TGIF to all the lovely people behind their computer screens! Do you guys ever feel like your life needs a little spring cleaning? I have!  I recently quit a job that was making me terribly unhappy. It was a scary decision to make given the instability of the economy and the Mount Everest of our [...]

Before I dish the new healthy treats that have sweetened up my life, let me give you one sure-tell sign you’ve gone off the deep end — here’s a glimpse into my head as I ran on the treadmill yesterday: “Hmm you know what would be really effective?  If they set up hibachis right in [...]

It’s been eight weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH-IN time!  Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Here we go: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. Last Weigh-In July [...]

A lot of us are programmed (erhem) to count calories and to think that weight loss is all about “calories in versus calories out.”  Some of us have accepted that it gets more complicated and that calories do not have civil rights and are not viewed as equal.  So maybe you wean yourself off the [...]

Now that my whine-fest is out of the way, I can truly honor the delicious foods I’ve been eating. Enter, the tofu-lentil mash-up tacos… Tofu is a relatively new product to me in terms of preparing it myself.  Each time I’ve made it, I’ve used this amazing recipe.  For the sake of novelty, I tried [...]

Hey guys!  Hope I didn’t scare ya away with my video camera debut! But now I know how to work my camera and upload to YouTube My brain’s off on some deserted Island sipping Pina Coladas, so I am simply going to show two new food concoctions of mine — one an entree, the other [...]

Happy Friday, guys! Whole Foods First things first — I was charmed by all of you entering the Whole Foods give-away!  It was a chance for me to take my own non-scientific poll on what healthy foods and items you guys are lovin’ and also a way for me to, sneakily, learn about some new [...]

Hey guys! I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July! I was that person yesterday.  You know that person who brings her own food to another person’s BBQ/block party?  I’m sure some people find that super annoying, but I can’t care what other people think about how I take care of my body, ya [...]

It’s been four weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH-IN time!  Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Here we go: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. Last Weigh-In June [...]

Hello friends! It’s been three weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH-IN time!  Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Here we go: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. Weight [...]