie, I say yes, when I mean no. I say yes when I mean maybe. I say yes because I don’t even know what I want.” I probed further, “What does it mean ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
“Life just happens for me. It’s good, and I love it, but it’s killing me,” said a patient in one of our Living IT groups this week. We were talking about the importance of making plans to maintain weight loss. She was commenting about how it feels like she “doesn’t ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
How to climb a mountain
“Make no mistake. This will be an exercise in staying vertical.
Yes, there will be a view, later, a wide swath of open sky, but in the meantime: tree and stone. If you’re lucky, a hawk will coast overhead, scanning the forest floor. If you’re lucky, a ...
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