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A Single Step

Gift to Myself

Power of Control

Consistency is the Key

The Root of Joy is Gratefulness

Contemplating Life

Let It Go

Expectation and Reality

Set Point Explained

Adulthood

May God’s love be with you; there is nothing I can do.

Thankful

Every Day

Unattainable Goal

Hold On

On Vulnerability

Living Life

Timeout

Too Much Laundry

Three Obesity Types

Tough Choice

Experimenting with Food Portion Sizes

Time to Stop Fighting for a Spot

Unmet Expectations

Thanksgiving 2017

The Illusion of Control

Letting Go of Heavy Things

Unrealistic Expectations - False Hope Syndrome

Dreams Do NOT Always Come True

To Heal From the Past

Pets at Halloween

No Path

Travel Conditions

Stand Alone

Nevertheless, She Persisted

How Diets Work

Body Acceptance Lesson 1

Is BMI the same as BMR?

You Can't Fix Stupid.

Happily Ever After

One Time Offer

Food Protection

Long-term Success in Maintenance

Parenting

Adapt, Reject, & Add

A Plan

How I Feel When Eating.

Positive Thinking

Status Update - September 2017

You Don't Understand & I Can't Explain

Break Time Again

Sheet Caking

Story of My Life

Bloom and Let Bloom

Lovin' this Cat

Manipulating One's Body Size

Never Regret

Road Less Traveled

Walking Alone

Social Media Break

Taking a Rest

The Truth

Just Like ME.

Time Travel Dietition

Thinking About Food

In a Relationship

Best Thing About People

Time To Do Nothing

Patience Defined

Endurance

My Own Experience, Observations, & Research indicate …

What Size Are You REALLY?

2017: Fourth of July

The Angry Chef - Book Review

The Taste of Patience

Reality Bites

Strong Enough

Current Diet Guidelines

Things You Want

Emotions & Behaviour

Present, Past, Future

Hold On

Bad Days are Not a Sign of Weakness

Is it a Plateau?

Consistency is Not Perfection

Calorie Balance

Formula for Weight-Loss Success

Dieting = Treatment of Obesity

Forever Young

Food is Not the Enemy

Am I Satisfied With My Appearance?

Status Update - June 2017

No One-Size-Fits-All Diet Journey

Map = Directions

Acceptance of the Past

What Do You Want?

Eat Small to BE Small

Before It Became a Reality

One Hundred Percent

Palm of the Hand

It's Okay

Diet and Maintenance = Years of Ongoing Hunger Games

Fasting is No Better For You Than Regular Calorie Restriction - new Scientific Study

An Acknowledgement of What IS.

Focused

Blessed

Live Your Life

Learning New Behaviors

Don't Touch My Food!

The Struggle is Real

Yes & No

Habit vs. Motivation

Goals

Dreams into Reality

Men in Power: Medical Experts Enjoying Their Practical Joke

It Keeps Coming Back

To Be Thankful

Positive & Negative

In Harmony

Happiness

The Person You Were Meant to Be

Your Destination

What Matters

Who We Can Be

Joy and Your Smile

Think Differently

The First Step

Things People Say

Emotions and Thoughts

Choosing What to See

Breaks & Maintenance

Competition

Destined or Determined?

Nothing Will Change

And the Secret is ...

Choosing a Direction

Unbecoming

Looking for a Way

Lifestyle Perfection

Not Giving Up

Being Yourself

Born to Stand Out

The Silence Within Yourself

Tranquility

Making Friends

Being Different

Turn the Page

The Most Important Things

With or Without

Finish Each Day

Virtue

Habits

Stress Relief

What is the Problem?

Letting Go

Your Expression

There is No Failure if you Learn by it.

The Future

Trying Times - Words of Wisdom

Trying Times

Wherever You Are

Seeing Things

Cats Try Again

True Love

Work, Love, Dance

Binge = Response to Starvation

What You Want Most

Someday

How to Make Me Happy

Tomorrow

Surprising Oneself

Happily Ever After & Neuroscience

Love

Luck

Find a Way

It's Okay.

