We’re told that we have to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Experts say water will help us flush out our systems, it will help fat evacuate the body, and make our skin look good. So here’s the latest scientific research. Let me boil it down. The latest scientistific research says that those theories [...]
At the University of Toledo Economists say they’re proving that obesity is contagious. Here’s the story. To read the research click here. The takeaway? Nutrition and fitness education must begin young. And on the upside? Health is also contagious.
I have 27 days until a big event. An event where I want to look nice. If I’ve learned anything from The Biggest Loser it’s that I should be able to lose 50 pounds in that amount of time being in my 40s it’s that I am wise and stuff. SO I’m going to use all my [...]
bene-satisfaction- Word invented by French diet doctor Pierre Dukan. Meaning “the neurological food that recharges life’s pulsating heart with energy to strengthen it and keep it sending out our life force.” It’s the neurological food that provides both benefit AND satisfaction. Food of course is the most efficient source of bene-satisfaction. In other words the [...]
Here’s the Consumer Report article on popular diets. You really should click on it to read. But Jenny Craig wins this time. We found this new report interesting but in the end what diet works? The one you where lose weight and can stick to forever until the end of time. So our search continues. So no matter [...]
So this used to be called our Diet Wagon. But we’re trying to be more “healthy lifestyle” so let’s just call it our Health Wagon. This is what it looks like when we fall off the Die..er Health Wagon. Notice the horns? SO in one week of being totally off the Health Wagon we’re looking at a month’s [...]
For some reason the men in our house lose weight on vacation. Probably because they insist on running around in the surf and playing ball all week while I insist on laying down and reading. BUT let’s not analyze it too closely. Here’s what we know. The Quantum Scale reveals I’m UP 3.5 pounds. SO it’s [...]
Spring Break starts in 5 days. Everyone all together now…FLARG!!!!!! This means some of us are literally going from Big Sweater Weather to Bathing Suit Weather without passing through Capri Season also known as spring. A really cold spring here in the midwest has denied us that period where you slowly get used to seeing things that have [...]
On this St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to take a moment to tell you about my father’s mother — my Irish grandmother, Ellen. Irish Ellen’s people were from County Cork in Ireland. She was the youngest of 10. I am not sure if all the things she was came from her Irish blood, but I [...]
The traditional Irish dinner is your basic Corned Beef and Cabbage. Here’s a handy dandy link for the actual nutritional information of a LIGHT version. Your basic corned beef and cabbage isn’t too bad, even Spark People has two-cups under 400 calories. But no worries for me it’s nothing. Let me state that St. Patrick’s [...]
