photo credit: lucianvenutian I have seen some good stuff written about fat man pants. What are “fat man pants”? The idea is simply that when you gain weight, you need to buy new, comfortable pants rather than walk around in your waist-cinching pantaloons. Simple enough. If you have a size 32 waist and you wear [...] Read more »
an unending itch
Imagine your wrist is itching right now. It’s the kind of itch that just has to be scratched – it doesn’t matter what you are doing, because the urge to scratch rises up and blocks your ability to concentrate on almost anything else. I am sure you know this feeling – the sudden intensity of [...] Read more »
a cautionary tale about organic and natural things
One day last week I learned a valuable lesson: just because something is “natural” or “organic” does not mean it is good for you. To the contrary, it can be dangerous in the extreme. A little background: for a long time, I had high blood pressure. I was on Lisinopril for a while, and eventually [...] Read more »
how to breathe
What if I told there is something you could do to feel better in 5 minutes? No matter what condition you are in now – fit, overweight, tired, at work, exercising – you will feel better almost instantly? On top of that, what if it helped you sleep at night? Best of all, you [...] Read more »
101 thoughts on losing 100 pounds
I lost a lot of weight a few years ago. I lost even more a couple of years ago, then gained some of it back when we had our first child. It’s not just women who gain weight during pregnancy! However, I have still managed to keep most of it off, and I have learned [...] Read more »
67 ways to outlive 106 billion people
Unless there is some remarkable advance in medical technology between now and the year 2092, I will not live to see 2093. The oldest known human, Jeanne Calment, died at the age of 122 in 1997. So unless I outlive the longest-lived human, I am doomed. Keep in mind, for me to outlive her would [...] Read more »
