Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

What happened to the good old days of "Woman as passive recipient?" What happened to being courted? What happened to sitting back under a parasol and granting someone a chance to try to win us over?

Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.

I can't tell my conscience from my insecurities.

This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.

I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.

After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.