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A Skillful Holiday to All by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyNegotiating success in maintenance reminds me of so many things: balancing on a bongo board, walking a tightrope, learning to sprint on tiptoe through a vas ... Read on »
The Wind Beneath My Bike Pedals and Hiking Boots by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringAs you know – and why Barbara and I write this blog – it’s not easy finding people who can relate to weight maintenance. Like many of ... Read on »
It Takes Two by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyI don’t know how many of you make it a habit to follow the glut of weight-related research studies that are released each day. I try to hone in on tho ... Read on »
Surprise! Re-Creation vs. Reactivity by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyWhenever possible, I am for re-creating health rather than of reacting to it with medications. The difference goes something like this: Say you have a house ... Read on »
Insulin and Dementia: Taming the Spider by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyIt’s funny how we tend to think of the brain as a different kind of organ, one that has jobs that are quite distinct from the activities going on in t ... Read on »
The Duplicity of Exercise by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringI’d like to continue the discussion about exercise that Barbara started in her last entry (“ The Baby. The Bathwater.”), mostly becau ... Read on »
The Baby. The Bathwater. by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyEver feel like you’re running a mad dash just to keep up with the latest diet and exercise recommendations? Instant communication is a wonderful thing ... Read on »
If You Could Change Health Care, What Would You Do? by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringDr. Andrew Weil was a gueston NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show yesterday discussing his latest book, “Why Our Health Matters.” Although I&r ... Read on »
Is Obesity a Disease? by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyRecently, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove made some news by being outrageous. He told the New York Times thatif it were up to him and if there were n ... Read on »
Shawna’s Savin’ All Her Carbs For You! by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringI don’t remember this, but apparently sometime last week I changed my name to Shawna, moved to Austin, Texas, and became a spokesmodel for a resv ... Read on »
Muscle: It’s the Real Deal by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyThe common wisdom tells you to build it. Most people think they don’t have enough of it. Fitness experts tout it as something almost magical. But what ... Read on »
Photographs and Memories by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-Bering I apologize for my blogging absence. I was preparing for and am now back from a whirlwind business trip/vacation to New York City (the business part) ... Read on »
True Confessions of a Once Thin Person by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyLike someone who has committed a crime and never reported it, I feel compelled to confess. I simply must wade back into the debate about who the thin really ... Read on »
The Age That Counts by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyLots has been made of calculating your “real age”…an interesting device for assessing how old you may be on a cellular level. In reality, ... Read on »
Rethinking & Reseeing The “Naturally” Thin by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringBarbara wrote in her July 22 blog entry “The Thin Doc’s Dilemma”: “I am maintaining a 20-pound weight loss myself and would be ... Read on »
Refusing Under Stress by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyRefusing to regain the weight you’ve lost is a big enough challenge on ordinary days, but what about on life-crisis days? Years of habit dictate that ... Read on »
I’m Back! by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Lynn Haraldson-BeringHappy August, everyone! But where, oh where, did July go?I’ve been MIA from Refuse to Regain for almost a month – I’ve missed you! Al ... Read on »
The Problem with Eating Clean by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training B Barbara BerkeleyVirtually all maintainers practice some form of “clean” eating. Whether they are Primarian, Vegetarian, Vegan, Mediterranean or just careful omni ... Read on »
The Thin Doc’s Dilemma by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyAs a diet doc, it is my job to make people thin. It’s strange then that one of the most persistent obstacles I face in that task is being thin myself. ... Read on »
Growing a Healthier Apple by Dr. Barbara Berkeley Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training By Barbara BerkeleyFrom 2002 to 2004, the city of New York gained 10 million pounds.This startling piece of data was one of the arguments used to advance New York’s pro- ... Read on »