Collecting My Thoughts

 No use crying over old fashions and modesty that will never return, but it was so much easier to be attractive when we only wore jeans for ...

are as addictive as heroin and cocaine.  Leptin.  Ghrelin.  Whole bunch of things controlling your appetite. https://www.youtube.com/watch...

If you are sedentary, just exercising after work won’t help much. “The fight against sedentary behavior cannot be won based only on the pr...

I took the test. Much better than last summer at this time. “Congratulations! Your healthy weight is well worth the effort. It reduces you...

I’ve now cycled over 440 miles since Christmas and am still in Virginia according to “Tools to Keep You Active” chart. This photo is near ...

One of the major fall outs from the women's movement of the 1970s was more children eating in restaurants. We rarely eat at "fast f...

Airport employee sits for 10 years and reaches 370 lb. Starts walking the halls of the airport--loses 200 lb. and her diabetes. Plus she was...

I kid you not.  This is a real diagram in a real research paper which attempts to explain the best method for measuring why if we eat more...

A recent issue of JAMA (Dec. 7, 2011) has an update on a woman who had counseling about the various options of bariatric surgery in 2009--Ro...

That's what my World's Healthy foods newsletter said. I don't like Brussels sprouts--but I do like their cousins, other crucife...

After my physical, my doctor nicely told me he'd like to see less of me--meaning I need to lose some weight. Our exercise class is goin...

and help other people. If you're willing to admit to being moderately obese, OSU Nutrition Study is looking for you (male or female) an...

It's the hypocrisy of her campaign that conservatives resent. Who's tending the WH garden? Her staff. She's a nag. And Govern...

MMWR report in JAMA Of the resettled Iraqi refugees (San Diego) over 18, 24.6% were classified as obese, and 64.3% of those over 65 were h...

We’re all in trouble and I don't know about you, but I should be dead. “. . . for every 2.2 pounds gained in weight since the age of 18,...

Eating with Michael Phelps Our eleven gold medals swimmer, Michael Phelps, eats. A lot. Like 8,000-10,000 calories a day. But he also swi...

Our Italy costs just went up I heard that the airlines are raising money for fuel by charging $15 per bag. It's got to come from somewhe...