Refuse To Regain

The Way We Live Now

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on the observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. These and many similar insights into maintenance can be found... Read more →

Freeing Your Inner Poindexter

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on the observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. These and many similar insights into maintenance can be found... Read more →

Forming Your Own Perfect Union

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on the observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. These and many similar insights into maintenance can be found... Read more →

You're So Vain? Maybe That's Just Fine

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on the observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. These and many similar insights into maintenance can be found... Read more →

It's Not As Serious As All That

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. Transformative Principle #4: Release the Death Grip, Restore the Humor It... Read more →

You Are Not Alone. You Only Think You Are.

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. Transformative Principle #3: Find Others Who Are Transforming Many of my... Read more →

Returning to Your Body

by Barbara Berkeley, MD These Transformative Principles are part of a series on achieving permanent health change that began on March 21. The "principles" are not meant to be gospel. They are simply thoughts of mine that are based on observation of successful maintainers, personal experience and--to some degree-- my own conjecture. I hope they provide some food for thought as you continue your own quest for health transformation. Transformative Principle #2: Transformation requires re-engaging with your body. As people... Read more →

It's Not About What You Want. It's About What You Don't Want.

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Transformative Principle #1: Transformation is about belief. But belief can develop through habit. To be transformed in your relationship to food and health, you must deeply believe that eating and living in a particular way are central to who you are. That is quite different from understanding intellectually that eating well is good for you. No one who begins the process of transformation has yet developed this connection. The journey toward developing it is the soul... Read more →

A Season of Transformation Starts Now

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Nothing in our lifetime reminds us as strongly about the forces of nature than recent events in Japan. Earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis make it abundantly clear that we humans do not control our world despite a strong desire to believe differently. The earth is constantly transforming itself. Some of this activity is chaotic and unpredictable (like the Japanese quakes) and some is cyclical and regular. Yesterday, March 20, marked the vernal equinox; the moment when the... Read more →

March 12: My Rebirthday

By Lynn Haraldson A monarch caterpillar weighs 8 grams by the time it spins its cocoon. It emerges a butterfly weighing a mere half-gram. I weighed 296 pounds when I started spinning my final cocoon and 138 when I emerged. “So, do you suppose I’m done?” I asked my doctor. “I think you can stop now,” she said. I weighed 138 on March 12, 2007. (My body lost another 10 pounds after goal). I’d lost 160 pounds in two years,... Read more →