Persistence is the key more than any one method — No carbs! Limit your calories. More protein. Maybe you should exercise more, get out of that chair and move. Get rid of sugar. Get rid of wheat. Hell, get rid of anything that tastes good. Don’t shop when you’re hungry. The advice is endless, a cacophony of good intentions like…

Fat, salt, and sugar are sold on every corner — America ranks number one in the world in obesity rates for developed countries. Number one. When you hear someone mindlessly chanting, “We’re number one,” remember they are correct, when it comes to obesity. …

Reminiscences from Old Photographs — Cleaning out the closets organizing, decluttering, shredding, trashing, I come across old pictures looking at them isn’t wise — too late An old 8x10, I’m maybe 8 years old, there’s no note but my wife likes how I looked and then I pull from an aged manila envelope the First Communion class picture…

Finding an old standby to beat the high cost — Inflation has been in the news for the past couple of years, and I can see the difference in the cost of almost everything at the store. I recently resurrected an old standby to fight the high cost of some consumer goods. It’s a different angle than I’ve used before. …

Another Vegan combination that tastes pretty good — Another look in the fridge revealed some leftovers I needed to finish. In addition, my wife had just cooked another batch of breakfast grains. My usual grain mix for breakfast, as I’ve mentioned before, include oats, barley, and rye berries. My wife added riceberry rice, a purple rice, to the…

I chanced upon this combination due to visitors — We had visitors over the holidays and one of them was allergic to gluten (or at least sensitive to it). So we picked up some gluten-free foods for them. One item was tortillas, so they could make quesadillas. When considering leafy greens, I have decided that lacinato kale has to…

Another month, but was it really lost? — The holidays have passed, and I think I passed, too. In what? In managing my weight. Here’s why. In most years’ past, I would guess over the end-of-the-year holidays I could easily put on 5–10 pounds, forcing me to log a new year’s resolution to lose weight. This year was…

So many choices that determine my dinner — I usually think ahead when planning my lunch, because it impacts what I’ll eat for dinner. These meals, when my wife isn’t cooking or preparing something, are coordinated to avoid some overlap. I had been using Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen app until I went on my weight loss program. Trying…

What do I normally eat? Why? — I’ve been working on going to a whole food, plant-based diet. I’m not 100% successful, but I’ve moved far enough that I think the benefits to my health are real. I’ve also seen my wife learn how I cook some of my foods so she could help. And she’s also…