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After Weight Loss: Learning to Embrace the New You (or Whatever’s Left)

“I feel fantastic! I’ve lost 125 lbs. since early 2015. My energy and activity levels have soared. I love the huge variety of nutrient-dense foods I have the opportunity to eat. I’m truly thrilled to be alive!” “Yikes! Who am I? And whose body is this? Loose, wrinkly skin! Veins for days! And where’s myContinue reading “After Weight Loss: Learning to Embrace the New You (or Whatever’s Left)”

Question of the Day: Help! How Do I Get Myself Off the Couch?

How to Get More Active NOW! You want to “get active,” but work, kids, lack of motivation, partners, Netflix, stress, boredom, anxiety, anger, frustration, insecurity, late-stage capitalism, are all actively inviting you to give your attention to them. How do you break free of “all that” and peel yourself off the couch? Has the phraseContinue reading “Question of the Day: Help! How Do I Get Myself Off the Couch?”

Question of the Day: How Do I Deal With Obstacles and Lapses?

3 Tips to Getting Back Up Again You’ve embarked on a new fitness plan, a healthy eating pattern, a smoking cessation program–or maybe you’ve been absolutely spiffy at it for months–and then the inevitable happens. You stumble. You miss a session. You give in to temptation. Maybe you think: “No problem, I’ll get to itContinue reading “Question of the Day: How Do I Deal With Obstacles and Lapses?”

Question of the Day: I Hate to Exercise! What Should I Do?

(Or, I Don’t Have Time or It Doesn’t Work or … ) This is today’s question to spur reflection and provide a moment for you to get present with yourself. I will follow it with an example from my own life or an experience shared with me. You may want to contemplate the question orContinue reading “Question of the Day: I Hate to Exercise! What Should I Do?”