Well, I had a great day yesterday (one day after the angel food cake and vanilla ice cream episode). Today, I wound up going out with friends from work to Acadiana, a Louisiana-inspired contemporary seafood restaurant.
Check out my lunch options. I probably could have done okay, but in the spirit of Mardi Gras, I ordered […]

So I’m still on track to weigh in a week from now. But boy, I’m not as on track as I really should be. I’ve not fallen off the wagon, but I’m sure hanging over the edge!

What probably isn’t helping me is that I added cereal to my diet last week. If you’re new to […]

I had one of those weird serendipity-like moments during my recent vacation to Florida. On the drive from Miami to Orlando, we pulled off the turnpike to do a loo break. We pulled up to Mickey D’s, only to find that the interior was being refurbed. So we wound up going to a place called […]

Well, technically I’ve been back for over a week now (got back into town on the 10th). I did go off-track while I was on vacation, but not in a binge-eating way, mostly in a “I don’t normally eat this” kinda way.
And then once I got back, I did do the one more day […]

Things will be quiet here as I head off to Florida for some fun in the sun. The bummer is that no one here is jealous; it was 66 degrees today in the nation’s capital!
Look for an apres-vacation post next weekend sometime. I am not planning on weighing myself until the 19th (barring any […]

What a cool idea: seasoned skewers that add flavor from the inside.
Hat tip to Mighty Foods.

Regina Wilshire recently reviewed a JAMA study (published a year ago) that compared the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone diets.
The study authors summarized their study conclusions this way (emphasis mine):

Each popular diet modestly reduced body weight and several cardiac risk factors at 1 year. Overall dietary adherence rates were low, although increased […]