Judgment or Love

My Choice

Status Update - February 2017

Eating Toward Immortality

Never Too Old

Trust Yourself - Words of Wisdom

Trust Yourself

Love All

Forgive

Inspiration

The Hard Road

Cheer Up

Be Right or Be Kind?

Freedom in Maintenance

I have Not Failed.

Portion Size & Measurements

Is It Working for YOU?

Forgiveness

Do Nothing

One True Friend

Authority

Opportunity - Words of Wisdom

Opportunity

Learning Experience

You are More

Cleverness

Photo Examples of Food Experiments

Food Deprivation

Inner Beauty

I wish I Knew Now

Dishonest Praise

About the Scales

Dressed in Overalls

Dressed in Overalls - Words of Wisdom

Getting REAL

Balancing Values

Weight-Loss Alternative Facts

What You Can't Live Without

Up To Me

Selfishness

One More Time - Words of Wisdom

One More Time

Time to Quit?

Dealing with a Donut.

Whatever It Takes

Fat vs. the Flavor

It Just Blooms.

Desire + Hunger

Eating Behavior

Your Body

Daily vs. Occasionally

Patience Defined

Tenacity

3 x 3

Moving Forward

Time for Tiny Meals

Overcoming Obstacles

Integrity

False Promises

Common Sense Missing

Election Stress

Worry

Breathing Space

I voted; I've shared my concerns; I've done all I can.

The Reverse of Positive Thinking

A Bit of Twisted Humor

Your Own Approval

Diet Rationalization

Character

Had Enough?

Awesome

Make American Great Again

In a Mood

After Careful Consideration

Staying Quiet

Standing Up to your Friends

What the World Needs

Our Thoughts

Our Thoughts - Words of Wisdom

Arguments

Downright Inspiring.

Blaming Others.

Enough is Enough

Somebody Might Be Looking

Sad but True

Truly Comfortable

What Goes Around ...

Better than What?

Not a Loser

Friend

Life

Chain of Destiny

Still Moving Forward - Words of Wisdom

Still Moving Forward

What is Your True Measure?

Weight-Loss Maintenance Truth: There is No Finish Line

The Present

Today is Not That Day.

Memory or Imagination

Technical Help - Seeing - Words of Wisdom

Seeing

Fear of Failure

This is my Life.

Diet Experts & My Opinion

Fear Nothing

It is Something to Do.

Gratitude Expressed

A New Ending

Not Required

Get Your Head Right

Confidence

I Have the Right

Expectations

Dieting: The Alternative

Calories vs. Money

I Understand

What is Normal?

Normal

Our Tomorrows

The word: NO

Do It

Doing the Impossible

The World and Your Smile

Home Run

Here is the Secret

On The Right Track

Follow Your Heart

Planning

A Fork in the Road

Experience

Failing Once

Courage

One Bite at a Time

Real Integrity

Hope

Be Who You Are

You Are What You Think

Emotional Eating (2)

I Lost It.

Low Expectations

Message to Myself

Making an Easy job Hard

Dreams & Dedication

Just a Little Taste...

A Person of Value

Food Truth

Self-Help Books

Patience Needed

The Time to Make Friends

Change Your Day

Another Chance

A Successful Outcome

Begin the Task

Good Friends

Kindness

Beauty

Train of Thought

Sacrifice

Contribution or Committment?

Thirty Years

Compromise

Get Out of the Water

Living in the Moment

Between Stimulus & Response

The Wish without The Drive

What People Think

Different Roads

A New Day

Target Audience

Selective Participation

Rule or Principle? - Internal vs. External Control

An Ottor Enjoying my Favorite Activity

Life is Good

Permission Not Needed

Who is Responsible for My Choices?

