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
About Reaching Out
One of my favorite childhood memories was going to the grocery store on Saturday morning with Nana. Honestly, I could never figure out why she waited until Saturday morning when the stores were packed full of other young moms shopping for the week, but I was glad she did. I loved those weekly visits! Not because Aunt Karen and I would be able to pick out our favorite sugary cereal, Captain Crunch - Peanut Butter flavor (I can still taste it!), but because every week my mom was a star! Continue Reading