Sometimes the best thing you can do for your weight is maintain the current number. For some people that means not gaining weight. For others, the goal is not to lose weight. For the last few years of her life, my mother fell into the second category. Every time we saw her doctor, he begged Mom to […]
A Bakers-Dozen List of My Favorite Nonfiction Books of All Time (And why I consider them life-changing.)
Do you struggle with relationships, money, finding joy, your aging parents, your weight, your writing, your hair? If so, today’s post is for you! To point you in the right direction, here’s a list of my favorite nonfiction—some would say self-help—books on a variety of subjects. You need more than a list though. You also need […]
Exercise Is NOT the Key to Losing Weight (And here’s a ton of research and quotes to prove it.)
For years I felt guilty for not exercising on a regular basis. I’m talking, I felt really guilty. Because I believed exercise was the way to stay fit and trim. But recently I remembered that not one, but two gym-owners, have told me: “90% of the way your body looks is not due to exercise. It’s due […]
How to Lose Weight–Say, 110 Pounds: Do “Whatever It Takes for as Long as It Takes”
by Linda Burklin Three years ago, I ended up in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. As I was going through the admission process, the nurse asked me, “Did you know you are diabetic? And that you have sky-high blood pressure?” Well, I didn’t know—but I wasn’t surprised, either. I’ve been morbidly obese for my entire […]
How I Finally Lost 25 Pounds (with Intermittent Fasting) After 32 Years of Trying Everything Else: Guest Post
by Cindy McKee My weight-loss story goes back three decades to the birth of my first child. For 32 years, I tried to lose the baby fat using various weight-loss plans and supplements. I rode the roller coaster of weight gain and loss. As soon as I stopped dieting, the pounds would come back with […]
