Posted by Editormum on 14 June 2010 in
Philosophy,
True Stories My life has been lived in a raging hurry the last few weeks. Catching up at work from a vacation. Running to various doctor appointments. Getting kids ready for, and off to, summer camp. Fighting with the ex. Yard sales. Curriculum fairs. And a multitude of other activities. And it hasn’t ended yet. But that’s [...]
Tags: Diet, food, humour, Low-Carb, stress
Posted by Editormum on 31 March 2010 in
Cleanse,
Diet I have long been a member of the Lemonade Brigade, and have appreciated the health benefits of an annual extended cleansing fast called the Master Cleanse (affectionately known as the “Lemonade Diet”). There’s a pretty sizeable group of people who do this cleanse regularly, and we “meet” on Peter Glickman’s website, where there are discussion [...]
Tags: Diet, health, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse, nutrition
Posted by Editormum on 1 March 2010 in
Family Life This past weekend was unbelievably full. I’m not complaining. I had a lot of fun, and I wouldn’t have missed one minute of any one thing that I did. But it did underscore for me how very important it is to plan ahead if you want to maintain your sanity. We prepared for our weekend on Wednesday [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts, camping, Diet, Family Life, food, friends, karate
Posted by Editormum on 24 February 2010 in
True Stories,
weight-loss I want to add a bit more to my post from yesterday about my experience with doctors. Please understand, I know that there are good, conscientious, respectful doctors out there. My brother is married to one. My headache specialist, chiropractor, and dentist are three more. My new internist, though her wait times are terrible, is [...]
Tags: challenges, Diet, doctors, Low-Carb, medical issues, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 22 July 2008 in
Family Life,
Low-Carb,
True Stories I have impeccable timing. Really, I do. Take my weight and health issues, for instance. For over a decade, I have been between 80 and 100 pounds overweight. I was doing really well in 1999–2000, losing weight and feeling great, when some naysayers who didn’t approve of my diet plan convinced me that I should [...]
Tags: Atkins Diet, diabetes, Diet, Low-Carb, obesity, overweight
Posted by Editormum on 20 May 2008 in
weight-loss I just need to rant for a minute here. For the record, not all fat people are out there scarfing down enough food at a single meal to feed a third-world country for a week. Not all of us are slobby couch-potatoes who watch our expanding waistlines with complacent tolerance. Not all of us are [...]
Tags: Diet, fat, obesity, overweight, rant, respect
Posted by Editormum on 29 June 2007 in
Low-Carb,
True Stories Today was “Cake Day” at the office. That ‘s the last Friday of the month. We all wear jeans to the office (even the corporate executives!) and we get together at 1600 for half an hour of cake and ice cream. The cake has the names of all of the people who celebrated a birthday [...]
Tags: challenges, Diet, food, Low-Carb, obesity, overweight
Posted by Editormum on 11 March 2006 in
Cleanse,
Diet Okay, finished my ten days on the Lemonade Diet. Today is grapefruit juice. Tomorrow is vegetable soup. And I can add back in more and more things over the next few days, until I’m back to my regular diet. I lost 15 pounds, and I felt great doing it — though the menu was rather [...]
Tags: challenges, Diet, food, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse
Posted by Editormum on 25 March 2005 in
Diet I don’t weigh in officially until Tuesday evening; unofficially, I weigh in on Sunday mornings. My home scale is not utterly reliable, so I weigh in officially once a month when I visit my chiropractor. But I weigh in once a week on my home scale so I can keep track. By looking at the [...]
Tags: Diet, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 6 March 2005 in
Cleanse,
Diet I’m now on day 17, and doing well. Still burning lots of fat, as evidenced by the purple urinalysis strips and the 20 pound weight-loss. Yeah, you read that right. I now weigh 185 instead of 205. That’s a tremendous improvement. I’ve also lost almost two clothing sizes: my 18s are now way to big, [...]
Tags: Diet, fasting, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse, weight-loss
