Quoth Og Mandino

"This too shall pass."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

The State of My Lips

See these gorgeous lips? These are not my lips.

I know I usually complain about my butt, but over the past several months (really, now that I think about it, this has been going on for a whole year) I have been struggling with chronic and severe chapped lips. And not just your [...]

Banting Update

It’s time for an update on my jolly Banting adventures! As faithful readers may recall, I have been Banting since June of last year. This means I’ve been eating a very high fat (>60%), medium protein, very low carb (<5%) diet, with all the carbs I do eat coming from vegetables only, no grains [...]

Banting update

I continue to bant, though over the winter I have noticed an appreciable slowing of results. This I ascribe to several factors, both simple and complex. Let’s start with simple. Being that I’m much smaller than I was when I began (by 70 lbs), I thus need fewer calories. My body is OK with [...]

My Super-Exciting Life

This has been a funny week … looking back on it, it doesn’t seem like there’s been much going on, but it’s been quite busy. I think I’ve had a hard time keeping up because I’ve been operating at a diminished capacity–this verdammte chest cold has been dogging me, and my back has gotten [...]

Horseshoes and other found objects

Sugar Cookie and I took an extra-long walk today because longer walks—especially along uphill routes, strangely enough—do wonders for settling my back pain. Something about my sore back likes climbing hills—if I could just dedicate my entire life to walking slowly uphill I’d have it made! But today we only had about an hour [...]