Declutter Your Diet
RSS Feed- The FPP ‘bagged fat’ food drive June 1, 2012Last year, on the suggestion of a Wells Weighs In competitor, Team Caylor did a “canned fat” drive in which we donated the equivalent amount of team weight lost (38 pounds) to Community Harvest Food Bank in Fort Wayne. This … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Shifting my weight-loss focus May 31, 2012Though it’s far too odd to publish anywhere other than this blog, if I wanted to lose weight right now — and I do want to drop a couple of pounds, actually, because I’ve slacked off a bit after the … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Food fight: Single-serve Nutella vs. Snickers May 30, 2012Given how dangerous it is for us to keep a container of Nutella in the house, I was thrilled to see they’ve come out with a single-serve container paired with tiny cracker “breadsticks.” Then I compared this snack to a … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Fitness Tunes and fried plantains: The ‘Eclectic City’ flashback interview May 29, 2012What do Nikola Tesla, Disco Demolition Night and Neil Young’s new rendition of “Oh Susannah” have in common? They’re all part of the mix on Gabriel Szoke’s most recent episode of “Eclectic City,” a pod cast of diverse tunes and … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- The upside of the 98-degree ‘brick’ wall May 28, 2012My sister and I were planning to get together for a run on Friday, but when we realized it was going to be in the 90s, we decided on a bike-run “brick” instead. I’m not sure when I’m going to … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Not-so-stealthy smoothie secretly satisfies May 26, 2012Nearly an hour after she griped about trying the blueberry-kale smoothie I’d loosely based on a recovery drink created by Elizabeth the Ironman competitor, Colleen ‘fessed up: “It was OK. I’d probably go ahead and drink it next time.” She … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Fitness Protection Program in 5th-place finish May 25, 2012The official results have been tabulated for Wells Weighs In, and our team, the Fitness Protection Program, finished fifth out of 101 teams with a loss of 8.96 percent. We’ve got to salute the winning team, “Here We Go Again,” … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- The ‘whim triathlon’ training schedule May 24, 2012One of the problems with deciding to do a triathlon with just four weeks lead time is that I had to start in week 7 of the 10-week training schedule I was ostensibly going to use. I’d been running about … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- Communicating with your brain May 23, 2012Like a baseball coach using hand signals to communicate with a batter, I sometimes tweak a simple snack — a banana folded like a hot dog into a slice of Healthy Goodness bread — to signal my brain as to … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- How People Eat: author Ann Staadt May 22, 2012Deciding which of Ann Staadt‘s novels to read first was an easy choice for me: A New Moon for Emily, featuring a character who drives a purple Volkswagen Beetle like I did back in the day, got first dibs. Between … Continue reading →tischcaylor
- The FPP ‘bagged fat’ food drive June 1, 2012
Monthly Archives: January 2012
How Philosophy Professors Eat: Manchester’s Steve Naragon
So we’re taking Rowan on a visit to Manchester College, and naturally I can’t resist lining up a chat with the professor who teaches environmental philosophy, a course that incorporates food ethics. “I’m not sure if I’ll have much that … Continue reading
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Tagged Manchester College, philosophy, sustainable eating
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Ode to an unassuming running hero
I’d been hoping to interview Fred Liechty at some point, to get his perspective on logging 85,000 miles without ever investing in a “real” pair of running shoes. Unfortunately, Fred, who’d moved to Goshen, Ind., to be near his children, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluffton College, First Bank of Berne, Fred Liechty, running, Swiss Days, Swiss Days Race
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Inheriting freezers, corn and eating habits
I always assumed that both my frugality and compulsion to overeat could be traced back to my maternal Grandmother, who grew up so Depression-scarred that I discovered, upon inheriting her freezer, a Tupperware container of leftover corn literally no bigger … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptist, Apostolic, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
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Grooving on the Great Cauliflower Alfredo Goof
So we botched the Cauliflower Alfredo recipe from the Dr. Oz show and accidentally made it healthier than intended. Luckily, it was still so good that we were scraping the”sauce” off the sides of the bowl. And I really do … Continue reading
‘Fitness Protection Program’ drops 18 pounds in Week 1
This first week with the Fitness Protection Program, our family’s team in the Wells Weighs In contest at the local Y, has been an adjustment — at least for me. On the one hand, I feel like this year’s members … Continue reading
‘Survivor’ Racquetball
I have no idea how to play racquetball. But I see that as an asset right now, in terms of burning calories. According to shapefit.com, “competitive” racquetball burns 700-800 calories per hour*, depending on your weight, whereas “casual” smacking the … Continue reading
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Another 3 foods I’ve kicked off my diet
I like to eliminate foods in threes, and for some reason it works even better if I can find a common theme or way to group them. These latest deletions were all things that I ate last week in a … Continue reading
How Runners Eat: ‘Bearrunner’ of Nova Scotia
Bearrunner is a marathoner from Nova Scotia prone to whining about the weather — though in his defense the air up there registered a windchill of minus-22 recently, so who can blame him? During the coldest part of winter he’s … Continue reading
Embracing the elements
Nothing kick-starts your Adrenalin after a long layoff like running down an unplowed road in a 17-degree snowstorm. “Just remember,” I shouted to Ben, who reluctantly agreed to accompany me, “they run marathons at the South Pole!” I’d been feeling … Continue reading
Belated book for belated blog anniversary
Funny how the one-year anniversary of this blog came and went this past week without my noticing. January 19 marked one year for the blog, two years since the official start of my weight loss. But this has been a … Continue reading
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