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How to Use Weight-Loss Drugs with Bright Line Eating
The data are in, and it’s clear that the new weight-loss drugs aren’t going to cure the obesity pandemic. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for them in your world, if you are struggling to lose your weight or...
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Bright Line Bedtime
In this vlog, I want to talk about how to manage the “muchness” of life, especially if you have multiple priorities—a job, family, and more—and fitting it all into your Bright life feels overwhelming. I’d like to...
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Healthy Dopamine Rewards
Barb sent in this question: “Recently, I’ve heard you mention a healthy, gentle kind of dopamine. Can you say more about that, especially in connection with Bright Line Eating?”
People come to Bright Line Eating with...
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Is Whole Wheat Flour Addictive?
Today, I want to explain why whole wheat flour is a problem for us, even though it may not have been a problem in the past.
Beth wrote in with a great question. She said: “Though I am convinced that white flour is...
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The 4 S's of a Successful Rezoom
I’m thinking today about how scary and demoralizing it can be to break your Bright Lines. I’ve broken my Lines more times than I can count, though thankfully not in years. I’ve been in food addiction recovery for...
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Mixtures
My twins, Zoe and Robin Thompson, turned 17 on May 2. We celebrated their birthday at Plum Garden, the restaurant my family frequently visits for celebrations. Plum Garden epitomises how I’m working my program now...
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The 4 Questions
When you’ve been living in maintenance for a long time, there’s a way to figure out if something you’re doing with your food, whether it’s a specific food, a method of preparation, a restaurant, or something else, is...
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Defending Your Lines
I talked to someone the other day who told me that she had binged recently. She shared how she stays Bright for a bit, then she picks up food. She works the program for a while, and then it unravels for her.
I was...
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Is a Raw Diet Healthier?
You know what I love? I’ve been weighing and measuring my food and living Bright for 22 years now. I’ve been helping people that whole time to know that following a Bright Line Eating plan is healthy, liberating, and...
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SPT's Metabolism Update
I want to do a follow-up to a vlog I did a few weeks ago called “Maintenance Weight Creep.” In that vlog, I talked about how my weight had crept up even though I’d shaved off food.
First, I need to apologize because...
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Avoiding the Mental Binge
Trauma trigger warning: In this vlog, I talk about topics that may be triggering if you come from a background of trauma.
A food binge is when you eat more food, in a shorter period of time, than someone would...
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Let's Support our Health Care Professionals
Today I have some interesting research to share with you, and a big announcement.
We know that carrying around excess weight is problematic on every level. That’s not to say that every person living with obesity is...
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