Tag Archives: breaking habits

Preaching To The Converted

One of the hardest things to do, as a dad, mom, grandpa, or grandma, is to silently watch as your kids and grandkids make mistakes. Making mistakes and learning the hard way is sometimes the only way that lessons can … Continue reading

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Don’t Clean Your Plate

If you eat out in the US, you should probably start training yourself immediately to ignore Mom’s advice from days of old to ‘clean your plate’. If you eat everything they bring you, not only will you be uncomfortable for … Continue reading

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Be Your Strength

You are emotionally attached to food. We all are. We are intimately associated with the things we eat and even if you think that your dining decisions are automatic, I guarantee you that they are not. Three out of four … Continue reading

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Modern Day Cassandras

If you are like me, amazed that it was so easy to change your health, your weight, your lifestyle, you probably are just as amazed at how hard it is to spread the good news. Today I want to write about spreading … Continue reading

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It’s Not Your Fault

You live in the United States, you work long hours and so does your spouse. Your kids eat breakfast at home, lunch at school and dinner on the way to or from one of their many extracurricular events. You eat … Continue reading

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink Pop

Today in the New York Times we learn that, out of the goodness of their hearts, major soft drink manufacturers have agreed to cut the number of calories we drink by one fifth over then next ten years. They are … Continue reading

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Time For Plan B

So now I know that I have to come up with a ‘Plan B’ for attending NFL games. The idea of going to the game and not eating and drinking sweets there is just not going to happen. They no … Continue reading

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First Sunday of Football Season

If you are not in the US, when I say it’s the first day of football season, you probably are a little confused. Our football season is only a few months long, but it transforms every Sunday into a day … Continue reading

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It’s Not Just You

Today in the New York Times, Mark Bittman discusses the progress that the Chinese are making with regards to obesity and overweight in that country. The Chinese government has a great deal more power over the lives and choices that … Continue reading

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Why Do YOU Eat That Way?

Let’s say you are about twenty five percent overweight. You are a woman that should weigh one hundred pounds but you weigh one twenty five. You are a man that should weigh one hundred eighty pounds, but you weigh two … Continue reading

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