How are your resolutions going? Not great? That bad? Not to worry. Only fifty weeks until you can start over again. And in the meantime, you have nine months to jag off until the first of the month falls on a Monday again. And everybody knows that’s the best time to improve yourself. Kingdoms have […]
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My Mouth Runs the Show
I just figured out why I can’t lose any weight. The pleasure center of my brain has been compromised and I blame my mouth. Because I just ate a plastic container full of leftover curry and for the last six bites, I was full, didn’t want any more, but I kept eating. That has mouth […]
So Matt’s Big Breakfast It Is
I was on a plane to Phoenix yesterday, reading magazines because if we had turned on our iPads to do any 21st-century-method reading we might have brought the whole plane down in a fiery crash – and no one wanted that, not even the guy sitting next to the 14-month-old with a head cold – […]
Here’s Something That Sucks
My husband and I are trying to lose a couple of pounds and get into shape. It shouldn’t be that hard. We are smart, relatively drug-free people. We support each other. We live in Florida, where most people are blond and toned and a lot of the fat and/or ugly people have been driven […]
Diet? I Plead No Contest
Here’s a little sample of how it’s going at my house these days, with my husband and I both on a WE’RE STARVING IN HERE – – – PLEASE SEND HELP weight-loss campaign. Him: “I really want some ice cream.” Me: “Have some yogurt.” Him: “I hate that yogurt that you get. Fruit in […]
Stop the Company Food Madness
I am wrapping up our busy tourist season here at Casa Fitzpatrick and if I don’t go on a diet soon, I’m going to become diabetic, get high cholesterol, and not be able to fit into my capri pants. And don’t make me put those in order of importance. According to PBS, the morbidly […]