Archive for January, 2006
Exercise is highly overrated
In: Foodaholic|stuff
31 Jan 2006So I finally took the dreaded Walk that my nutritionist and all of my friends have been nagging me to take. I am so. out. of. shape. Oy, it was embarrassing–the huffing and puffing, the sweating, the red face. By the time I got home, you would have thought I’d just run a marathon. How [...]
What losing weight really means
In: Foodaholic|Journal
31 Jan 2006Day Five At least half of the battle, when you stop stuffing your face with carbs, sugar–and in my case, gluten–is figuring out what to do with all the time that suddenly looms before you. People who don’t have this problem will not understand, but it feels like waking up from a lovely dream to [...]
Getting healthy–what a concept.
28 Jan 2006[WARNING: BORING MEDICAL DETAILS AHEAD] I finally called the doctor and made an appointment a couple of weeks ago, after scaring myself at the post office. Nothing big, I just had a sudden, raging thirst and absolutely KNEW that I had to get home for a drink of water IMMEDIATELY. I suppose I could have [...]
Goodbye, Shelley
In: In Memoriam|Quotes
14 Jan 2006Shelley Winters is dead. You probably remember her as the biker granny on TV’s Roseanne, but my memories go fondly back to her many guest shots on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She was loud, opinionated and one of a kind. I will never forget Winters’ honesty, her humor, or her voice. Winters was [...]
Standing together
In: stuff
13 Jan 2006Just adding my huzzahs to Jon’s eloquent defense of gay rights: By God, they deserve to be equal citizens. If you are among those who think that homosexuality is somehow morally wrong, you might want to look a little closer at your community. They don’t want to convert you. They just want the same joy [...]
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