Healthy Food Chart

Forum Post: Fast foods are such a fact of life, it wouldn’t be reasonable to give up the quick-sandwiches and drive through windows. So, we try to be healthy by making the better selection when we have little choice other than these…

Tonight I went over to my sister’s because she is part of a group called the “Circle of Giving” and they were having a meeting. This year the group chose to support the nonprofit that I am involved with, Julie’s Family Learning, so I went to express my thanks to them for choosing Julie’s and to serve as a source of information for any questions that they had. It was potluck meeting so I had a little plate of food while I was there but I also had Will with me so I didn’t really get to sit and eat, I would just take a bite whenever I could! Jackie helped me out with him so I eventually did finish my plate and he did serve as a source of nonstop entertainment which people seemed to like. My contribution to the potluck was Bean & Corn dip – easy, tasty and healthy (pictured in upper left hand of plate). I also had a grilled chicken skewer, some orzo salad and grapes & cheese. Mike got home safe and on-time from his work trip so that was a relief and now he can do the late night Bruce walk – I’m done for the day!

The other day I started talking about dieting and lack of support from family and friends. Today I’ll finish up with a few more challenges and solutions. Problem: Sometimes a spouse (or friend) is insecure about your weight loss. Are…

A recent study concluded that low-carbohydrate diets clog arteries, BUT what they didn’t tell you was that participants followed a high-saturated fat diet (such as the Atkins Diet). That conclusion is just plain irresponsible. It would be like saying exercise…

And ended up losing big, too! But sadly, not in a good way….