It’s week 2 in our series Getting In Charge Of Your Weight For The Holidays, and this one is a good one! Did you get through last week and make your plan? Did you get all your reasons straight for what you’re gonna do and…
Here we go, week 1 in this series on Holiday Weight Loss! Christmas is fast approaching and New Year’s Eve will be right behind, so what do we do to get ready? How do we enjoy the holiday without avoiding every cookie tray and candy…
I had a completely different plan for this blog post. I was going to be writing a series leading up to my online weight loss program, complete with lots of helpful tips and insights about how to successfully lose weight permanently. My program is really…
I love Thanksgiving. It’s been my favorite holiday for years. I used to say that it was the family gathering and the communal meal, all the traditions and leftovers and togetherness. It’s the one holiday with almost no commercial interest (unless you’re a turkey farmer).…
I love my to-do lists. Those lists are my friend. They keep me company, go everywhere with me, keep me on track, and remind me what to do when I’ve forgotten what I’m supposed to get done. I have lists on my phone, lists…
This weekend was our 17th wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 17 years! But when I look at these big kids walking around in my house and I know they weren’t here when we started our life together, it makes more sense…
For those of you who’ve been following these posts, you know about all the things I’m trying to do right now. But for those of you who don’t, let me catch you up. I’m a practicing OBGYN and Lifestyle Medicine physician, a married mom of…
I want to share a secret with you this week. It’s something that has completely changed how I understand not only my own motivations but also those of other people. It’s very interesting! But first, a story… This week was one of those weeks…
I went away with the family for a week to the North Georgia woods near the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was very peaceful, full of the sounds of nature. The nights were dark and full of stars, and the days were slow, accompanied by the…
When I was a kid, I started tons of activities – tennis, violin, piano, softball, drama, ballet, gymnastics (and probably others I can’t remember). In the beginning, the activities were new and exciting. There was new equipment and uniforms or costumes and teachers and team…