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It’s July, so I’ve officially passed the six month mark. Time for a status report.
Weight loss I’ve dropped 44 lbs this year and am currently averaging a pound lost per week. That may not sound impressive, but consider this — I never feel deprived, I eat foods I love in significant quantities, I never […]
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes is the book that changed my life. I borrowed it from the library last December. While it wasn’t the first time I had heard of restricting carbohydrates — or even that the low fat, high carb diet recommendations of the past 30 years are inherently dangerous […]
Years ago, I decided to live to be 120. Let’s ignore the fact that I was severely obese and on three medications for high blood pressure at the time, mmm-kay? And that I’ve only had one grandparent make it past 90. And that my parents are rather unhealthy in their 60s. […]
Remember the good ol’ days when you could buy effective cold and allergy medications over the counter without an ID check, your signature, and probably being added to a Suspected Meth Dealer Watch List? I think those ended after the time when we started limping barefoot through airport security screenings, but before passports with […]
I’ve been dealing with allergies for the past few days and every time I think they’ve reached a new peak, they struggle onward and surprise me. This morning I woke up with half my throat swollen shut, unable to talk above a whisper.
Despite my self-image of a rather hearty and hale woman, in an […]
I have to go to the dentist for a filling in about fifteen minutes. Ugh. I brush my teeth at least twice a day and I floss now and then; how am I still getting cavities? Maybe it’s genetic. All I know is that I’m dreading this. Hopefully I won’t […]
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