Simple Steps for Health Submission
My husband was diagnosed with diabetes a little more than a year ago. We’ve learned a lot in that time, but the biggest help for us is simply knowing one thing.
If it’s in the house, we’ll eat it.
Willpower is great, but it’s largely a myth as well! Try resisting those cookies or ice [...]
Dealing with Stress
I’ve been really thinking a lot lately about my issues with stress and how I stress-eat in response to that.
In general, stress sends me heading for the chocolate or other sweets. I don’t have to be particularly hungry, or hungry at all, to feel the need to indulge. I’ve also noticed that it [...]
Why are you overweight?
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. Why am I really overweight?
Of course, the simple answer is this: eating more calories than you burn makes you gain weight. That’s true, but it’s also not quite true at the same time. It doesn’t get to the heart of the problem.
You see, if it were as [...]
Cool Weight Loss Blog
Half of Me is a weight loss blog I ran across a few days ago. She’s also written a book, Half-Assed, about her weight loss struggles. Yep, you may have guessed it; she’s lost HALF her body weight.
Wow. I’m enjoying her blog because she’s a bit irreverent, and she’s honest about what a struggle it [...]
Toss your Skinny Clothes
Asithi left an interesting comment to my recent post, Declutter Yourself, about keeping skinny clothes.
While you may think about whether you still like them, if they’re in style, how old they are, etc. I think there’s a more important question to consider.
How do you feel every time you open the closet and see clothes that [...]
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, [...]
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 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 [...]