Get your own graph at skinnyr Well, my graph is once again going in a much nicer direction!  Pleased with that.  It’s been a good week.  Part of the success lies in the fact that I only had two shifts at Gymboree this week, and it’s the end of the two week cycle for this lesson plan so I was pretty much on top of the lessons.  That, combined with...

Get your own graph at skinnyr Yeah, so this is not looking good.  I thought about hiding, pretending it didn’t happen, posting something brilliant that would distract you, or simply lying, but decided to ‘fess up, clear the air, and start fresh. So what happened? Wow. I’ve spent some time pondering this.  Understanding is often the key to...

In the face of all the rage about eating several small meals per day instead of three big ones, comes some interesting research on the benefits of fasting.  Still a little controversial, one of the most popular explanations is found in the e-book “Eat-Stop-Eat” by Brad Pilon, and there is another version of IF running around called “Fast-5”...

I’ve been overweight the whole of my adult life. Never hugely obese, but always struggling with that extra 30-40 pounds that need to come off! Even at the height of marathon training, walking 70+ kilometers a week didn’t change that fact. I’ve done the yo-yo thing, the “change your lifestyle” thing, and even created something that...

So, after several weeks of doing great, I ended up in N. Ireland with great cooks, and many opportunities to dine out and hang with family.  While didn’t pig out, I decided to just “go with the flow”, enjoy the food set before me, and focus more on conversation than calories. I’ve therefore, come back from Ireland having re-discovered some...