Our Lady of Weight Loss

Our Lady of Weight Loss thought it might be a good idea, a loving idea, to declare February the Month of Love!  Here, the first of her Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw LOVE Puzzles: “Love U” As you click through “Love U,” imagine love vibes rippling out and around you, throughout the universe and back again.…

I went wild at the supermarket yesterday, filling up my cart with a beautiful assortment of colorful vegetables.  And then…when I arrived home, in Antioxidant Girl style, I unpacked the reusable grocery bags, chopped, sliced, cubed, sprinkled, baked and ate…healthy! Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant, peeled, cubed (and salted) 2 green zucchinis, sliced 1 yellow zucchini,…

We think constantly, all the time; every second, every minute of the day at the rate of 60,000 to 80,000 words per minute.   Most thoughts drift in and out and leave no lasting impression.  Some thoughts have ‘sticking’ power.  Those are the thoughts that become a part of who we are and impact our lives,…

Seriously, who wouldn’t want to be the smartest smartASS in town? There are SMART Goals and then … There are the SMARTEST Goals. And THEN and only THEN… there are SMART-ASS Goals. When I first started my journey on the rocky road to Sveltesville with Our Lady of Weight Loss at my side, I did…

Once upon a time, a chubby young woman was wandering about in the Land of the Lost and Found Pounds, thinking self-deprecating thoughts when she ran into the Goddess of Forever Thin. She said, “Hi Goddess. You are wise, and I am desperate. I want to lose weight once and for all. My triple X…

This week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, entitled: “Goddess,” is inspired by a trip to “Cosanti,” the gallery and studio of Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri, which is located in Paradise Valley, Arizona.  The space is overflowing with experimental earth-formed concrete structures, as well as sculptural wind-bells.  Quite the vision! Quite the sound! Here, a…

Essentially, when one says that they want to reinvent themselves, they are saying that there is something central to whom they are or what they do that they want to change.  While this process is relatively simple, it’s not easy.  That’s right; simple but not easy. It’s simple to define and outline what changes you’d…

On a scale of 0 to 10, ten being the highest (zero being the lowest 🙂  duh) … How confident are you?  How good do you feel about yourself?    Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives; in particular, permanent weight removal.   If we don’t truly respect and have confidence in ourselves,…

Greetings Tushkateers,  I have some mind-blowing news for you.  Are you ready?  Sitting down?  Okay…take in a deep breath and dig this:  you are not a noun.  You are not a thing.  Rather, you are a person who does things. You read, you stretch, you laugh, you cry, you love, you feel, you eat (oy…

Did you hear about Edamame and Weight Loss?  Going steadily together, researchers tell us that edamame (a.k.a. soy beans) which supplies a full 17 g of protein per cup, is a Super Duper POW Slimming Food! Reports from the Federal University of Vicosa indicate that those who protein for their morning meal, burn about 70…

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