You can do lots of things with a pair of vise-grips. I’ve pulled screws out of walls (don’t ask), used them as a hammer (but only when a shoe with a substantial heel was unavailable), used them as a wrench (I stripped many nuts on my bicycle by using vise-grips instead of the right sized [...]
I think sometimes we hang onto things because they’re “supposed” to motivate us or remind us how things “should” be. The problem, at least for me, is that sometimes these “shoulds” and “oughts” and “inspirations” are not motivational. Here are a list of things that may be motivational, but may just be subtle saboteurs. Remember, [...]
The only thing wackier than the content in many women’s magazines are the advertisements. While on the treadclimber at the gym this morning, I came across a doozy. At first it seems rather innocuous. It’s not telling you to DIET, I mean, we all know that’s a load of malarkey at this point, right? It’s [...]
It’s almost a new year and for many people that means making resolutions they’ll never be able to keep. I think this is as good a time as any to take stock of things and make changes to have a healthier, longer, better life, but I think it’s very important to make resolutions that are [...]
I just had a “fresh-Mex” style salad and had to laugh how the restaurant sells it as “All the good stuff without the guilt!” First I laugh at the whole “guilt” thing; food is amoral, and all foods can be part of a healthy diet. Second, if you’re looking at the salad as a low [...]
I was at a Halloween party this past weekend and got to talking with a woman who was doing the P90X diet. As much as I’ve been searching online for information about the diet specifics of the program, I can’t find them. What she told me, though, is that the program has her consuming about [...]
I cry at the end of “Terms of Endearment.” I cry at the end of “Rudy.” Sometimes I even cry at the end of “Forrest Gump,” but the one that really, really gets me is “The Biggest Loser.” I’ll be doing dishes and sweeping the floor and cheering and crying for those contestants. They are [...]
One of the things I want to do is help you sort through all of the information that is out there about weight loss. Doing the work that is necessary to lose weight is difficult enough even when you have good, solid, accurate information. Some weight loss information is downright dangerous, some of it is [...]