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
Category Archives: How “Normal People” eat
From the interview archives: ‘Normal People’ diet tips
What do so-called “normal people” — those who don’t struggle with their weight — do when the scale creeps up a few pounds or their favorite jeans get a big snug? Here are some answers to that question, which I … Continue reading
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How ‘Normal People’ Eat: Historical novelist Jon Anthony Hauser
Starbucks might be a fairly cushy environment for discussing the harsh lives of medieval Crusaders, but it turns out that historical novelist Jon Anthony Hauser knows a thing or two about agony and deprivation. As a teenager growing up on … Continue reading
How ‘Normal People’ Eat: Mark Wood
Except for a few strategic and distinguished looking gray hairs, Mark Wood looks almost exactly like he did back in 1987, when he and I ran the Indiana Daily Student at IU. Now the director of digital development at the … Continue reading
How ‘Normal People’ Eat: Aunt Ellen
In a family in which get-togethers invariably revolve around food, Aunt Ellen’s always had a reputation among “us kids” as a health food nut. Turns out that reputation may be somewhat undeserved. While it’s true that Ellen’s never had an … Continue reading
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How People Eat: Legendary cross country coach Bob Milton
Ask science teacher Bob Milton to explain this observation: Of all the cross country trophies in his classroom at Norwell Middle School, how did his teams wind up with both the state championship trophy and the state runner-up trophy for … Continue reading
Resiliency defined
Ok, this is not funny. Earlier this week I ran a compendium of “fantasy Death Row meal requests” from my collection of “How ‘Normal People’ Eat” interviews — only to discover that one of those people, my friend Elaine, has … Continue reading
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‘Normal People’ Death Row meal requests
This week’s interview fell through, which gives me a chance to run this compilation of fantasy “Death Row” meal requests from various people who’ve appeared in my “How ‘Normal People’ Eat” interviews: Gina Binole, CEO of the PR firm GBM … Continue reading
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Beyond the candy drawer: Aunt Genny’s diet strategy
So I called up my aunt Genny Isch, who raised six kids in what seemed to be a disciplined, systematic fashion, to see how she used to police Halloween candy in their house. Turns out she’s a huge candy fan, … Continue reading
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How People Eat: Bluffton Mayor Ted Ellis
Bluffton Mayor Ted Ellis, running unopposed for his fifth term, has been active in local politics on and off for most of his adult life. That’s an awful lot of chicken dinners, especially when you consider that he also officiates … Continue reading
