“This is life. Things get taken away. You will learn to start over many times–or you will be useless.” Mitch Albom How do you know it's time to reboot your diet plan? In my case, when I declare at [1:50] PM that I am not going to eat anymore popcorn for a week and at […]

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Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.–Raymond Carver What?  A quote about booze in a blog about weight maintenance?  Yep.  Hear me out.  The great short story writer has a famous story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” and it considers love […]

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“The Road to Hell and your BMI is paved with good intentions.”-Pat Coakley How to help children with a weight issue turns out to be easier done than said. Translation: Words don't help, even well meaning words and, in fact, may make it worse- but there's hope: actions do. This week research is discussed about […]

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“Shame is a soul eating emotion”. C. G. Jung “As my mother once said: the boys throw stones at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.” ― Joanna Russ, The Female Man Ok. Welcome to episode 61 of Podsnacks the weekly podcast of my blog www.artofthediet.com.  I'm Pat Coakley and I think most […]

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