Refuse To Regain

Question to Readers From Readers: Is Maintenance Possible?

RTR reader Rebecca from Washington D.C. poses a very basic yet incredibly complex question: Is maintenance really possible? Barbara and I will chime in with our thoughts later in the week, but we’re more interested in what you have to say on this subject. As always, leave a comment or send email to [email protected]. Here’s Rebecca’s email: I've been reading your blog for the past several months. It's an excellent website. Kirstie Alley's recent interview on Oprah triggered me to... 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 →

Doctor Phobia - Lynn's Response

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering When I weighed 139 pounds for five minutes back in 1991, a doctor told me to lose weight. I was pretty disheartened with his diagnosis, especially since I’d just lost 50 pounds and was feeling really good about myself. So what did I do? Did I step back and look realistically at the situation? Assess what I thought was best for me in light of what he thought was best for me? Nope. I tried for a... Read more →

Doctor-Phobia: Barbara Responds

By Barbara Berkeley I’m trying to remember just when it was that people started to develop doctor-phobia. When I was a kid, my doctor was someone who was slightly scary, but mostly because he was from a different social class. He had nice suits, looked rotundly well-fed, and drove a Cadillac. Doctors were different then. They played golf and were off on Wednesdays, while our fathers worked in stores, factories and offices and always seemed short of cash. On the... Read more →

Questions From Readers to Readers: Going to the Doctor

Time once again to ask you to answer a question for a reader. This month’s Questions from Readers to Readers comes from Trixie who actually posted this question in a blog I’d written over on personal weight site, Lynn’s Weigh, about a doctor who told his patients he hoped they gained weight over the holidays! Insane. Anyway, Trixie wrote: “(T)his post makes me even more nervous to go back to the doctor. I honestly haven't been to a physician in... Read more →