Doctors and Weight
I recently saw an article in CNN.com titled: “The surprising reason why being overweight isn’t healthy”. Of course my curiosity was...
Unexpected Changes
Yesterday in church, in consideration of Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday holiday, our minister talked about some of aspects of change...
Beautiful People
I recently heard about the exclusive online dating site, BeautifulPeople.com, that ousted around 5,000 members because they had gained...
Reading Cookbooks
A friend recently asked for some good, gluten-free recipes, since she will shortly have a real kitchen to cook in, and when I realized...
Food, Inc.
Watching Food, Inc. reminded me of things that I’ve learned in the process of losing weight but don’t always think about so much anymore....
A Litany of Food
Following up on my earlier post, I thought it might be fun to provide a list of the foods I've given and received for the holidays. Given...
Gifts of Food
We recently had our holiday party at work, and I have to say it wasn’t at all geared towards someone trying to lose weight (or to a...
Inspired
I find myself in the rather odd position of being inspired to lose weight – by myself. My younger self, that is. I remember co-workers...
Inspired
I recently watched a documentary called Ballerina that looked at the lives of some prima ballerinas in Russia. They start quite young, at...
Santa Claus
One of the things I’m finding most valuable in writing about my experience with weight is remembering what it was actually like. Even...