Our Lady of Weight Loss

Does your home support your goals?  Is your fridge stocked with the ‘right’ stuff? “Make Your Home Your Safe Haven“ is one of Our Lady of Weight Loss’s BASIC Rules. Because  … … if your home does not support you, if your home is loaded with ‘red light’ foods, trigger situations, clutter beyond the norm,…

When people ask me how I permanently removed over 50 pounds (11 years ago – my oh my, how time flies), I tell them that first and foremost I changed my mind (as Albert Einstein says, “You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.”) and I feed my soul (took on…

Are you ready to jump head first into week 10 of the Feed Your Soul Project?  Are you ready to …  pull out your mental weeds? Think happy thoughts and/or cultivate habit awareness?  Just imagine what your life could look life if you focused on feeding your soul. Here … tips 91 through 100. 91. …

 Save Me from Myself 4th of July Sexy Cucumber Salad: Whenever there’s a gathering and the temptation to eat more than I really want seems likely, I whip up a salad or two and bring with. Sometimes I share; sometimes not! SAVE YOURSELF SALAD The Sexy, Juicy CUKE Ingredients: 2 cups diced cucumber 2 cups…

This week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, entitled PIG CROSSING, is inspired by the 4th of July, Independence Day! Are you ready for the marching bands, parades, fireworks, and the BBQs?  Last year more than 80 million folk participated in BBQs!  The favorite foods served included hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, ribs, potato salad, chips and…

I just returned from the corner fruit stand where I scored 2 pounds of fresh cherries, just in time to ‘cook up’ a fabulous lunch. Well … I don’t mean to imply that I am going to actually cook, as in turn on the oven.  No way, especially given the fact that the temperature is…

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), I have been giving a great deal of thought to what ‘feeds the soul,’ from fun and quirky things to do, to books to read that enlighten and lift spirits, to decluttering, but I have to say that Ray Bradbury’s quote (see Feed Your Soul Project Way…

Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal (she who guides me) is serious about weight loss, but not heavy! She asked me to share the following 9 tips with you that she feels will surely up your energy, keep you focused, and help you to create a balanced and harmonious…

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. ~ Benjamin Franklin Howdy TUSHKATEERS!!!  How are you on this fine day?  Alive?  Did you happen to, a la Ben Franklin, check the obituary page…

A few weeks ago, a major league huge, prehistoric looking bird came a tappin’ on my front window.  Needless to say, this CityGrrl had no idea what it was – other than a bird. So, I quickly sent out an email to my Tucson neighbor, who is a ‘birder,’ describing this long-tailed, tall creature, which…

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