Joining a Gym?
As you all know, exercise is a real struggle for me and my husband. Where we work we have a gym available for our use, for about $500/year for both of us.
I’ve toyed with the idea of joining for some time now. I’m hoping that it’s just the extra push we need to start exercising. [...]
Weight Loss Update for April
Oddly enough, I’ve dropped about a few pounds in the last month. That brings my total to 32 pounds since last summer, I believe.
That’s how it usually goes for me. I hit a plateau and stay there for a while. In this case, I’ve been more or less stuck for almost two months. Then poof, [...]
Popular Links
Here are some popular posts from the last few weeks, in case you missed any of them.
Take Charge of your Medical Care
Thinking You Can
Low Carb Enchilada Recipe
Eating When You’re Sick
Set small goals and succeed
I sometimes read and participate in weight loss forums. I think it can be helpful to get feedback and support when trying to lose weight. Goodness knows, sticking with it can be tough.
Surprisingly, I also think that those same forums can be the very thing to trip you up and cause you to lose motivation.
Why [...]
Low Carb Ice Cream
With summer coming on, it’s getting to be ice cream season again. If you’re watching your carbs and/or your sugar, then there are some nice selections out there for you.
Breyers does a low carb ice cream that’s very good. Unfortunately, there are only a few flavors. I’ve seen vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan, and rocky road.
There [...]
Dress Thin this Summer
With warm weather coming, you may be wondering how to dress to avoid showing your problem areas but still be comfortable and fashionable.
Shirts
If your upper arms are a problem, choose t-shirts instead of tank tops.
Or, try a sheer or light shirt worn as a jacket over your tank top.
Unless you have 6-pack abs, skip the [...]
Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad Recipe
This recipe makes great use of pasta, particularly whole wheat pasta. I have an article on whole wheat pasta, if your still hesitant to try it.
This is a great, easy dish. It gets even better if you let it sit a day in the fridge. It’s also a good way to use up extra cooked [...]
Whole Wheat Pasta: Not what you think
Broccolini over whole wheat pasta
Originally uploaded by MontageMan
If you’re like me, you’ve heard (and read) that whole wheat pasta tastes awful, is hard to get used to, etc. I’m here to tell you that it isn’t so.
Since my husband found out he was diabetic almost a year ago, we’ve been changing a lot of our [...]