I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of being reflective, and giving serious thought as to how one might be able to do better in the year ahead, but, as a rule, I think they’re counterproductive, as they’re rarely kept, and just leave people feeling like shit. Perhaps more […]
Tag Archives: weight issues
On making myself a smaller target for illness
Posted in Food, Health, Mark's Life Also tagged aging, alcohol, anxiety, back pain, beer, beets, BMI, calories, cancer, cold turkey, colonoscopy, dietary reset, diets, elimination diet, fat, fat shaming, flour, GERD, gluten, Health, kale, losing weight, New Year's resolution, OCD, processed foods, smoothies, sugar, sweets, vegan, wheat, Whole 30, wine 29 Comments
“Hmmm…. Maybe I don’t have a problem after all.”
[The quotes noted above are from British television cook Nigella Lawson, who was called on to testify in British court yesterday about a number of things, including her cocaine use. And the fellow at the bottom, for those of you who might not recognize him, is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who, like Lawson, has been […]
Posted in Observations, Uncategorized Also tagged addiction, cocaine, fat, Nigella Lawson, Rob Ford, skinny, Toronto 19 Comments
Doubling down and packing on the weight
A few people, in the wake of last night’s post on Jamie Oliver and the so-called “food revolution” that he’s bringing to our shores, have demanded that, in the spirit of fairness, I put something up on the site about Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recent announcement that they’ll be going live with the Double Down – […]
Posted in Food Also tagged April 12, calories, dialysis, Donna Simpson, Double Down, fast food, fat, food revolution, healthy food access, Huntington, Jamie Oliver, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, obesity, processed food, Ricky Gervais, sodium, Treasure Bombshell, West Virginia 26 Comments