(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8   9  10 and 11) Let's talk about juggling.  Juggling is the sort of thing that is learned in stages:  one object at a time.   First you learn to handl...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8   9  and 10) I posted number 10, "Use your imagination," just yesterday, and really, I think if you haven't read it first, you should go read it, and maybe give yourself ...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8  and 9) Begin with the thought experiment I alluded to in post #9 about motivation.  Imagine a person who is not you, but who is like you in many ways:  the same age and gender, the sa...

A little more than three months after reaching goal, I'm still developing and strengthening skills I need to maintain my weight.  Lately, though not at every meal, I've been concentrating on sitting down, eating slowly, and trying to really taste every bite I put in my mouth.   T...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7  and 8) Before you make a plan (and more on those details later), you need some good reasons to keep you going.  Why make it a priority to get regular exercise at all? Obviously, there are lots of reasons (...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6  and 7 ) How did I learn to put personal exercise -- for me -- at the top of the priority list, and keep it there, for a year? I learned by putting my (generally very fit) husband's personal exercise at the top of the priorit...

I finally put my finger on something that's been going wrong with my maintenance lately. When I was losing weight, I had developed this really fantastic long-term outlook.  I was not in a hurry to get to my goal weight.  I was trying to find the best way to live and to eat  for...

I will write more about what it means to have exercise at the top of the priority list in another post.  For now, let's talk about discernment. A couple of days ago I posted about a particularly insidious barrier to prioritizing exercise for health:  it can seem like a self-indulgenc...

No kidding.  You know that while I was losing weight, I read dozens of diet books, doling them out over the weeks to keep myself motivated, and trying to take something valuable out of each one.  I've mentioned a few of the ones I found particularly helpful.  But I've not g...

(Parts  1   2   3   4 ) Two quotes from my previous post: 1.  "If getting enough exercise to meet your own adult body's needs never becomes a high priority, you will rarely if ever do it." 2.  "With getting more exercise, one must take MORE for ...