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Easter Candy – A Story of Self-Sabotage

04/01/2010
Easter Candy – A Story of Self-Sabotage

When I came back from Chicago two weeks ago, I got back on the training/eating healthy road. And I’ve done really well, having lost much of the weight I gained during the ridiculous work schedule stress of February and early March. I was very pleased with the numbers on the scale last week. This week, as often happens after a big loss (I was down 9 pounds), a couple of pounds jump back on and then just stay there. Even when I think I’m doing everything right— I say think, because it’s rare that I actually am doing everything right— that scale doesn’t want to budge, and it frustrates me. And frustration leads to? You guessed, it food cravings. At this time of year, candy is the number one food craving I have to contend with. Candy is one of my biggest challenges. But Easter candy brings its own...

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The Candy Conspiracy

01/24/2009
The Candy Conspiracy

I was in Walmart last week, buying size 14 pants….a size I haven’t seen in many, many years. It was soooo exciting! Even though I still think sizes have gotten larger along the way (or else how else could they possibly fit me?), buying a size 14 pair of pants that I actually wore to work the next day was a thrill! Happily striding up to the checkout counter, I buzzed right past the pretty packages of Valentine’s Day candy–you know the ones in the heart boxes where you have to bite in to find out just what you’re eating? I love those. And in the past I could finish a box in one sitting. Always had to know what was in that last one? Would it be caramel or coconut or some fruity creme? But this day? I went right past. I didn’t even look at the boxes...

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