Wisdom & Age

Courage

Speaking My Truth

10+ Years of Successfully Maintaining a Large-Weight Loss has Taught Me:

Reality

Another Chance

Summer Diet Progress

The Truth Is:

Ongoing Status Report

The Finish Line

Status Update - July 2016

Charts of my Maintenance of Weight-Loss - Years Four through Ten+

Charts of My Weight-Loss & First Three Years of Maintenance

Ever Used THIS Diet Plan?

I Love My Food - Selfie

Break Time

Summer Past = Cultivating Refinement v. Summer Present = Culture of Vulgarity

Growing Old Gracefully

Resolve the Problem: Get a Larger Pet Door.

Similar, but Different

My Petite Meals

Concerned About Your Fat-Loved-One's Health?

I Am On My Way

Find the Balance

Lily Tomlin Shines a Positive Light on Weight Gain

Ducks in a Row

Life's Truth

The Body is Not an Ornament; it's a Vehicle.

Be Authentic?

Meaningful Dialogue Ahead

Same Page

The Two Parts of Wisdom

A Long Wait.

Freedom from Binge Eating

Cats Know

How Hard?

Intermittent Fasting & the Dangling Carrot - Diet Review

The Solution

Dieting Word Game = Diet, Way-of-Eating, Lifestyle Change

Honest Medical Advice

Butter Bob Sharing his Opinions

Every Other Day - Alternate Day Fasting

Another Fasting Experiment with ADF - JUDDD - EOD - QOD

Emotional Eating

Reward: Something Good you Get for Something Good you've Done

Yeah, Ophra, Me Too.

Me & Intermittent Fasting

Waiting to Eat

A Contradiction in Terms

Following Instructions

Dieting Wisdom

A Single Step

Before & After Photos - Weight History

Sometimes you just have to Make Your Own Road

Dear Weight-loss Medical Experts:

Now fly.

If Ophra Can't Do it, Can it Be Done?

Three Truths

Maybe Fat People are NOT Doing it Wrong

Weight Loss Goals

The Currency of Weight is Calories

Many Common Phrases Just Aren't True

Just One Bite

Walking Away

The Next 24 Hours

Eat More Food for Weight-Loss?

Dieting as Suffering

A Focus on Behavior

Living the Moment

Intermittent Fasting via 5-Bites

Your Journey

Projections about the Rate of Weight-Loss

The Mountaintop

This Is Matt

A Truth to Remember

A New Perspective

So She Did

Stubborn, yet Flexible

Spending My Time Reading Books

While Fasting

Next Question....

The First Question is....

This Would Not Be a Sustainable Diet for Me.

How I Spent the Holidays

How Bad Do You Want It?

Weight Watchers 1972 & 2016 - Diet Review

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve 2015

I'm Just Saying... (reminder to self)

Every Struggle

Experimenting with Subtraction

Body Weight Calculator - Timeline Projections

Health and Morality

Review of the Three Principle Concept - Diet Review

Body of Truth - Book Review

Cats & Us

When to Eat

Overweight means you live longer.

Moderation

Fasting and Hunger

All the Other Days

Deep Questions

The Problem with Poodle Science

Slabs of Marble

My Fantasy

Hard Decisions

A Thought Pops Up

The Collins Family Heritage

Helpful Fasting Information

Kind or Quiet

Why Peoples Opinions of You Aren't Real

More Cats

Holiday Plans

Just Move On

Anyone Who Eats Food Will Die.

Current Diet Experimentation

The Thrill is Gone

Cat & Turtle Tag

Perspective 101

Superpower

Brutal Diet Recommendations

What Skinny Feels Like

A Simple Way to Stay Happy

Starving Works

How It Feels.

The Way We Look at Things.

Opinions & Perspectives

What to Eat?

BMI Classifications and Emotional Eating

If I had Millions of Dollars ....

Ten Steps to Eating Perfectly

Venus Cattrap

Kitten Copies Mama Cat

A Second Opinion

My Purpose

Reaching Goal Weight

The Mouse Trap Diet

Does Fasting Make You Fat?

