How I actually lost weight during a theater week in New York City. A month ago I flew to New York City on an anniversary trip with my husband. We were treating ourselves to a week of Broadway shows, New York shopping and fine dining. To make it a little more interesting, a week before [...]
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The Genius Diet: For Every Swing of the Pendulum
When you’re doing everything right yet gaining weight. I have worn prescription glasses since I was a toddler because I have very poor eyesight. I am so poor-sighted that if I don’t put my glasses in the same spot every night when I turn off my bedside lamp I run the risk of not being [...]
The Genius Diet: Nutrition for the Non Cook
Before I started writing today I cooked up two packages of bacon. Turkey bacon. Next I’ll boil half a dozen eggs. Then I’ll wash and pack a lovely assortment of fresh seasonal berries. I’ll check the freezer for a week’s worth of Van’s multi-grain waffles and my 60, 70, or 80 calorie frozen deserts and [...]
The Genius Diet: The Roots of my Poor Eating Habits – The Toxic Mom Diet
One of the most challenging tasks for my nutritionist was figuring out what I actually liked to eat. What I would eat. The look on her face said it all. “What kind of fish do you like?” she asked sweetly. “I won’t really eat fish,” I answered truthfully. “But I love shrimp and crab!” “How [...]
The Road to Hell is Paved with Crackers
For most of my life, what got me fat, then kept me fat, was salty savory crackers and caffeinated drinks. Say, you’re hungry. Maybe it’s breakfast time. But you’re in a hurry. What would be easier – getting out the skillet and whipping up some eggs and washing it down with orange juice, or grabbing [...]
The Genius Diet: Why Chocolate Doesn’t Fill You Up
As I embarked on a ten-week schedule of Monday meetings with a nutritionist, I began a food journal. The first day included a breakfast of a Bovine Bakery bear claw (just one, when I had been known to eat two) with iced tea, a handful of chocolate chip cookies for “lunch” and a restaurant dinner [...]
The Genius Diet: 10 Weeks to Tame My Inner Eating Idiot
Everybody knows how to lose weight. You eat less. You move more. The bathroom scale digits tell you – you’ve won. At least for a while. Because I’m SUCH a genius and know the foolproof formula for losing weight, I’ve managed to gain at least five pounds a year for the past ten years, punctuated [...]
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