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The Lessons of Life

Weight can do more than just burden our bodies with extra pounds.  It can also affect the way we live our lives, sometimes long after the weight has disappeared. I’ve known for months that this would be something I’d decide I could do, or admit that I simply couldn’t.  It wasn’t until the night before the sentencing at the County Courthouse that I made my decision: I was going to attend.  Read more >

my flabby-armed spanking machine

I remember watching an episode of Seinfeld many years ago. Kramer’s newfound love for swimming laps at the local pool was coming to a swift end. Kramer: “Well I had been swimming for three hours and I was in a real groove so I decided to keep going. But at 10:00 they start the aqua Sonics. Thirty-five geriatrics throwing elbows. It was like I was swimming through a flabby armed spanking machine!”  Read more >

The Obesity Lies

clasped hands

While at the library the other day, I was browsing through the self-help books.  I flipped through a worn-out, oversized paperback and came across a chapter about abusive relationships.  I was going to continue flipping past that chapter because I thought it didn’t pertain to me, but the first paragraph grabbed my attention and really stuck with me long after I put the book back onto the shelf.  It was about abusive relationships.  The chapter wasn’t about the physical abuser, but the emotional abuser.  Read more >

Culinary Wannabes Unite!

I’m still here which means that my stomach did not explode during Thanksgiving, despite the massive amounts of southern cooking at it’s best – all made from scratch and/or pulled from the garden: three turkeys, collard greens, turnip greens, corn, green beans, macaroni pie, shucky beans, 2 different sweet potato casseroles, broccoli salad, coleslaw, turnips, apple fritters, banana bread, sage dressing, carrot cake, apple rum cake, chocolate pudding cake, and rolls.  I watched my Aunt Bertha in amazement as she threw together a double batch of sage dressing.  No recipe, no measurin  Read more >

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