Collecting My Thoughts

The New Year is always a time for resolving to lose the extra pounds packed on during the fall and holiday season.  That said, I was only ca...

After the lock up/ shut down/ shut up is over, half the adults will be going on a diet (my estimate). Here's some tips: My observation...

In late December 2014 I had a check up and the scale at Dr. Bush’s office said 170 (which I call 165 on mine).  So I started a log for ridin...

It's adding up. Patio donuts—cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla are my favs; peanut butter on toast; cheese on crackers; honey on biscuits; fr...

Do you ever have the feeling that "science" isn't very scientific? Wine. Chocolate. Coffee. Butter. Fat. All the things we wer...

Have to learn to write a new date.  Pete and Peg are my in-laws once removed, brother and sister-in-law of our son-in-law I don...

All diets work, it seems.  At least for awhile. http://www.dietsinreview.com/   This site rates the most successful.  For me, it's alway...

Forty years ago in 1977 we flew to California with our children for an extended visit with my in-laws, Bob and Rosemary. My husband's f...

If you want to make a New Year's resolution that should be easy to keep, give up low-fat or no fat food items. For 40 years the U.S. h...

Jean Fain is the author of  http://www.jeanfain.com/newsletters.html .  She had an opportunity to interview neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt a...

Obama  is offering special protections for the .3% of Americans that are supposedly confused about their gender and he's demanding the r...

That’s the title of a workshop.  Supposed to teach one to trust her taste buds and loose weight, but with “mindfulness” (aka Hindu meditatio...

I ran into a friend last night we see only in the summer.  She’s lost about 20 lbs since I last saw her and looks and feels great.  I asked ...

They are all similar, and they all sell books.  This article from 2008 in WebMD lists the components. These articles all have enriched link...

Penn Jillette (atheist, libertarian entertainer) was on Glenn Beck again last night, and I'd noticed his weight loss the last time, so I...

with a side of black beans and brown rice.  That’s the sort of things I’m eating these days for lunch, along with fat free feta cheese (bleh...

“People in the fast-dieting group were more likely to achieve their target weight loss than the slow-dieting group, but both struggled to ...

        [snark] I know who ordered that pizza, who bought that bag of chips and forced open my mouth. Yes, someone in the 1% who needs to ...

It's not often I defend Mrs. Obama--only in 2 areas--as a fine example for other young women in marriage and family (i.e., she married t...