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Shrink Yourself: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

Shrink Yourself: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating By Roger Gould, MD, Prevention Prevention Food starts off as being not just a source of life but an expression of love. At the heart of almost every culture, hospitality is shown by feeding people. And a celebration or a time of grief wouldn’t be complete without food. [ READ MORE ]

Boob tube

I think I’m beginning to understand why TV is referred to as “The Boob Tube”.  Boy, I hope you guys have heard that one before.  Anyway, I have a long list of shows that I watch on a regular basis, some of which are the ever popular “reality” tv shows.  Well now that American Idol, [ READ MORE ]

Scam of the day

Rebates! Why don’t retailers just give you the lowest price at the check out?  Why must we save our mile long reciept, fill out the required information and mail it in along with a UPC?  Just give us the lowest price.  You’re not fooling me, nope, I’m on to you!  The whole plan is to entice [ READ MORE ]

For what it’s worth

Angelina Jolie.  What comes to mind when you hear her name?  The first word that comes to my mind is beautiful.  My blog’s subtitle is “My thoughts and opinions I have many”, I don’t care if people agree or disagree with what I have to say.  Of course no one will argue that statement, most [ READ MORE ]

You know you’re getting older when …

Foods that you would never consider eating now look appealing.  Take cole slaw for example …what’s slaw anyway?  It’s always been the side item that gets in the way, then one day I thought ‘why not try it’.  Good grief!  I liked it.  The day I decide to eat pastrami is the day I need [ READ MORE ]

Keep a lid on it

I tried!  The lid to my beverage did not fit today.  It was slightly smaller than required and it cracked when I tried to push it down.  This is not the first time this has happened and it’s always the same establishment.  They need to do something about this, I could have spilled.  sigh [ READ MORE ]

What’s up with retail?

Where do I begin?  I think I’ll start mid-year because it’s really the one that shocks me the most. July 5th: Back to school displays are fully stocked Late July: Christmas items begin to appear August: Winter coats arrive September/October: Halloween items are out November 1st: Christmas decorations are up December 26th: Bathing suits and Valentines [ READ MORE ]

Zero

Size zero.  How is that possible?  Who is a size zero?  Shouldn’t they be non-existant?  I’ve never been a size zero, put a 1 in front of the zero, that’s more like it.  Even on my best day the smallest size I could ever squeeze into is a 6.  So who is a size zero? [ READ MORE ]

This is what it’s all about

“And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid … And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, [ READ MORE ]

Tis the season

I love Christmas, I really do but … Shopping …UGH!  I enjoy Christmas shopping.  I put a lot of time and thought behind my purchases, that’s how it should be right?  It’s what I do and I enjoy it.  However …I’ve noticed over the past few years that my patience with people is decreasing.  Everyone [ READ MORE ]

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