Monthly Archives: August 2007

We’ve got a long weekend here in the U.S. for Labor Day on Monday, and our family is taking advantage by heading East to my brother’s house in Grand Junction, Colorado. My dad has already driven north from Texas, and … Continue reading →

Over the past few days — since my last post, I suppose — I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Between exchanging e-mails and playing phone tag with Adam, the body tutor, I’ve been wondering about whether I’m really ready … Continue reading →

I read this yesterday and started thinking seriously about joining the program. Heck, I did more than think. I even talked to the guy and said I wanted to give it a shot. As usual, I’m having this crazy inner … Continue reading →

The boy and I went camping this weekend with 3 people that I work with. It was quite an adventure, with the most physically exciting part being a hike that had a decent amount of incline and decline. I channeled … Continue reading →

Well, it will be if I do plenty of fast walking.

I’ve been having one of those periods where, around a hundred times a day, I think “I need to blog about that,” and then, when there’s time (and I don’t usually count 11 p.m., like now, as actually being a … Continue reading →

One of the blogs I read for work has an interesting post about losing 20 lbs over the past year and what he’s learned. I’ve got a lot more than 20 lbs to lose, of course, but obviously the same … Continue reading →

That even “reduced fat” Grands biscuits (American-style biscuits… like scones) have 170 calories and 6 grams of fat per-biscuit? My next question? What are the regular biscuits like? Well, at least they don’t cop out by saying a serving is … Continue reading →

Of everything I’ve read about this study, PastaQueen’s post today makes the most sense to me. No, fat isn’t contagious, but the ways of thinking (and behaving) that make you fat probably are. There was a time in my life, … Continue reading →