I looked at a thesaurus to find the opposite of “crisis,” but nothing fits perfectly.  The fact is, I am having a bit of an identity crisis, but in a good way, so it’s not really a crisis. When you’re…

Yogi Berra supposedly once said about baseball, “Ninety percent of this game is half-mental.”  No one knows if he really said it; heck, even Yogi himself probably isn’t sure, as he also supposedly said, “I really didn’t say everything I…

This past weekend, I spent 19 hours sitting either on a plane or in a seat at a baseball stadium.  Those two scenarios used to be really tough on me — in order for me to only take up one…

A few months ago, Beth and I were meeting with our financial planner to go over lots of boringly important (or importantly boring) stuff like retirement accounts and life insurance and blah blah blah.  It’s not the first time we’ve…

Sorry, They Might Be Giants, but I refuse to accept the fact that I’m older than I’ve ever been. I’m doing things in reverse.

Can a weight problem be “cured,” or just put into remission?

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like a missionary who starts dreaming in his new language, I have started dreaming in healthy.

A few minutes ago on Facebook, I came across a very interesting blog post about weight loss and the companies that profit from it.  It is called “An Open Apology to All of My Weight Loss Clients.”  The author, Iris Higgins,…