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I love you, but every few months you go on a rant about fat people. You find overweight people infuriating for some reason that I just can’t understand. As a liberal-minded celebrity with incisive intelligence and a razor-sharp wit, why this blind spot? As someone who is currently thin but formerly quite fat, I canContinue reading “WTF, Bill Maher”

4 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth) 12 oz. butternut squash, peeled and cut up 1 onion, peeled and cut in big chunks 1 large (or two small) apples, cut up 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Put all ingredients in a large pan and bring up to a boil for 10Continue reading ““Eat Lightly” Butternut Squash Soup”

First of all, I don’t like to be hungry—at least not for long. Whereas having a healthy appetite is fun when you are waiting for your table at a fabulous restaurant, you wouldn’t want to wait an hour with your tummy rumbling! That’s too much hunger, and that’s something to avoid while you’re maintaining. Also,Continue reading “What Do We Mean by “Eat Lightly?””

Our slogan is “Stop Losing and Win.” This is my story about my “loser” past and how I was transformed into a “winner.” Let me tell you a story. I am a real “loser” when it comes to dieting. Just in the past 12 years, I have weighed every weight from 136 to 205. IContinue reading “Who is the Biggest Loser?”

At my doctor’s office, I get a print out that tells me that my now much leaner body is still at least 20 pounds too heavy.  I’ve been that thin, and believe me, it is too scrawny.  And, if I should drop that kind of weight again as a senior citizen, how would that impactContinue reading “That “Just Right” Weight”

The internet is full of quick fixes and glib promises. In fact, when I told my friend that I wanted to write this blog, she warned me not to. “People don’t want to hear about methods that take months and years to accomplish”, she said, “they want quick, easy, painless.” Learning to reach a healthyContinue reading “Three Easy Steps? Get Real”

Having tried and failed many times to manage our weight, we intimately understand how failure feels. Weight management becomes a moral goal, and any lapse in adherence to the behavioral standard we set for ourselves becomes a moral failing—a blot on our character. Let’s unpack this idea. Karen and I lost a substantial amount ofContinue reading “Weight Management is a Game of Strategy, Not a Religion”

Why is it that 80 percent of the time people gain back all of the weight they dieted off? Just like a rubber band, when you are pulled very strongly in one direction, you will explode in the opposite direction. Dieting requires a lot of restriction. It’s a constant pressure keg. One slip-up or deviationContinue reading “Ditch the Deprivation”

My (Karen’s) immediate family lives in Central New York, and the weather is never predictable.  The last day of May can be hot and humid, or chilly and damp…or anything in between. Memorial Day 2021, it was perfect. Our daughter and her family came for a cookout.  They brought chairs, My husband John lit theContinue reading “Don’t Forget the Veggies”

You can maintain, and the longer you do, the easier it gets. Today we were out for breakfast and the waitress brought us an enormous one! A huge omelet, a ridiculous pile of home fries, and a big ol’ bagel with cream cheese. There was a time, about four years ago, when I could haveContinue reading “Six Superpowers for Weight Management”