The Good News:
Yesterday I was looking at myself in the mirror and realized I could see my collarbones. Curious, I weighed myself. I lost five pounds this week! The horse induced weight loss strategy is working!
The Bad News
My mammogram shows a suspicious mass, and I have to go back for more imaging. The MRI of …
Category Archives: health
The Good News & The Bad News
Soul Food Is Not Good For You
After running my recipes through NutritionData.com, I am a bit sulky. All of the dishes that I love and am loved for are very high in polyunsaturated fats. I guess that I did realize that already, in an abstract fashion, but it took cold hard numbers to really make me face it.
I love Southern country …
Breast Thermography
In the past year I have become rather morbid, constantly worrying about dying early. This isn’t too surprising, considering that when I was in grade school my mother was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer at age 32.
Her survival was a miracle, and she went through several years of debilitating illness before she pulled through. She …
The horror of reduced caffeine tolerance
I need to lose weight, so I’ve decided to implement one new “healthy life rule” per month until I’m skinny again. I started with “Only drink water.”
I’ve been successful with this modification for the past few weeks, and I can really tell a difference. I’ve lost a few pounds and most of my sugar cravings …