Year of the Dog

Xin nian kuai le (shin nee-an kwai le) and gong hai fat choi! Happy New Year and may the year be a prosperous one for you! For us all! I've been told that you begin the year with a clean house. While mine is nowhere near showplace ready, at least it gives me something to work…

It’s Valentine’s Day & Ash Wednesday

Valentine's Day! That wonderful day of chocolates and more chocolates and wine and steak dinners and even more chocolates. Ash Wednesday! That day that begins Lent, which many times is all about giving up chocolates and wine and more chocolates. Oops! Since I have already eschewed chocolates (save a cheat or two) with Keto, that's not…

If I Can’t Sit On The Bathroom Floor…

Does that sound odd to you? My bet is if you grew up in Oklahoma (like I did), Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana... any of the states that see a lot of tornadic activity, it's not going to sound quite as weird to you as it might otherwise. The year before last, tornado sirens went off in…

So Here’s My Starting Line!

So here it is, y'all: This is the most I have ever weighed. Ever. I intend to make this the most I ever will weigh, too. Using one of those handy dandy calculators you can find online, I plugged in my stats and found that at this weight, my height, and my state of being…

The Journey Begins

I just finished some hummus and pita bread. (Yes, for breakfast.) I have a couple small pieces of baklava I can't bear to see go to waste. Downstairs I have lots of bacon, heavy whipping cream, eggs, broccoli, two boxes of baby kale, four avocados, some shredded cheese. You'd think most of that would be…