Dear Serial Dieter, Oh! I was just listening to the radio on my way to the store and it reminded me of you! The female DJ was describing how she had been under the weather with the flu for the past week. Apologizing for her bizzare attitude, she explained how glad she was to be sick last week because it gave her a chance to rest without guilt. She professed how a normal day has her relentlessly running to get her things done with no time for rest. Resting and caring for herself was a perk Continue Reading
What is Beautiful?
Dear Serial Dieter, When you looked in the mirror this morning, what did you think? Did you think you were beautiful? (only 2% of women do) Did you judge what you saw? Were you happy or dismayed? Did you step on the scale to see if your number was good/bad? Did that help you define your beauty? How did you reach your conclusion? The world defines beauty according to its time and culture. If you look back over the centuries, you'll see that "beautiful" was very different from Continue Reading
What would God say
Dear Serial Dieter, When my son was little, I remember kicking the ball back and forth on the driveway with him. He ran after that ball again and again in delight with his short little legs! Wanting to keep him safe, I walked him to the line that separated the driveway from the road and pointed, "Now this is the end of the driveway.” Stepping onto the asphalt, I continued, “And this is the road. To be sure you are safe, it's important that you do not cross this line into the road. If the ball Continue Reading
It’s Not About the Food
Dear Serial Dieter, Oh, I can relate. I've been dieting since I was an adolescent. In fact, in my highschool year book where we listed hobbies I wrote: "Dieting!" I thought it was funny. Fast forward a zillion years and I'm still dealing daily with this area of weakness. It isn't quite so funny. I've been on just about every diet in the book -except maybe the 'brown diet' I heard about the other day - what is it? Cigarettes and coffee? Gross! I have some limits to wanting to control my Continue Reading