Just What the Doctor Ordered!

The Full Plate Diet
By Stuart A. Seale, M.D.
Teresa Sherard, M.D.
Diana Fleming, Ph.D., LDN

Coming out in January 2010
160 Pages
110 Color Photo's
$19.95
Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-885167-71-2

MY REVIEW:

I was delighted to receive an ARC.
The Full Plate Diet
is a simple to follow eating plan, that stresses adding
more fiber to our daily diets.

It explains...
The Full Plate Diet, concept.
How to get started.
The health benefits and nutritional value
of a slew of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and legumes.

It includes...
Recipes.
A Readiness Assessment.
Fast Food Ratings.
Tips on "eating at the office, on the road, and at restaurants".

This book could not have arrived at a better time.
I'd going to take the plunge, and put
The Full Plate Diet
on my plate!

To learn more, go HERE.

I'm Taking The Challenge!

Okay everyone - I'm making it public..
I'm Joining Raving Robynn's 30 day Throw Down!

30 days to healthier eating.
30 days to a new outlook.
30 days to a better ME!

Want to join in?

Head on over to

Robynn's Ravings.


Besides trying to eat healthier, I'm going one more step.
I pledge right here, right now...to exercise each and every day.
My sweet husband just got me a Gazelle, and by golly, I'm gonna use the sucker.
It may, at the beginning, be only 9 or 10 minutes at a time,
but I'm gonna do it.

I'll be posting each day, from September 1st, to September 30th,
to let you know how I'm doing.
Please pray for me - cause I'm gonna need the help.

Thank you Robynn, for throw'n this down!

Live While You're Alive

LIVE WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Try everything twice. On Madam's tombstone (of Waylon and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: ' Tried everything twice...loved it both times!'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches.)

3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath... And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.

6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.

Remember: Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. You are worth it!

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second time.

Lost time can never be found! So make sure .. you find time to love unconditionally.

'Enjoy what's good in your life, without always thinking of how it could be better.'

Strange Phenomenon

This is soooooooooooo weird.
I'm not sure if this is just a phenomenon in my home,
or if it has plagued others too?

Here's the thing. It seems that my dishwasher
(whose name is Delilah)
only allows me to load her.
Strange huh?
I'm serious about this.
I have 2 other intelligent adults, who live in my house,
but they can't put dishes inside of Delilah.

They can take them out of the cupboards...pile food on them..
stack them on the counter tops...
and even rinse them and put them in the sink.
BUT
It seems that they are unable to place them in the dishwasher!

Did Delilah bite them?
Did she shock them once or twice...or maybe sling insults at them?
It's a mystery to me!

My New Layout

I am sooooooo excited about my new layout.

I don't want to take the time to write any posts,

cause I just want to sit and look at it.

Thanks so much to Sweedy for designing it for me!!!

Mermaid or Whale?

I got this email yesterday and I liked it so much, I've decided to post it.

To all my lady friends,......Whale it is!!

Recently, in a large city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said:

THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?

A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern:

Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia, the Barren Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia. Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they don't have kids either Not to mention who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale.

P.S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,Good gosh, look how smart I am........

So - I'm going along with the above
and choosing to be a Whale as opposed to a Mermaid!
I'm not saying that I shouldn't lose any weight - far from it - I need to lose a LOT of weight. I need to exercise. I need to live a healthier life. BUT - I don't need to be stick thin. I don't need to look like a movie star. I don't need to be any younger. I don't need to be looked upon as washed up with one foot in the grave.
How about all of you...Whale or Mermaid?

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I'm in a Funk

Yep - I'm not sure what is what anymore.
Nothing major...
just worried about my health, my sanity, my husband,
my kids, my grand kids, the state of the union, starving children in Africa, world peace, ...
just little things like that.

Can't think of anything witty or insightful to impart upon you.
Can't decided what to have for breakfast (and it's already close to 11:30).
Don't feel like cleaning, or cooking, or doing the laundry.

I need a new toothbrush.

Why haven't I won the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes yet?

I can't get a gastric bypass, or lap band surgery, because 5 years ago, I didn't have any doctors appointments, that included a "weigh in". Apparently that year, I only went to the chiropractors and the ear nose and throat guys. I find this hard to believe, but it's true. I have to have a 5 year weight history for the *@#%insurance company to approve the surgery.

I need a pedicure.

I want to go to Colorado, Wyoming, Alabama, and Florida. It's been too long since I've seen some of my kids and grand kids. Missing them makes my chest ache.

Big S cleaned my carpets yesterday...that was nice of him.

I still don't have 100 followers - so I'm thinking of calling it quits, and going ahead and picking a winner...but maybe I'll wait just a few more days.

Got a good deal on some Christmas presents at World Market yesterday.

I need to go upstairs, but that would require going upstairs.

Steve got me a Gazelle...maybe I'll go "walk" on it while watching some insidious sitcom.

I made a really good dinner on Tuesday night. Steph's chicken, green beans, and baked potatoes. Maybe I'll have leftovers for breakfast.

Somebody stop me, before I bore us all to death.