We’ve all tried soup for weight loss before, if we have any years on us at all, and if we’ve struggled for more than a minute with our weight. The “Cabbage Soup Diet” is a classic example. Ninety-five percent of chunky people across time and space have used it to trim up a bit. The…
The quad-state tornado dominated the news as our own forest roads opened to the area of the Giant Sequoia National Monument that was devastated by the Windy Fire. Visions of storm-ravaged communities hung in my vision as my older son and I drove with some loathing and heaviness through our hiking stomping grounds in the…
Terane has been a member of Eat Like A Bear! since the summer of 2020 and is down 100 pounds and in the Eat Like A Bear! Century Club. At 58 years old, like many of us, she’s been through it all and found herself in the middle of a pandemic, in deep need of…
It’s really a pretty crazy world because, at 50+ years old, you never expect to end up at your lowest adult weight. In fact, most women at 50, 60, or 70 have pretty much given up on losing weight. I certainly had, which is why this is all so crazy. Just three years ago, after…
What a world! I got to hang out with Jack Canfield back in September, 2020-style on Zoom. If you were even breathing U.S. air in the 90s and 00s, you already know who I am talking about. Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the legendary series “Chicken Soup for the Soul” and of “Success Principles.”…
This is a story about shipping 10,000 books from a rural post office: Why we had to do it, how we teamed up with a tribe of rural postmasters to make it happen, and how the story landed in national press. It’s a timeless story about the power of community. Thank you for your support…
At 75 years old, Gail is down 80 pounds and actually made a feature story in Woman’s World magazine as the community’s “record holder” for the number of pounds lost in the Three Day Challenge. She lost a whopping 17 pounds in those three days, partly due to water retention from congestive heart failure. However,…
We’ve done it!: From a single original weight loss story, 100 people have lost over 100 pounds without the use of surgery, drugs, branded products, or membership or coaching fees, with a meal framework that can be done on food stamps. We’ve been counting up to our “century” century mark for months here at Eat…
We have a growing collection of premium content here at Eat Like A Bear!, and we also have me running around saying “You don’t need to buy anything. You only need yourself.” Together, those statements cause confusion, so I attempt to navigate the issues for you here. No Drugs, No Surgery, No Branded Products, in…
Update: We have done it. From a single original weight loss story, 100 people have lost over 100 pounds without the use of surgery, drugs, branded products, or membership or coaching fees, with a meal framework that can be done on food stamps. Below is an article from May 2021 as we counted from 95…