Eating

Be Patient With Yourself

When we have trouble forgetting a sad memory or even have trouble remembering an important one, we must be patient with ourselves. One thing that helps us to be patient is to reflect on a certain neurological function that I went through again this week– long-term potentiation. I had decided to change up my breakfast […]

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Name Your Enemy

Many great warriors, generals, etc. over the millenia of human history have subscribed to the commandment, “Know your enemy.” Most scholars consider Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to be the earliest form of this doctrine. But I have found that another step must follow simply knowing your enemy– particularly if the enemy is inside […]

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“Nothing is over” (part 2)

If our neural pathways change and grow physically as we learn things and have experiences, how can it be that we ever forget anything? Very simply, the things that caused us to learn can happen in reverse order and cause us to forget or at least get “rusty” on a few things. We’ve all heard […]

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Your Mind and Weight Loss

Before I move into the Time Whispering in the next blog, I want to wrap up a few loose ends on this tangled web that I started to weave regarding weight loss and metabolism that I opened up last month. Click here to download a free audio recording of this post. I have nothing specific […]

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Don’t be a Pussy

In addition to dealing with low energy this winter and the weight gain that accompanies it, I’ve been trying to keep the ice clear in the arctic passage between us and Tessa’s son. He’s thirteen and has become withdrawn. Hey, it happens. Your body has become a live grenade. Your number of friends of the […]

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B Vitamins and Energy Level

This is a continuation of the last update about energy and metabolism. Of course, energy level is vital to feeling well. Feeling exhausted is, by itself, depressing, even though your mood is otherwise cheerful. The depression comes, not from sadness or loss, but from looking around at all the work that needs to be done. […]

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Boost Your Energy

Maintaining a healthy energy level is one of the pitfalls of staying on a diet. I’ve been putting off writing this Update because I’m still doing research on it. I’ll just report on what I’ve learned so far. I’ve mentioned on other pages on this website about how I am able to control my appetite […]

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Eat with Your Mind

If you have read the Toolbox page on The Art of Eating and the Balance Wheel page on Pleasure, you have some idea of how I breakfast every single day (Exercise 2 in “The Art of Eating”). I have the same meal, same portions, and I follow the exact same procedure. This is not a […]

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