Myths vs. Facts

Distinctive Genetic Makeup

The Voice Inside

Memorial Day - 2015

On Vacation

Other People's Nonsense

Goals & BubbleGum

Beliefs

Starbucks

Digital Scrapbooking Issue

Navigation Issues - 3 Principles (plus More)

A Matter of Perspective

No BEFORE - No AFTER - Only DURING

If you are Alive and Conscious...

Self-Talk

What is Right for YOU

Now

The Real Deal on Maintenance After a Large Weight-Loss

Taking Another Look at Traditional Psychology

Working on Myself

Let It Go

A Pig for Cookies

Journey to Freedom

Biological Adaptations that Promote Weight Regain

Being Negative

The Present Moment

Recommendation for Tiny Meal Portions - very low calorie eating

Life's Story

What to Shoot For.

Both Feet

Monday Cancelled

Not Cats

I Say Nay Nay - John Pinette (2004)

Are you a Master or a Beginner?

Positivity Rules

Mathematics of Weight-Loss

Challenge Accepted

My Thoughts

Walk the Walk

Paths Up the Mountain

Hanging On

Embracing Imperfections as a Path to Success

Loving Myself

Alice in Hungerland

The Numerical Value of Your Gravitational Pull

A Breathing, Living, Human Body

Don't Mention It

Irrational Expectations (Part 1)

Beauty is Subjective

Progress has an Enemy

Good Advice

Change or Stay the Same?

A Decision to Change

Why Dieting is Hard

Moving Forward

When's my Break?

Opinion vs. Fact

Acceptance - AA Big Book, page 417

Independence Day - 2014

Something You've Never Done

Can't Stop the Waves

Good Things are Coming

Remember ... You Asked.

Long-Term Weight-Loss Almost Impossible

Happy Easter 2014

Is Overeating and Being Fat Ever Funny? ... Watch John Pinette

Try This Way

Choosing a Path

Honesty

Conflicting Desires

It's Not Really About the Fat - Health At Any Size

Biggest Loser, an example of televised exercise fraud

My Summer of '68 online vacation continues....

Running DOWN the UP Escalator - Weight Loss & Maintenance

Self-Image

Commitment

My Baby Sister's Birthday

Ever try THIS diet?

Success is in my Future

Tell It Like It Is

Conflicting Desires

A Longer Life due to Healthy Living?

Hard, but Not Impossible

The Consequences of Choices

Continue On

Summer of 68

Our Power

Movie Trailer for DietHobby

About Salt

All Goals Are Not Reachable For All People

Mother's Day 2013

Sad Cat Diary

Hearing the Music

What Does the Scale Say?

Be Who You Are

Weight Range Maintenance Plan Changes Again

Weight Management - A Rubber Band

Choosing

Food as Fuel?

Choices Made

Life is a Balance

My Reality

DietHobby, my Digital Scrapbook

Calories: Males vs. Females

So Often True

The Wrong Path

Body Acceptance

First, Sow the Seeds

Crabby Old Woman

The Myth of Spot Reducing

WHY Count Calories?

How Long Does Losing Weight Take?

Why Diets Fail - The Salt/Water/Waste Issue

Release the Stress

Monday After Easter 2013

Perfection Is The Lowest Standard We Can Set For Ourselves

Change my LIFE?

Today

I'll Be Happy WHEN...

More About Calories

Building New Habits

Breaking Bad Habits

Fighting Fire with Fire

Stop When You're Full? - Intutive Eating 3 - Diet Review

Eat When You're Hungry? - Intuitive Eating 2 - Diet Review

Does the Body Tell Us WHAT food to eat? - Intutive Eating 1 - Diet Review

How I'm Supposed to Feel

Blogging About Nothing

Accurate Scale Results

The Science of Addictive Foods

Giving Advice

Blame Butter?

Expectations

Following Through

Ditching Diets - Book Review

Positive Thinking

More on Intermittent Fasting

Calorie Dectective - Lying Food Labels

Healthy Eater?

Vegetables - One chip at a time?

Persistence, not Perfection.

