Halloween Temptation Looms The temptation of Halloween candy looms just beyond the perimeter of thinking. I can smell the candy. It’s not in the house, yet, but I can smell it still. Will I be able to withstand the temptation? After everybody is sleeping, will the candy call to me before it leaves the house [...]
Doctors Cancer and Shingles This post is not really related to weight loss. It’s related to shingles, cancer and doctors. And Moms. Let me preface this with the small fact that my mom has lung cancer. She’s had radiation, and has been doing well for a year. She has never experienced any problems as a [...]
Spaghetti Sauce I made spaghetti sauce yesterday. I’ve been craving it for at least a week. As a rule, I make a pretty good pot of sauce. A little onion, garlic, basil, oregano, thyme, bay leaf. Tomatoes. All simmered for a few hours. It came out tasting very – odd. Not necessarily bad, just odd. [...]
Gum Chewing The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society did a study and found that chewing gum before snacking helps reduce hunger. Aside from the fact that I look like a cow chewing it’s cud when I chew gum, so I don’t touch the stuff, but I used to chew gum. And it never, [...]
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Diet On Larry King Tonight Larry King is one of my favorite shows, depending on who he has on, and tonight they’re talking about Diet. These people will be on: Joy Behar, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Oz (You on a Diet) and a Biggest Loser trainer, and the author of Good Calories Bad Calories. Should [...]
Tomato-Chipotle Gazpacho 3 ripe large red tomatoes (you can use other colors if you want. I just prefer red). 2 red bell peppers cut in large chunks, seeds and stem removed 2 cucumbers cut in large chunks 1 small sweet onion like Vidalia or Walla Walla 4 cloves of garlic minced (or 4 tsp of [...]
I love soup. Doesn’t matter if it’s winter or summer.
Play An Hour A Day The NFL and Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Ad Council are launching a series of public service ads that are intended to fight child hood obesity, by urging families to play an hour a day. The ads will start running this week. http://www.smallstep.gov http://www.NFLRUSH.com
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