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: Tips
My Super Bowl party strategy
I envy Bearrunner, subject of my Jan. 24 interview, who’s running a half-marathon today. A 1,300+ calorie burn would be a fantastic start to Super Bowl Sunday, though I doubt there’s much football feasting going on today in Nova Scotia. … Continue reading
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Tagged Super Bowl party, Super Bowl party strategy, Super Bowl Sunday
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Weeding out crappy carbs
Sometimes I think I should be more like Ragu — or my friend Tim, who lost 184 pounds in one year — and cut out all the crap once and for all. Alas, I am a dietary weenie. And so … Continue reading
Seize the Pigout!
“Mom, you’re lucky your birthday falls on a Tuesday this year,” Ben said last night, noticing me help myself to an extra slice of pizza. “That way you can pig out on your birthday.” I don’t go crazy on Tuesdays. … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Uncategorized, What We're Eating
Tagged pigout, Tim Ferriss, Tina Haupert
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Chocolate bunny lives to see Christmas in gym locker hideway
I’m pretty sure we’ve never had a chocolate bunny make it all the way to Christmas before, much less three — three! — Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs*. Yet when I reviewed the contents of our gym locker this week, there … Continue reading
Another 3 foods I’ve edited out of my life
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees Past taste tests have demonstrated that no Reese’s configuration — including the original Peanut Butter Cup — appeals to me as much as the Egg. So why bother? If I let myself have a few … Continue reading
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Tagged McDonald's French fries, popcorn, Reese's Peanut Butter Trees
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$1,000 for keeping the weight off
The upside of Thursday’s doctor visit was discovering that the simple act of stepping on the scale was enough to earn me $1,000. Last year our health insurance company, PHP, came out with a program that essentially pays you to … Continue reading
The infinite slice of pie
Wish I’d thought of this before Thanksgiving. But there are plenty of holiday parties coming up where I can experiment with the infinite slice of pie: 1. Take a dessert-size paper plate and draw a triangle representing the size of … Continue reading
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Tagged infinite patchwork pie, infinite slice of pie
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Don’t take a lifeboat to Thanksgiving dinner
When I ask thin people the “Death Row question” — what they’d request if they knew it was their last meal on Earth — most come up with very specific answers that would fit on a normal-sized dinner plate. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Death Row, Final meal requests, lifeboat strategy
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Mining self gratification for ‘transferable skills’
Did my kids resent how much time I spent running during the 90in9 project? It’s a reasonable question. Logging 10 miles took a nearly two-hour chunk out of every day, and that’s not counting how long it took me to … Continue reading
Posted in 90in9 challenge, running/fitness, Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged 90in9 challenge, own your story
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