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 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 4 September 2009 in
Family Life,
Frugal Living I just read an article on Slate about Gordon Ramsay‘s new cookbook, and I was dumbfounded to read the author’s assertion that normal American cooks don’t have scales in their kitchens: “Many ingredients are listed only by weight … as if Americans kept scales in the kitchen the way Europeans do.” Especially considering the American obsession [...]
Tags: budgeting, bulk buying, cooking, food, freezing, kitchen, saving money, scale
Posted by Editormum on 25 July 2008 in
Family Life,
True Stories I was eating dinner with the kids at a certain local chain restaurant tonight. As the waiter was clearing the dishes, a knife fell off of a plate, and bounced off of my water glass onto the floor. He apologized. I said it was okay. And we both assumed that was the end of it. [...]
Tags: Family Life, food, humour, weird stuff
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 14 March 2006 in
Uncategorized I broke the fast on Saturday with grapefruit juice. Mmmmm. Sunday and Monday were soup days. But I made a mistake on Monday night. My professional group meeting was Monday, and I ate the food they served: a chicken salad croissant and pasta salad. Man, was I sorry! So today it’s back to soup and [...]
Tags: challenges, fasting, food, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse
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 10 March 2006 in
Cleanse,
Diet I think I’m going to come off of the Lemonade Diet after today. Today is day ten, and that’s the minimum number of days. I had hoped to be able to go to the maximum of forty days. But, while I have had no physical problems at all, I have been fighting a battle with [...]
Tags: fasting, food, Lemonade Diet, Lent, Master Cleanse, stress
Posted by Editormum on 7 March 2006 in
Cleanse,
Diet Well, I’ve made it one week. Woo hoo for me. One week of ingesting only specially-formulated lemonade, water, and peppermint tea. Last time I did this, it was truly a physical challenge. This time, it’s all mental. Physically, it’s been almost easy. I’m not hungry, no detox headaches, no weakness, no fuzzy thinking — none [...]
Tags: challenges, food, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse
