I cop to eating while bored or anytime oxygen is present in my environment. So yeah. I eat all the time. HOWEVER when I’m anxious I’m FINALLY able to control my appetite. While nervousness leads some folks to nosh for me freaking out means I don’t pig out. Unfortunately I am not nervous frequently enough to do much good. [...]
Don’t let this be you! One morning is NOT enough. And husbands? Learn from this. Pointing out the obvious to a dieting wife is not a good business plan.
U.S. News and World Reports Ranks the Diets. For the first time ever the magazine looked at popular diet plans. The diets were rated for nutritional completeness and whether they provided enough calories. The winner… the DASH diet. Here’s the complete report. Take a look. Now here’s how I rank the diets that AREN’T on [...]
A new study of British women discovered that if they start their diets on Tuesday they’re most likely to chuck the idea by Friday. By Friday the dieting British are all, “Bloody hell, I’ll have a double order of fish and chips, guvna.” The study found that committing to something new on Tuesday is too stressful, you don’t have [...]
Good Morning America broke the new this morning. Debt ceiling? Nah. Happy Meal News! McDonald’s is cutting the salt, lowering the number of french fries, and including a mandatory sack of apple slices. Here’s the story that has the new nutritional information. A lot has changed since my little ones ate Happy Meals. Back in [...]
So I’m up. Not in mood, though I’m okay there, but up in weight. It’s hardly surprising. I spent the last two months thinking about, inventing, testing, and baking desserts. It was out of necessity and to achieve a goal. I HAD to be all desserts all the time if I wanted to compete in a [...]
As we celebrate Independence Day let’s ponder the question: What did the Founding Fathers eat? Let’s begin with John Adams. After reading David McCollough’s biography Adams became one of my favorites. Perhaps you watched the movie on HBO? When it comes to food John Adams is a man after my own heart. I certainly never [...]
Here’s my newspaper column this week… I’m still obsessing about the My Plate thing.. There’s a new guideline from the USDA on what we should be eating. The new guideline is called My Plate, and it’s intended to show us what to put on our plates for optimal health. This new plate replaces the mystical [...]
It’s happened again — a politician is accused of trouble on Twitter. // = 8){ if(3 == 10 && (midPoint*2) >= 15){ GA_googleFillSlot(“mnews-news-300×250″); } } // ]]>I’m a Twitter veteran, and as an early adopter, I’ve learned a few things. I think it’s my civic duty as an American to share them with political hopefuls, [...]
Okay – this is it. My last recipe where I don’t give a darn about calories or carbs, just taste. It’s been fun but I’ve got four more weeks of the Real Women of Philadelphia and for the NEXT four weeks I’m going back to my dieting ways! Does that mean no more Philadelphia Cream [...]
