Hi everyone! I’m so sorry for the hiccups I’ve had. Let’s blame it on the computer. lol. I’ll be back next with the usual schedule. Until then, I…
Pearl One It took many years for me to truly connect that eating several brownies starts with a thought in my brain. Let me give you an example.…
Too cool for school? Not a brilliant plan. Pearl One Back when yo-yo-ing was my lifestyle, I would never have called myself “smug.” Most of the time, I…
Pearl One Back in the day food was my entertainment. In my book, there was nothing worse than being bored. Food was the answer to any kind of…
Eat a fun breakfast by 9 a.m. but don’t eat so much you won’t want lunch! Pearl One My mom once said to me, “eating out when we’re…
We don’t have to “fatten up” for winter anymore! Pearl One Okay, somebody has to keep saying it. I guess it’ll be me. You may want to sit…
A sweet reader – “M” wrote to ask me whether the whole wheat pumpkin muffins that I love would work as a pumpkin loaf. I thought, sure, why…
Pearl One I tend to get on the poor high school teachers. Why? Because I’m always thinking “instead of teaching blank-blank they should be teaching life skills like…
A former post tidied up: Pearl One Years ago, I was driving with my parents and my two boys in our van and I guess I wasn’t driving…
Nurse a low cal drink on difficult occasions. Drinks just for us here. Welcome to our new peeps! The red carpet is rolled out for you. So happy…
Welcome to our new peeps! The red carpet is rolled out for you. So happy you’re here. As Tim Ferriss said, “people don’t want more information about their…
Some magical moments come dressed in a huge heart surrounded in lots of fur. Pearl One You know how we’ve been told, “make a daily gratitude list?” I…
Turns out, maintaining a 55-pound weight loss – after age 50 — isn’t as easy as you might think. Especially at the December holidays. I love a tasty…
This December eat — and drink — with intention and blow January-You away. Hello Thrivers! This post is from the past but updated. I love the inherent message…
Your assignment should you accept it. Pearl One I’m not shy about smart eating. I engage with this part of my life with total seriousness, but I have…
Hi Everyone! No need to panic but we’re 38 days away from Christmas! In pearl four I list five-star amazing gifts for kids. Shall we? Pearl One There…
Pearl One In the old days, after losing weight we said, “I shrunk my stomach” if we’d been eating less or “I’ve stretched my stomach” if we were…
Pearl One The diet-cartel has long insisted that “it will eventually get easy” to lose weight; that one day we’ll wake up and food won’t interest us in…
Remember learning to ride a bike? It was both scary and exciting! Hello Everyone! Before we get started: If you ever feel the urge to join me on…
This little gem: it does a body good. Welcome to our new peeps! So happy you’re here. As Tim Ferriss said, “people don’t want more information about their…
Hello! We have new thrivers – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts for you to read in pink below. I send a regular Monday post…
We have new thrivers – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts for you to read in pink below. The regular Monday post I send will…
Today we’re modern cavewomen! Hello everyone! We have new thrivers – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts for you to read in pink below. The…
Being racehorses in weight loss land was never real. We’re sea turtles: slow and adorable. Pearl One You and I are wise to the ways of yesteryear’s diet-cartel…
Investigate what triggers you to overeat. Journal-write about your emotional, situational and vacation triggers. Pearl One When I was losing the fifty-five pounds and today preserving the original…
Our cavewoman is a party girl who eats, drinks and spends as if you don’t have a mortgage. Pearl One Note: this very cool eating style is meant…
Dropping our mask when we journal can bring our unconscious to life. Pearl One Wondering how to do the “dinner hour?” I mean, you make food and eat…
Getting back to the basics of what’s most important in life. Labor Day Weekend I never met a holiday menu I didn’t embrace. Like so many of us…
Getting back to the basics of what’s most important in life. Pearl One I love Dave Ramsey. He pops up on my Instagram feed once or twice a…
Do you have a smart written plan for navigating disappointment? Pearl One I’m revisiting this post because I’ve internalized the story and I hope you will too. It’s…
Life happens. Plan for it to go your way. Pearl One Hello everyone! We have new thrivers onboard and welcome! If you haven’t yet read “Begin Here”, I…
It’s simple. We weren’t given the right information. Hi All! The Scarfer complained this morning about the summer rain we’ve been having in Atlanta (suburb outside of ATL).…
Pearl One You’ve done the hard work. You lost the weight. You made it stick but now, in maintenance mode, you’re running on empty — and willpower alone…
As we take baby steps into lifetime maintenance we need to find the fun everywhere. Pearl One You’ve likely heard women say that reaching their goal weight didn’t…
Pearl One Welcome to a five-week focus on maintenance (or what I call “preservation” (I’ll use both terms interchangeably until we all get used to the new word).…
Pearl One First a caveat, I’m so thankful for the self-help world; I’ve benefited greatly. So please don’t think I’m dissing self-help. Not at all. Given that, I’ve…
