Look, it's warming up for a few days:!!! Sun -9°C -10°C Mon -2°C -10°C Tue -7°C -16°C Wed -18°C -21°C I CANNOT tell you how frustrat...

I've read Marion Nestle's account of the development of the American Food Guide. And as a result, I'm sorry to say, I hadn't...

Body Mass Index is calculated as your weight in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared. It is used to help figure out healthy (...

I have always found chemistry fascinating. We never did much cellular chemistry, though. But the mighty mitochondria (above) is an amazing a...

Muscle is denser than fat. How much denser? A whole lot more than I'd ever realised.

Martha Beck has a list of books for the people diagnosed with high need for information. The goal is to gather enough information to design ...

229 Just a number. At least, I think that's the number. It's actually hard to see, the numbers on the IKEA scale are so small and cl...

My emotions are all out of whack these days. Angry words fly out of my mouth before I even know I'm angry. If I feel sad, I'm sobbin...

This is from Quitnet--I used the dog's name for a username! Isn't that neat? I love it. Though this day really can't be over too...

Today is my son's 11th Birthday. He'll get all sorts of great presents he wants--and when the stress of the day is over, I'll gi...

I took the boy and the dog for a brisk twenty minute walk today, before supper. I converted a crock pot recipe so I could stick it in the ov...

What an ugly, ugly word. An adult is obese if his BMI is 30 or greater. BMI = Body Mass Index. There's a handy dandy calculator here . M...

has me utterly fascinated. I'm drawn into this morass of emotion, of unbelievable highs and suicidal lows: the diary of a food addict. S...

Actually, that's an assumption. As Mr. Bob strongly recommends not getting back on the scales until the end of Phase One, and phase One ...

It is 1 am and the house is finally quiet. The husband fell asleep hours ago, struggling to stay awake to put my daughter to bed. She's ...

I found this recipe many years ago in an old recipe book written, I believe, in the day when canned veggies were considered superior to fres...

I hate to promote any one person's weight-loss and fitness regime because there are many worthwhile ones out there. However, I need stru...

All right. Since Wende and scb are feeling self-conscious about being alone together in this enterprise for a better body, I have to join th...

Scb is to be applauded for just diving in and beginning. I have been in denial about my own weight issues for about seven years. I have such...