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Going to Kick This F#$%-ing Sugar Problem

Going to Kick This F#$%-ing Sugar Problem

I was complaining AGAIN about sugar cravings and fatness when one of my healers said it sounds like I have Candida. She suggested I look up someone named Dr. Jeffrey McCombs. Well, wouldn't you know it? That's who I saw back in 1994 when I had my first acute bout of...

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Coronavirus and Addiction

Coronavirus and Addiction

I published this story on Medium.com: I live alone and I started using again. The coronavirus isolation has caused a perfect storm for addicts struggling to stay on the wagon. Follow me on Medium.com where I write even more stuff.

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Speak Up for Fat People

Speak Up for Fat People

Previous post on food & weight: The science-defying, middle-aged female body! You might not be able to read this article called A call to action: your fat friend is going it alone. Medium.com is a membership website of curated articles written by people who have...

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The Science-Defying, Middle-Aged Female Body!

The Science-Defying, Middle-Aged Female Body!

Previous post on food & weight: Hurdle I'm still fat, but in this photo I'm wearing pants that one of my neighbors shrank in a dryer a couple of years ago. I couldn't begin to squeeze into them for a long time, but now they fit just fine! Last April is when I...

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Hurdle

Hurdle

Previous post on food & weight: How to overcome addiction Read my full weight & health journey by using desktop view and scrolling down on the right to the section called Fat? Me, too. I'm in my first real test since my three-day fast. Yesterday I felt...

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How to Overcome Addiction

How to Overcome Addiction

Previous post on food & weight: Supporting the spleen. Read my full weight & health journey by using desktop view and scrolling down on the right to the section called Fat? Me, too. I've blogged a LOT about food and weight. If you want to read all those posts...

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Supporting the Spleen

Supporting the Spleen

Previous post on food and weight: No sugar cravings. Apparently each type of cell has its own life cycle with certain kinds cells lasting a few days (colon, sperm) and others lasting weeks (skin), months (red blood) or years (white blood). This means the body is...

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No Sugar Cravings

No Sugar Cravings

Previous post on food & weight: I fasted for three days It was 1994 and I was 28 years old when I realized I had a problem with sugar. In the 26 years since then I've worked hard to end my physical and emotional dependence on sweets. In the past few years, two...

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I Fasted for Three Days

I Fasted for Three Days

Previous post on food & weight: Fatness check-in The NRT practitioner at Gnosis Natural Health has helped me with many health problems and is especially good with chronic conditions. I've been seeing her for various problems and aches since January 2016. She told...

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Fatness Check-In

Fatness Check-In

Previous post on food & weight: Grieving my sweet tooth . Time for an update on how I'm doing with my sugar addiction and weight. I continue to work with the NRT practitioner at Gnosis Natural Health who recently targeted my hormone levels as a part of why I'm...

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Grieving My Sweet Tooth

Grieving My Sweet Tooth

Previous post on food/fatness: Fatness - let's review Read my full weight & health journey by using desktop view and scrolling down on the right to the section called Fat? Me, too. My physical and emotional dependence on processed sugar has caused me decades of...

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Fatness – Let’s Review

My dad and me, June 2018 I was pretty big Previous post on fatness: Get thinner without losing weight To each post that's about weight I've put links that lead you through those posts. This lets you read the story of my weight like a book (with photos. I dislike blogs...

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Get Thinner without Losing Weight

Get Thinner without Losing Weight

Previous post on weight & health:  Doing depression right  I've been eating very healthfully for five weeks. I'm happy to fit into my size 2XL shirts (down from my 3XL shirts), to be able to wear my rings again, and to hear my friends say I look slimmer. But the...

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Doing Depression Right

Previous post on weight & health: No change Working with an NRT practitioner since 2016 has taught me that there are endless ways our health can be messed up.  We develop physical problems and/or inherit them from our parents, grandparents and ancestral line. We...

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No Change

No Change

Previous post on weight & health: I'm going for effortless weight loss  No change. No change at all...discouragement..disgust...I'm the fattest I've ever been. Blah, blah, blah. (But wait -- things did change after I posted this! Read this!)

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