Swelting Summer Heat

Many of us living in the northeast aren’t equipped with central air, so when the heat reaches the high 90’s many of us just can’t function. I will never understand those who say “the hotter the better”. I can’t stand the heat and find that I am very unproductive when it hits. Read more »

Don’t Eat All Your Calories Early in the Day-Lesson Learned

Yesterday was my third full day of loosely following the flat belly diet (I say loosely because I am still reading the book). All was well and I was feeling very satisfied on the 1600 calorie diet. However, yesterday I made the mistake of eating all of my calories early in the day, which set me up to cheat last night. I didn’t have a full blown binge, thank goodness but I did go  over my calories for the day. So, lesson learned, don’t eat all your calories before 5 pm and don’t choose a dinner with very little protein and expect to feel satisfied for the rest of the day. Read more »

Flat Belly Diet Menu Day 1

Well today I unofficially started the flat belly diet. I say unofficially because I am still not quite sure about what I am doing. I was going to skip to the diet part of the book but decided that if I don’t read it all the way through now I never will.  So, to improvise I am trying to stay around 400 calories per meal and 1600 calories per day. I didn’t do perfectly today but I think it went okay. Read more »

Starting the Flat Belly Diet Tomorrow

Well tomorrow, which is Wed, June 9th is the day that I am starting the Flat Belly Diet. I bought the book three weeks ago but have struggled to find the time to read through it. Don’t get me wrong, it is a great book I just seem to be going in so many directions right now.

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Losing Weight Without Trying

I have to admit that  I haven’t been trying to lose weight in weeks. I had been planning to start the Flat Belly Diet the day after Memorial Day but had no time to sit and read the book ( I have since been reading some every day and have started stocking up on foods to start on Monday).  Still, even without committing to any diet, I was shocked to see that I am down two pounds; which means maybe losing weight without trying is not so difficult.

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The Flat Belly Diet Book

In case you haven’t noticed I am a diet book junkie. If you were to peak on my shelf you would see a few dozen diet books that I have purchased over the last few years. This doesn’t count the ones that I find at the library (I always look there first to save money) or the ones that are either packed away or given away.  So yesterday I found myself in the diet section of Barnes and Noble and ended up buying the Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello. Read more »

Starting a Daily Weight Loss Journal

It has been about ten years since I went to a local Weight Watchers meetings but one thing that I remember my leader always saying: “no matter what you eat, you need to write it down”.  That’s why I am going to get more strict about keeping track of my weight loss with a daily weight loss journal of my own. Read more »

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