Writer Lynn Haraldson-Bering maintains a 168-pound weight loss and blogs about weight loss, food, exercise and life in general. Lynn's story was featured on Oprah, the Today Show, Entertainment Tonight CNN, "People" magazine's Half Their Size issue in January 2008.
Firsts
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Last Wednesday, I finished my first year of a 2-year dietetics program at Community College of Allegheny County. I have never, ever felt so relieved to finish something in m ...
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“Nothing” Food
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Here’s what’s in my fridge as of this morning, April 25,
2012: 3 packages of Shiritaki Noodles, a quarter-full bag of shredded carrots, a
half-full bag of spinach, a contain ...
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"I did 'dit'!"
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
It started with, “Do you see that cleavage, Marge?” and ended with, “I’ll be walking up your fire escape in a minute!”
I volunteer for a non-profit agency that, among a ...
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Blackbird Revisited
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
This blog is dedicated to my oldest daughter, who turns 29 tomorrow. I, of course, am still 29 *grin*
You were 16, I think, the day you told me I was your best frie ...
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Hello Bike Path!
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
This morning, I took one helluva test in Medical Nutrition Therapy. 100 points. Math was involved. Yuck. And it was timed. Afterwards, I was shaking and second guessing myse ...
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Lost In Space
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
The space of my life right now is filled with crazy difficult challenging things. School, work, joint issues, relationships…you know what I’m talking about.
In a few mo ...
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I Give Up
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
When I was a kid, I viewed Lent as a six-week nightmare for my Catholic friends. They always had to give up something they loved, and it was almost always food.
Usuall ...
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New York Day 1
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
The airline gods were smiling down on me today. Not only did they order up a clear, calm and warm day, they sat me next to a gorgeous dark-haired man in row 12. While ...
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Embrace the Swamp
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
I could have stayed back in a warm house playing Scrabble. Instead, I hiked through brambles and briars and oh-my-god wind, ice and swamp to help (OK…watch) hunting man boyf ...
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I Still Believe
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
If there’s a theme song for perseverance, determination, and…in the footsteps of my last blog …resilience, it’s “I Still Believe” by The Call. When I listen to it, I believe ...
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Undefining Who We Are
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
“Resilience is the difference between making _______ one part of your story and [allowing it to be] your entire narrative.” Robert Wicks, author of “ Bounce: Living the Resi ...
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Food
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Lynn Bering
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Since embarking on this weight journey seven years ago, I’ve lived, breathed, written about and obsessed over food. I’ve studied it, planned my life around it, cursed it, ad ...
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