Refuse To Regain

Barbara's "Dr. Oz" Interview To Air at 7 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. EDT Tomorrow

We just learned the air times for Barbara's interview on the Dr. Oz radio show. It will air at 7 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, April 1) on Sirius/XM. The Oprah Network can be heard on XM 156 or on Sirius 195 if you have the Sirius/XM package. If not, for those who would like to listen, the best bet is to go to the XM website. They offer a free 30-day trial. Once you sign in,... Read more →

Salt, Meat and The Blindfolded Man

By Barbara Berkeley You are probably getting tired of my ranting on about the value of ancient diet, but the evidence to support this simple, intuitive approach to eating keeps mounting. In fact, there is something almost farcical about the intense search for the perfect diet when we keep coming up with single pieces of the original diet, shouting “eureka!” and completely ignoring the rest of the parts. This week, I wrote a response to a blog in the “Well”... Read more →

Questions From Readers To Readers: Do You Still Have Food Demons?

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering My Maintaining Diva friend Sondra will be featured in next month’s Weight Watcher’s magazine. Her story is online now. Click here to read how she went from an inactive 242 pounds to a sleek 129-pound marathon runner. Sondra's story prompted an email question from reader B.B. that I wanted to throw out to all of you. Sondra's answer is below, but we'd love for you to offer your insights to B.B., too, all you wise, wise RTR... Read more →

Are You A “Just-In-Time” or a “Just-In-Case” Maintainer?

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering In the latest issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, Martha Beck writes about the two ways she believes people live their lives: Either we gather everything in sight, just in case; or we trust that we’ll find what we need, just in time. “Living in an abundant environment but operating on the assumption that good things are scarce leads to a host of dysfunctions that can be summed up in one word: excess. Most of us are... Read more →

Cursed

By Barbara Berkeley When my husband and I were medical residents in Boston, we often would try to escape from the harsh world of the hospital by going to a place called “1001 Plays,” an early version of today’s video arcade. We’d try to drown out the stresses of the day by shooting things in the form of PacMen or Space Invaders. The silly sound effects and sparkly graphics usually worked, but only up to a point. Inevitably someone right... Read more →

Two Years and Counting

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering Two years ago today, I reached my goal weight: 138. It wasn’t a number I really chose, but rather it was the place where my waist measured my personal goal of 31 inches and where my doctor told me, “I think you can stop now.” I went on to lose another 10 pounds, but not consciously. My body did what it needed to do, I guess, and found its equilibrium around 128. My head, on the other... Read more →

The Food Free Workplace: A Sore Subject Revisited

DR. OZ UPDATE: Barbara will be a guest on the the Dr. Oz radio show this Wednesday, March 11, however, the show will air anywhere from a day or two to as much as a week after taping. The only way to find out when it's on the schedule is to check under Dr. Oz on www.oprah.com/radio. It will air on XM channel 156 or Sirius 195 (if you have the Sirius/XM package). XM offers a free month of listening... Read more →

Trickle-Down Dietetics

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering It’s clear from the comments and emails we received in response to Barbara’s last post, One Against the Many: Time to Take a Broader Perspective, that maintainers’ opinions vary widely regarding food regulation, education, and availability. Thank you for your impassioned responses that add to the debate all Americans should have: How do we change attitudes about food? I was particularly saddened by one line in the editorial comment Barbara quoted by Dr. Martijn Katan in the... Read more →

One Against the Many: Time to Take a Broader Perspective

By Barbara Berkeley Yet another disappointing weight loss trial. On February 26, the New England Journal published the results of a study of 881 adults being treated for obesity with varying food plans. The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain nutrient combinations were superior to others in promoting weight loss. Patients were assigned to one of four diets and followed for two years. The length of the trial was unusual because very few weight loss studies extend... Read more →