When it comes to managing the thought playlist in my brain, both thoughts served up to me by other people and those I create myself, I like to imagine myself walking through life with a badminton racket casually in one hand and a Whac-a-mole mallet in my back pocket.  Thriving in my life requires mental agility.  Errant and pernicious thoughts impede that mental agility.  What thoughts require a racket and what thoughts require a mallet?  

Episode 41:  Whac-a-Mole

Ever had a puzzle you couldn't solve?  That was my story with overeating.  Despite being highly educated, overeating and weight gain seemed to be out of my control.  A few months ago, a book, a podcast and a continuous glucose monitor challenged everything I thought I knew about dieting and weight loss.  I learned that managing my insulin was a far more important metric than managing calories.  Join me for my story and for a front seat to fascinating research and theories that go beyond the frustrating - and ineffective - conventional dieting wisdom of eat less, move more.

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I set out to solve the puzzle of my overeating with this podcast.  This led me on a journey to unravel everything I thought I knew, and everything I thought I was.  Here I am now, 49 episodes later, 49 pounds lost.  That unraveling has shown me the reasons why I overeat.  I hold those reasons like precious gems - and decide if I want to be a person who continues to overeat in response to those reasons.

Episode 49:  Unraveling

What is the role of exercise for weight loss?  If you are like me, it's counter productive to weight loss.  My history with exercise was sporadic and intense, and totally ineffective for weight loss, for reasons that surprised me.  Join me today for my personal exercise history and what I am doing now.

Episode 47:  Librarian Exercise Program Revisited

Some days, I flirt with 145 on the scale, and I can say I've lost 50 pounds.  In this last phase of active weight loss, I rigorously examine the causes of my overeating.  This allows me to anticipate events that have led to overeating in the past.  Lucky me, I learned this skill just in time for election season.  Elections are many things, but never a reason to overeat.

Episode 46:  Dogs & People

Lately, I've been trying to tell myself that I've been dealt a bad hand of cards.  I want to tell myself that if I were dealt a different hand, my outcomes would be different.  And I don't stop there.  I want to tell everyone about the bad hand I've been dealt.  But have you ever noticed that getting sympathy is like eating Halloween candy?  There is momentary comfort, followed by an emptiness and an immediate desire for more?  Listen in today to hear about playing the hand you are holding.

Episode 45:  Play Your Hand

Making progress on my health and wellness goals will never be done on autopilot.  Losing 45 pounds has required consistent attention and focus.  Sometimes, life gets in the way.  Today I’m sharing the story of what I learned from a lost month.

Episode 41: Whac-a-Mole

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