When I first watched “The Devil Wears Prada,” I gasped a bit at “Nigel’s” line: “6 is the new 14.” I thought oh gosh, now we’ll start a whole new round of anorexia. On reflection, however, it occurred to me that the line was quite literal. Since the 1980s, the Read more…
I have a new hero–Dr. Jason Newsom, a veteran of the war in Iraq who is also not afraid to tell Americans that what they’re eating is killing them. According to today’s news, Dr. Newsom lost his job at the Bay County Health Department for putting some less-than-subtle messages on Read more…
I don’t think that it’s just my imagination, but being lighter and eating our low-fat diet really seems to have helped all of us concentrate more easily and work harder. Experimental evidence supporting these anecdotal observations comes from Andrew Murray and his colleagues, who reported that only 10 days on Read more…
On the heels of my anniversary in the National Weight Control Registry, a McClatchy poll tells us that 66% of Americans think they are at a “healthy weight,” 30% thought they were overweight, and only 4% thought they were “seriously overweight” (a kind word for obese). The facts are quite different. Read more…
It’s August again, which means that I have reached my 2 year mark on Jenny Craig maintenance. That means that I reached my goal weight 2 years ago, after losing 77 pounds in about 10 months. Over the past 2 years, I’ve stayed within 3 lbs of that goal weight. Read more…