Pearl One One Make a contract with yourself. About two weeks before a trip, the first thing I do is have a writing conversation with myself using my…
Who doesn’t love a pudgy baby? Pearl One As a kid, my mom would tell me that I should lose weight while I was still young because “it…
Habits are where the rubber-meets-the-road reality. Pearl One I resisted sharing this information, but my husband (aka The Scarfer) kept saying “Tell your readers.” My first thought was…
Pearl One We’ll do it differently and begin with our journal today. The following is exactly what I did to put desserts in their place. You’re in charge…
Pearl One A lifetime weight loss doesn’t just happen like one day we instantly find ourself on a Hawaiian beach. We know that a ton of planning goes…
Let’s crack-open the therapists’ bible: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and comes with a number: reflecting updated new material. Pearl One A friend who’d survived childhood…
A food-pusher in the wild. Pearl One I was recently watching a short reel on Instagram when a financial expert said, “When you have an ‘I’ve had it…
They can’t fool us: they put in mondo time becoming successful all while making it look easy. Pearl One Muggles – such as you and I — don’t…
Pearl One I had a dear friend from many years back who told me — in whispers — that she’d had the “sleeve stomach surgery” but had “eaten…
If you live in or near to Atlanta, Georgia strawberries are in season April through early July! I know their pricey they’re priicey, but it’s key to how I lost 55 ;snd/
ate April through early July
Silly donkey, pink bows are for (furry) kids Pearl One He’s cute and pathetic, and has the sweetest pink bow on his tail. We might want to mother…
Pearl One As therapists-in-training my peers and I were taught that if a client started “yes, butting” us it was a clear sign that we’d careened the client…
Pearl One A couple months back, I fell down the rabbit hole that is Instagram and was algorithm-fed reels featuring newborns and what their first thirty minutes of…
Is chocolate a trigger food? If yes, steer clear. Also wanting food-porn means you’re hungry for food-food. Pearl One Let’s get right into today’s writing journal prompts: What’s…
A dear friend doesn’t care what you eat. Pearl One Hello Thivers! I re-tooled a former pearl. A casual friend who was an eating-buddy of sorts and I…
Pearl One Admittedly I can be gullible, yes, it’s true. But I cannot be the only person who thought – back when – that the diet companies legit…
Pearl One One of the strongest questions to ask yourself: what are my best wins that I’m so proud of? In your journal write about your top four…
Pearl One Hello Thrivers! I’m a true-blue library gal. But I’ve moved enough times to know: keep your book collection at the library. That said, I bought these…
Pearl One A well-built why changes everything, Say for example you’re planning your own upcoming spring wedding. You’ve never been able to lose weight before, but this time…
Kisses and snuggles: 0 carbs, 0 calories.. Pearl One It was a gorgeous autumn afternoon when we arrived at the Savannah, GA home where The Scarfer’s brother lives…
Hi Thrivers! We have new people – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts to read below. Every Monday I send a newsletter to you and…
Pearl One If – like me – you have an interest in making the weight loss trek up the over fifty mountain a smidge easier I have two…
We don’t have to be perfect to create a lifetime weight loss for ourselves. Hello Thrivers, I hope this post finds you well. Would you believe that I…
Make 2025 the year you embed the cold-tote habit We have new people – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts to read below. It’ll make…
Let’s get wise to perfectionism’s grip on our lives: check out this new way of chilling out. We have new people – and welcome!! – I’m sharing five…
We have new people –and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts to read below. It’ll make these weekly posts a lot easier to understand. And if…
We adults can take “a teachable moment” from the cutest among us. Pearl One I just read that some folks are going off their weight loss med in…
Pearl One Iron Man opens to “Back in Black.” Star Wars to its iconic opening’s symphony piece. And The Lion King to “Circle of Life.” We even know…
It’s “sweater-weather” if you watch SNL. Pearl One As beautiful and wondrous as December can be, it also delivers a wallop of calories, calories, and more calories. It’s…
Pearl One People often have asked, how I’ve “done it.” No secrets at all about it. Here’s exactly how I’ve navigated challenging holidays like the week of Thanksgiving…
Save yourself! This holiday season keep your cavewoman snoozing. Pearl One We’ve made it through Halloween and are speeding toward Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) We’re headed into the…
Pearl One Did I mention that I had twins in 2003? My great aunt Martha also had twins, but she had hers way back in the 1940s. That…
Pearl One Hello Thrivers! If you haven’t yet read the Aunt Bea booklet (this blog won’t make sense without it), just shoot me an email Wendy@theInspiredEater.com and I’ll…
Candy has been a tough one for me this year, but I still haven’t yet raided the Halloween stash. Pearl One In 2010, my scarfer, twin six-year-olds, pup…
Journal-writing is a legit inroad to engaging with yourself. It’s almost like magic. Pearl One You want a new solution to an old problem. Your mom and grandmother…