Diets Long-Term

Maintaining weight-loss

The Gorilla's Not Tired.

What's REALLY the Problem?

No Cure

Heart and Brain

Valentine's Day 2013

Does Eating Fruit and Veggies Lower Weight?

Being Thankful

WheatBelly - Another Review

Appreciate What You Have

You Laugh Until You Cry

Unrealistic Expectations

Research Study regarding Obesity Myths

Our Inner Dialogue

21 Days to Form a Habit?

Obesity Myth: "Slow Weight Loss is Easier to Keep Off"

SuperBowl Sunday

Three Diet Myths

Foods to Avoid

Emotional Aspects of Obesity

Effort Shock

Eat Healthy or Lose Weight?

Changing is Hard

Extra Food because I Exercised

Grounded in Reality

Give it a try

Kindness

Sugared-water's Fight Against Obesity

Advertising Guidelines???

Using Reason

Fear of Fat

Weight Loss Promises

Searching for Your Diet

Why We Diet

Individual Rules

The Finish Line

Remember

New Year's Resolutions - 2013

Boycotting Advertisers

Another Good Day

Happy New Year 2013

The End of 2012

Keeping the Weight Off

Thoughtful Reduction

Attitude About the Problem

Health Experts

Thoughts About Hunger

Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

The Kitten, Layla

What To Do?

Birthday

Calories - Paleo, Low-Carb

Do Calories Matter?

Why is it so Hard to Keep Weight Off?

Two Experts at Stanford University - Dec 2012

O Christmas Tree

One-Size-Fits-All ... Not!

Take what you like, and leave the rest

The Chubby Side of Normal

The Fat Trap - Follow-up

The Fat Trap

Marketing Healthy

Set Point

Keep On

History of the USDA Food Pyramid

Food History Timeline 1950-1980

Changes over Time

Becoming Successful

What IS a good Diet?

Seduced by Food

Having a Restaurant Dessert?

Thanksgiving 2012

Afraid To Do Things Wrong?

Serving Sizes

In Defense of Food - Book Review

Cultural Bias

Are GMO's Frankenfoods?

Social Pressure from the High Priests of Healthy Eating

Veteran's Day 2012

Accepting the Truth

The End of Overeating - Book Review

Sometimes Hunger is a Lie

Beginning the Holiday Season

Being Resilient

Thinking isn't the same as Doing

In-Between-Meal Eating

A Fresh Start?

Food Restrictions?

Make Peace With What Is.

The Path to Thinness and Health

Back to Work

What Really Counts

Maintaining Enthusiasm

New and Unique Dieting Plans

Update on The No S Diet - Diet Review

The Fat Trap

Indecision

Christmas Traditions

Intuitive Eating and the No S Diet

Repairs

Food Choices

Processed Foods Are Powerful

Forget Your Diet?

Choices and Responsibility

Simplicity

Hunger, Appetite, and Cravings

Live and Learn?

Is Bingeing an Eating Disorder?

Maintenance As Compared to Weight-Loss

Monday Morning

Intermitting Fasting Success

Starvation Mode

More About Leftovers and Portion Control

Meal Frequency - How Often Should I Eat?

Weight Loss Surgery - 18 Years Ago

Dealing with Leftovers

What About Leftovers?

Ever Have One Of Those Days?

Food and Money

Tracking Weight

What About the Scales?

Taubes - Chapter 19 - Following Through

Taubes - Chapter 18 - Nature of a Healthy Diet

Taubes - Chapter 11 - Primer on Regulation of Fat

Taubes - Chapter 10 - History of Lipophilia

Taubes - Chapter 09 - Laws of Adiposity

Taubes - Chapter 08 - Head Cases

Taubes - Chapter 06 - Thermodynamics for Dummies, Part 1

Taubes - Chapter 05 - Why Me? Why There? Why Then?

Taubes - Chapter 04 - Twenty Calories a Day

Taubes - Chapter 02 - Elusive Benefits of Undereating

Taubes - Chapter 01 - Why Were They Fat?


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