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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
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
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
Speaking My Truth
10+ Years of Successfully Maintaining a Large-Weight Loss has Taught Me:
Reality
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
Following Through
Ditching Diets - Book Review
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
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
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
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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