Archive for December, 2008

Living Thin While on Vacation

Friday, December 26th, 2008

As you read this I am at Las Ventanas, a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico. Exactly the wrong place to be if you are at all concerned about eating the way that I have talked about in this blog for the past few months! As I write this, I am still at home, we won’t [...]

Water, water everywhere

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

This rainy weather that we are having reminded me of the importance of drinking water in a weight loss program.
I was never a fan of just having a glass of water.  A coffee, a tea, a soft drink, yes.  Plain water?  No way.  Consequently, I rarely drank any.  I just could not understand the obsession [...]

My politically correct greetings to you

Monday, December 15th, 2008

I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends and colleagues, but it is so difficult in today’s world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my lawyer yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, [...]

What about going out to dinner?

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

How to survive a meal out while dieting

Want to go to lunch?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Deadly words for me to hear.  Of course I want to go to lunch.  And dinner, and our for coffee, and snacks and whatever!
One of the ways that I have been able to lose weight is to control what I eat and how much I eat at a sitting.  The way that I found that [...]