The struggle is real .. and that can be a good thing.
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My name is (not really) Glinda and I am a good witch ... at least I try to be. Because I'm a member of a twelve-step program, I'm remaining anonymous to adhere to the principle of anonymity in which the program was founded.
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The Value of Struggle.
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Progress Vs. Perfection
“Worst thing about being a perfectionist.. Everything you do might look amazing in someone else eyes but in your heart never truly satisfied.” ― Emmie Lee Dean Yesterday I wrote about how unhappy I was about losing …
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The perils of Weigh Day.
“For every diet there is an equal and opposite binge.” – Geneen Roth Today is weigh day. Today, Sunday, July 26, is exactly one month from the day I started a food plan that entails …
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How COVID Kills Friendships
Friendships can be an unexpected casualty of COVID; here's an example of one.
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Keto: The way-yay-ting is the hardest part.
“You take it on faith, you take it to the heart … the waiting is the hardest part” – Tom Petty I’ve been doing Keto for three weeks. I’m solidly in ketosis, working out almost …
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COVID: Managing the panic.
“God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.” – Serenity Prayer I admit: the news is …
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Keto: Why black-and-white thinking needs to go.
“Black-and-white thinking is the addict’s mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. – Michael Prager, Fat Boy Thin Man I almost binged yesterday. Here’s what happened: I accepted an unexpected …
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How to gain weight on the Keto Diet.
I have got 99 problems and they all involve carbs.” – Ken Pierce (BTW, if you happen to be unfamiliar with all things ketone, here’s an excellent blog from my [not really] boyfriend, Dr. …
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Keto: Untethered
“You have to break the habit of thinking that the solution to your problems is to rearrange things outside.” – Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Soul In January 2020, I left the 12-step program …
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Keto: Weigh day + Learning to be hungry
“Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.” – Dan Bennett It was time to weigh myself. From the tightness of my pants, the largess of my …