Our Lady of Weight Loss

This week’s GET JIGGY Weight Loss JigSawPuzzle was inspired by the displays of pears in the local market, a reminder that autumn is here!  Apples, pears – oh my!  A new season; a new beginning! A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.  ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld As you click through, remember – clicking…

This morning I was faced with a mountain of work.  Papers to sort through, articles to read, and more! My brain took one look at it all and took a negative turn to the right (as if my brain is a separate entity and not related to me).  She (the brain) started to moan and…

This week I was contacted by none other than Chef Jenny herself ; Chef and Radio Show Host (Green Tea and Honey Radio Show).  Jenny said . . . . “First, let me tell you how much I love you!  Your newsletter, blog posts and all things Our Lady of Weight Loss inspire me and…

When I was a little girl, say 7 years old or so, I often visited the convent of Our Lady of the Snows in Blue Point, Long Island. My father was a ‘druggist’ (old school name for pharmacist), and my mother and I were his ‘delivery girls,’ making drug runs to the nuns whenever needed.…

Greetings and Salutations Tushkateers!   It is my habit to pause, think (imagine that) and review the events of the week, before I write you. Has anything happened during the week that is ‘shareable?’ Anything happen that might be useful to developing healthy living habits? This week? YES! I got psycho over pizza. The short…

This week’s GET JIGGY WEIGHT LOSS JIGSAW PUZZLE!!! is inspired by the end of summer/beginning of autumn. SUMMER FLOWERS WEIGHT LOSS PUZZLE In a New York minute, the weather went from summer to fall this past week.  Usually, I sob … “OH NO!  Summer’s over!” This year, I cut my Drama Queen act short.  I…

Are you ready for a 5 Yum dessert?  (Who isn’t???) After you whip up this amazing Raisin Bread Pudding, I’m betting that you will love it and feel simply smart and sassy! Simply Smart and Sassy Raisin Bread Pudding Ingredients: 3 slices raisin bread, crust removed, cut into cubes 3 cups fat-free Half-n’-Half 3 eggs,…

Livestock ‘grown’ in the U.S. consumed about 29 million pounds of antibiotics in 2009.  (I thought that animals were ‘raised’ and not ‘grown?’ Huh?) On August 3, after ground turkey was linked to an antibiotic resistant strain of salmonella that caused more than a hundred illnesses and one death, a leading meat producer recalled 36…

Did you know that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stood up for public school students by proposing new regulations that require higher nutrition standards for school meals? He’s not asking for anything extreme. Wouldn’t you say that limiting french fries, sodium, and calories and offering more fruits and vegetables in their place makes sense?  Well, the…

Good Turn Daily – If you are a true scout, until you have performed your act of kindness your day is dark.  You are as unhappy as is the grown-up who has begun his day without shaving or reading the New York Sun. – Boys’ Life, February 1920 Greetings and Salutations Tushkateers!   I was ‘visiting’…

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