I’m Up 4 Pounds, Almost Never Happens

I know I’ve been eating like a maniac over the past 3-4 weeks.

The rainy weather, and the stress of my daughter’s college choice and final weeks of high school, as well as my son’s visit have been intense.

But, I know the mistakes I’ve made:

  1. Too much animal food
  2. Too much sugar from desserts and alcohol
  3. Too much bread
  4. Too many restaurant meals and eating late
  5. Missed workouts and lack of sleep

So, today I took a longer walk than usual, did a longer workout than usual, and today I am eating light, and vegan macrobiotic for lunch, after skipping breakfast.… Read the rest

Bread Is Evil…How To Deal With It

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Everyone loves bread. We only stop eating it for three reasons:

  • We become gluten-free after a diagnosis of Celiac’s etc.
  • We learn about the detrimental effects from Macrobiotics, a cleanse, etc.
  • We die

The bottom line is that bread is not good for us.… Read the rest

Does The World Work?

Sometimes it seems that everything is broken.

In my world, it’s the little things that get me. The kids up the street don’t show up on time to walk with my daughter (so I get to walk her, that’s good), the street sweeper is preceded by the leaf-blower who is spewing gas fumes on kids walking to school, people have not signed up for my cooking class and it may be cancelled, and now my men’s group has scheduled a competing event.… Read the rest