Dr. Norris J. Chumley Satisfied Life

“As you think you become,” said Descartes.  “To think is to create,” is another variation.  I know that’s true.  Rhonda Burne in “The Secret” gathered a bunch of experts, and they said it too – calling the power of mind, “the Law of Attraction.”  It’s been said by countless sages over the ages, from Hindu…

Recently, I’ve been so busy that I just have not been able to get to the gym, or my dance class regularly.  I know that to maintain my weight, and to feel good, I need to move.  So I’m walking. This morning I have a meeting about a mile away from where I live.  I’m…

Trying to lose weight, but the pounds are not dropping?  Dieting to get rid of some excess fat, but despite your great efforts, you are not losing weight?  Don’t worry, help is here.  Try my tips for weight loss plateaus below.  (I’m in a rhyming mood this morning!) — Take a close look at the…

Here’s a true autumn dish that is truly delicious. It’s possible to make some variations of it, making it with varying degrees of spiciness, sweetness and fat. No matter how you make it, it’s really yummy and so good for us! Dr. Norris Chumley’s Stuffed Autumn Acorn Squash 2 medium or large acorn squash (especially…

Do you crave sugar all the time? Are you a walking sweet-tooth? Ask God to help you curb your sugar habit, and have some fruit, instead. Fruit has sugar, of course, but much less than the sugars in baked goods, or table sugar.  You know you want to eat less, but you may not have the…

With my Joy of Weight Loss Plan, and with God guiding your food choices, it’s true you can have anything you want, as long as it’s just one serving, and a reasonable size.  Anything you crave you should have, in moderation. Perhaps your body is telling you something and you need to listen. Make sure, however, that…

The diet drug, Meridia, has been recently withdrawn from the market by its maker, Abbott Labs.  The U.S. F.D.A., or Food and Drug Administration requested it be taken off the market.  I’m delighted with this news. It was reported in various journals that the F.D.A. found the risks of taking this drug far outweighed it’s…

“There are actually 34 of us,” Jimmy Sanchez a nineteen-year-old trapped Chilean miner said in his letter forwarded up a tube last Tuesday just before the dramatic rescue a day later, “because God has never left us down here.” Trapped for two months in a collapsed copper mine awaiting rescue, several news reports have indicated…

An easier way to lose weight and maintain it, without drastic diets, is just to eat half of what you are eating, and take twice longer to eat. For breakfast have half a bagel instead of a whole one.  Or half your usual full bowl of cereal.  or one egg instead of two. Lunch could…

Here’s a good weightloss and diet tip for your day today. Have your food ready and available. Don’t wait until you are starving or ravenous. Have the ingredients for a snack or meal on-hand. If you have to go shopping or to a convenience store or deli while hungry it may cause you to eat…

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