Pearl One I’d hit bottom and had a choice: I could fall into the black abyss of frustration or I could go “butterfly.” I hit my own version…
Pearl One Before I had kids, I thought I was one slick-chick for managing to avoid Halloween candy entirely. I was all, “pshaw, what’s the big deal?” Then…
Pearl One Jillian Michaels. You might remember Jillian as one of the coaches on shows like the Biggest Loser. Her back-story is a great one. She attributes some…
Pearl One Whether we’re actively losing, preserving or holding our weight, we can all see the beauty and brilliance in creating a fall playbook. (These smaller playbooks are…
Pearl One A Thriver asked, “is it okay that I’m trying to lose weight for a wedding? I can’t seem to get motivated otherwise.” My thought is absolutely…
Keeping our toddler emotional brain chill is all about planning. Pearl One You’re mentally exhausted, bored, and sick of the whole “lose weight over 50” thing. It’s taking…
Pearl One Sounds so simple: just nail down your why and you’re to go! But it’s so much more complex than that. When you’re feeling good, get cozy…
The friend that you meet at the cute cafe with the many calories? Sometimes you have to say goodbye. Pearl One How are you with being different? Maybe…
Left to run amuk, the cavewoman will empty your retirement account and fly to Hawaii. Pearl One For the last 300,000 years, humans (anatomically like us) hunted and…
What workout is “play” for you? Hello Thrivers, Once again, thank you for jumping to Mondays with me! I’m sitting here happy because I have a full bag…
Pearl One Of course, pizza was a pain, but it was nothing compared to the difficulty of relegating chocolate to my “twice a year only” list. Hands down,…
Hello Thrivers! If you have a question about something I’ve never addressed please just ask in the comments below or email me: Wendy@theInspiredEater.com. Pearl One Jerry Seinfeld recently…
Hello Thrivers, We have new people –and welcome!! – I’m sharing five super important posts to read. It’ll make these weekly posts a lot easier to understand. As…
When was the last time you lusted for an apple? Food-porn is designed to ensnare us. Hello Thrivers! I hope your long weekend was a good one. If…
Happy 4th of July to the U.S! Everyone else on our big, blue marble, have a beautiful weekend! Hello Thrivers and New Thrivers! And welcome to everyone who…
Hello All Thrivers! And welcome to everyone who recently jumped onboard! This blog will make better sense if you first read Aunt Bea, but if you didn’t receive…
Hello Thrivers! Welcome to everyone who’s new!! If you haven’t yet received Aunt Bea just shout: Wendy@theInpiredEater.com. I’ll send her immediately. And if you live in Smyrna and…
Hello Everyone, Let’s jump right in. Pearl One Time to talk travel! It’s mid-June and every trip will throw its own special curve-ball our way, but here’s how…
Hi Everyone! We have new people on board – welcome again! — and I’d love for us to be on the same page. The ground floor must: choose…
Hi Everyone, These Pearls are a tad long so let’s get started! And welcome to new people! If you didn’t receive Aunt Bea just email me: Wendy@theInspiredEater.com. ♥…
Hi Everyone, I’m sorry these pearls are so late. I wrote two pearls and they just vanished. I will be getting IT work for sure. Pearl One I…
Learning how to NOT light-up at a plate of donuts is merely a step to be learned. A hello and welcome to our new thrivers!! You’ll get the…
Pearl One A very happy thriver wrote that she took off twenty-five pounds and I’ll let “L” tell you the rest: Hello, again! I’m still an avid follower…
Pearl One One takeaway from the Taylor Swift and Kelce Travis phenomenon, is that — politics aside — we can all take a page from their playbook. The…
It might sound dramatic, but there are external forces who have no interest in our success. Hi Everyone! This week I’m knee-deep in New York City. (When I…
There’s incredible wisdom we can glean from our future selves. Hi Everyone, Two pearls are a blast from the past because I put a little too much on…
Pearl One Last week my husband came home from Costco with huge boxes of: So, you see my problem. I know that many of you have a scarfer…
Hi Thrivers! The time-change hit me harder this year. My sleep schedule is way off. Let’s go: Pearl One At this moment, there are four different kinds of…
Art flourishes when we live out of the box. Hello Thrivers! Let’s jump right in! Pearl One Every year my town center displays the most beautiful Christmas tree…
Our habits are so valuable they’re like jewels Pearl One Hello fellow thrivers! Several thrivers have let me know that they’re at their preferred weight and now what?…
The car pertains to all the fun I had this week. Pearl One Hello thrivers!! Welcome to the last Friday of February! We’re getting closer to my favorite…
Pearl One (Heavy sigh.) It happened again this morning. There I was, drinking caffeine while reading an online newsletter; minding my own business. I began reading about a…
There’s so many ways to embrace Valentine’s Day and have fun: table settings, door-decor, and clothes. We have new people – and welcome!! – if you haven’t yet,…
We’re certainly not hooked on All My Children watching daily with cat on lap (no offense to cats everywhere). Pearl One If you’re us, it’s so easy to…
When we’re in it for the long haul: ice cream is gonna happen. It’s what we do next that matters. Pearl One It’s important that I woman-up and…
My hope is that one day she’ll live in a smart eating world where making great choices is a snap. Pearl One One of the most “you’ve got…