55 Pounds Down:Learn to Cook
Seriously, you’re how old now? If you can’t cook for yourself, if you’re relying on fast food and boxed meals, you’re setting yourself up for […]
55 Pounds Down
55 Pounds Down: Exercise
I walk. I walk a lot. I have a pedometer that counts my steps, and I add that, at the end of the night, to […]
55 Pounds Down: The Scare: Motivation
The day a heart attack struck me down is a hard one to remember. I remember the stuff before (or during?): the cereal, the pressure […]
55 Pounds Down: Chocolate
I like chocolate. I admit it. I’m a male chocoholic. I ate too much when I was younger, I ate too much when I got […]
55 Pounds Down: Moderation and Delay
Face it, we eat too much. Our sizes are too big. We go back for seconds. And thirds. We clean the plates. Don’t want to […]
55 Pounds Down: Grapes and Nuts
More fruit. More nuts. Less of the other, non-fruit and non-nut stuff. I cut back on cereal to the point that I simply no longer […]
55 Pounds Down: The Attack Plan
THE ATTACK PLAN I started paying attention to what I eat, and when, and how much. The primary goal, the number one intention, was not […]
55 Pounds Down: Introduction
A year ago today — this very hour — I went to the hospital with chest pain. Heart attack. I did not die. Since then, […]