Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →
Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking, a weekly blog hop of food posts. In response to my previous posts where I mentioned reading 70 books and losing 70 pounds, some commentors have expressed interest in following a similar path. Here are … Continue reading →
Book: Your Food is Fooling You: How Your Brain is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat, and Salt by David A. Kessler, adapted by Richie Chevat Genre: Nonfiction for teens Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Publication date: 2013 Pages: 173 Source: Library Summary: Your Food … Continue reading →
This week’s theme for Nonfiction November (hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness and Leslie at Regular Rumination) is Become the Expert. Check out the links for Nonfiction November Week 2. As I revealed in a post about Reinvention in September, one … Continue reading →
For the final week of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Ann McLachlan our theme is Gratitude and Regrets. I’ve been playing with the notions of Roads Not Traveled and Roads Taken: Childhood Abroad (Not) — October Memoir Challenge Career Steps and … Continue reading →
The news that made the headlines this week was research on lab rats indicating a similar reaction to Oreos as cocaine. Here is Brian Williams take on it from the NBC Nightly News: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, … Continue reading →
The blog hop theme at Generation Fabulous this month is Reinvention. Since I started this blog after I started my weight loss journey, I thought it was time that I talked a bit more about the story of how I … Continue reading →
I have a new piece up on Huffington Post, featuring my first attempt at illustration: A Librarian’s Tips for Losing Weight Your Way. It would help me if you can comment, share on Facebook, or tweet it. Thanks! … Continue reading →
Book: Thin for Life: 10 Keys to Succes from People who have Lost Weight and Kept it Off by Anne M. Fletcher Genre: health Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Publication date: 2003 (revised and updated from 1994) Pages: 415 Source: Purchased Summary: Anne Fletcher, registered dietitian and author of Thin … Continue reading →
Book: The Game On Diet by Krista Vernoff and Az Ferguson Genre: diet Publisher: HarperCollins Publication date: 2009 Pages: 299 Source: Purchased as an ebook Summary: The Game On Diet is a diet presented as a game for two or more teams … Continue reading →