Category: diet
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In Praise of Canned Fish (Some Kinds)
Changing gears for a moment, I want to recommend a food source. Before I talk about that, I want to refer you to my long essay about breakfast. When I embarked on a plan to lose weight in 2008, I rethought my approach to food. I’ve since adopted the philosophy of eating breakfast like a…
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Note to a seriously obese woman
A 530 pound woman complains about being treated like a social pariah: It’s not just the super-obese like me who have to take this punishment: There are people out there who are literally no more than twenty or thirty pounds overweight, yet they have to put up much of the same crap that I do.…
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Truly Disturbing Map of the US
Wow, this animated map which shows the changes to the US obesity rate over the last 20 years is truly disturbing. (Click Play if it does not start automatically). (Read more about weight loss on my Weight Loss web page).
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Real Cause of Weight Gain
I’ve been busy trying to lose weight over the last month, and although progress has been made, it has been frustrating. Here are some things I’ve noticed which are impeding progress: family commitments. Visiting family members and doing errands for them requires extra driving and time. Also, as a sidenote, there are often uncontrolled opportunities…
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My Strange Campaign (Tips for Losing Weight)
Started June 13. Goal is Jan 1, 2009=200. That’s about a pound to lose every 7 days. I expect to get to 210 without major effort, but under that will be tough going. Google, curse you for archiving this for eternity! For those random surfers, this refers to the weight naked on my bathroom scale…