The Skinny Daily Post™<br>Short, daily essays on weight loss and fitness <br>from a really average woman who lost 100 lbs. <br>and works every day to keep it off.<br><br><br>Maude's Beloved Buckwheat: A grain you can love- January 30, 2004 Maude's Beloved BuckwheatA grain you can loveMy grandmother, Maude Williams Garlinghouse, was an osteopath, a whole-body doc back in the early half of the last century. She was a friend of Adele Davis,' and preached from the same food gospel. That is, she spurned packaged foods, believed in eating lots of veggies. And she wanted us to use more buckwheat in our diets.She made buckwheat pancakes instead of the white-flour sort. Nutty, intensely-favored things. I never had the chance to taste...http://skinnydaily.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_30_skinnydaily_archive.html#1075430289913... Those Wussy Athletes: Suck it up and move just a little- January 29, 2004 Those Wussy AthletesSuck it up and move just a littleI encounter this guy, Fred, everywhere. Fred very much wants to get back in shape, lose weight, regain his fitness. He hasn't exercised in years. He's tried. He laces up his old Keds and runs a few miles, he hurts himself. He gives up. I suggest to Fred that he try something a little easier, kicking laps in the pool. No, he's not getting in the pool with a lapboard. I suggest to Fred he try an elliptical machine. He crosses his eyes. No....http://skinnydaily.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_29_skinnydaily_archive.html#1075343652805... Sugar Shark: What sets off your feeding frenzies- January 28, 2004 Sugar SharkWhat sets off your feeding frenziesAn all-day meeting. No, wait. An all-day brainstorming session. A room, a big table, 15 to 20 colleagues, a whiteboard. A time keeper. The charge: think hard all day while never losing focus. Be brilliant. Come out with a plan for the department, for the year.Between you and me, I'm not very good at this. Not the thinking all day part, not the focusing part, and actually, not the brilliance part. Yet somehow I was invited to the meeting, because Oh,.http://skinnydaily.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_28_skinnydaily_archive.html#1075259293905... Living the Low Carb Life: Jonny Bowden's field guide- January 26, 2004 Living the Low Carb LifeJonny Bowden's field guideFirst, understand who Jonny Bowden is. He's a nutrition and fitness writer, educator, and advisor, the weight loss coach on iVillage's popular diet and fitness site. And if you asked him to draw a map of the contentious and fiery world of nutritional theory, he would not only draw it, but could clearly demarcate all the borders, rivers and passages, reveal the history of the indigenous tribes, name all the treaties, disputes, wars and...http://skinnydaily.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_26_skinnydaily_archive.html#1075122973324... Kid Stuff: Are you up to it- January 23, 2004 Kid StuffAre you up to itI went to our community pool the other day. That's not unusual. I have belonged to the pool for a couple of years. My pool time is early in the morning, weekdays. Grownups everywhere. But this was a Saturday afternoon, and I was under the wing of my niece. I am still recovering.I had no idea what my pool looks like on a Saturday afternoon. Kids. Everywhere. From tiny little tykes who have a hard time walking a straight line on a good day, much less while shivering and...http://skinnydaily.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_23_skinnydaily_archive.html#1074830360331... |