Has anyone ever put off going to an annual check up w/ their doctor because they didn’t feel like being weighed? {raises hand} I’ve been avoiding the thyroid doctor for 5 months because of the dreaded scale. But, I went last Friday. I had boots on (knock off Ugg’s). So here’s the age-old dillema…do I [...]
Welcome to another Carbie Doll edition of low maintenance low carb cooking. If you’re like us, you’re on the go and want to keep things low (carb that is). The Carbie Dolls are big fans of crockpot cooking. This week, I tried a modified version of this scrumptious pork roast. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 medium sized [...]
I’ve invented a diet. You may ask yourself: Is this woman a nutritionist? A medical doctor? Perhaps a star of a popular sitcom of old, such as “Cheers” or “Three’s Company”? Any of these things would qualify me to invent a diet. But I have none of those qualifications. What I am is a self-taught [...]
Last year, I was introduced to the Paleolithic Diet. Some of you may have already heard of it. The idea is, you should eat whatever Cavemen would eat. In other words, hunter gather-y foods or things that do not require factory processing and must die before you eat them (vegetables, fresh meat etc.). Today, I’d like play devil’s [...]
Healthy cooking sounds good but how? Here’s a great article from Fat Fighter TV on three EASY things to remember if you want to create healthy and delicious meals!
The question is do you need the pressure of a weightloss deadline? Does the reunion this summer, spring break, or a wedding motivate you and get you on track? OR is it better to just commit to your healthy lifestyle for all time and let the scale fall where it falls? I’d say the healthy lifestyle is [...]
I was counting points but I fell off the wagon. So I decided to count calories and I went pretty low w/my daily caloric intake for about a week. Then to rein in my holiday binge I clamped down on the carbohydrates. But now I’m at an impass. I’m at the intersection of Bored Boulevard and Plateau [...]
Amidst scouring the internet/mall/closest Toys for Tots bin for the best holiday sales, we all have a decision to make. What are we going to wear for Christmas/hanukkah/Kwanza/New Year’s Eve/53 Days ‘Til President’s Day? Despite declaring that we were not going to have another fat christmas…we feel like there’s at least a possibility that we could [...]
For a long time we’ve talked about exercise in relation to smoking hotedness. But now that we’re in our late thirties and some of us are actually in our forties – we’ve evolved into understanding that exercise is about health not hotness. A new report got us thinking about getting moving. The report shows that [...]
So what was the hip thing to do to whittle down your hips in 2009? Our dear friend at Fat Fighter TV breaks it down and shares the top fitness trends of the year. In the interest of full disclosure we’re doing nothing lately to work on our fitness. We are feeling guilty ’bout that [...]
