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: reviews
An ancient American hot cereal
Friday morning I awoke bleary eyed and unmotivated to concoct anything of interest for breakfast, until I remembered the small bag of amaranth seeds in a bowl on the counter. I’d picked some up a couple of weeks ago after … Continue reading
‘Doughnut diner’ passes ‘fuel test’
The sign outside the new “doughnut diner” on Bluffton Road has a lot of nerve suggesting that’s where I need to stop to refuel. Yeah, right. As if anybody in their right mind ought to be “fueling up” on doughnuts. … Continue reading
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Tagged Doughnut Diner, egg white omelet, Gimme's Diner, Mike's Donuts
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The Reese’s Egg vs. Pumpkin Challenge
It’s a gorgeous fall day, and we’re eating Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs leftover from Easter. I never dreamed these eggs would last this long, stashed in my locker at the Bluffton City Gym. When I rediscovered them in September, I … Continue reading
My new favorite salad
So we’re getting something to eat after Rowan’s soccer game last week and I’m banking on McDonald’s because I’ve got just enough Weight Watchers points left for one of those grilled chicken salads. But no. The consensus is that we … Continue reading
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Tagged apple pecan chicken salad, bomb shelter salad, Steak 'n Shake
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Our en-lite-ning lite beer taste test
Nobody would ever mistake my brother’s garage for a microbrewery. He only stocks lite beer, for one thing. But you can almost always find several different kinds in his garage fridge, because none of the usual suspects who attend cookouts … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Lite, lite beer taste test, MGD 64, Select 55
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Our guide to Starbucks petite treats
One of my aunts likes to say she’d rather eat her calories than drink them, and I tend to agree. When I go to Starbucks I order plain black coffee. But every so often, when I’ve saved up an extra … Continue reading
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