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Last time I ate at Joe's, I had grilled Mahi Mahi, rice and salad. The portions were huge, so I ate the salad and about half the fish and rice, and took the rest home. You don't have to eat everything on your plate, and you get two meals for the price of one. You also can speak up for yourself when you order. Request salad…

If you don't have a hotel, may I suggest the Holiday Inn at Key Bridge. It's actually in Rosslyn/ Arlington, Virginia. The bridge takes you to Georgetown and the Metro is about a block away. Also, usually less expensive than downtown DC hotels, but the Metro makes it very convenient to get you to wherever you want to go. I…

Anything in excess can be harmful. What is going to be demonized next? If these do-gooders had their way, we wouldn't eat anything. I'm tired of people and government sticking their noses in our business.

Cardiac arrest in 2008

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Chunky peanut butter on Flatout Flarbread Crisps

My mother had a living will giving my brother and me this decision-making responsibility. We were fortunate that the chief of ICU took the time to sit down with us and explain my mother's condition. He was blunt about her prognosis, which was not good, but he did give us enough clarity to make the decision to take Mom off…

No heels for me. I want to be comfortable more than I want to be sexy. Friend of mine always wore these huge spikes. Can't wear them now. They wrecked her back.

Are personal trainers required to have a formal education in nutrition? If so, it looks like this trainer flunked that course.

One pair of black dress shoes and two pairs of sneakers. That's enough

I am diabetic and a former Weight Watcher. The program was actually fairly close to what had been prescribed for ne by the diabetes nutritionist. But I think WW ran into trouble when it declared fruit to be "free". Members started to gorge themselves on fruit, then wonder why they were gaining weight. One banana a day is…

Remember that MFP is not the Biggest Loser. You cannot expect to lose 10 pounds every week. Healthy weight loss should be slow. Sure, some people start off with a huge weight loss, but not everyone does. When I started Weight Watchers a couple if years ago, I lost one pound. Many people don't lose at all the first week,…

Sodium intake is important for reasons other than weight. Excess sodium can cause or contribute to high blood pressure which can over time damage your heart and/or kidneys, among other things. Many people have high blood pressure, but don't know if. Often there are NI symptoms and victims don't find out they have it until…

Frozen dinners are not the bargain you may think. You can get coupons and markets often have big sales on them, but ultimately, they cost more than homemade. Moat of these dinners have little nutrition. You usually have to add something to them, say, a salad, to fill you up and provide the necessary nutrients. Plus, these…

Over here!!! Can't wait for this year's tour schedule. Friend and I travel out of town to see them.

I like sliced almonds. I add them to oatmeal or as a topping for salad (instead of croutons). At most a tablespoon. A little goes a king way.

Looks like a lot of prepared, packaged and processed food. These contain high amounts of sodium which can make you retain water weight. Also appears you aren't eating from all the major food groups and not eating enough. You could use more protein at breakfast, more dairy, fruit and vegetables. And yes you do need some…

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Why do people think they nerd to "jump start" their weight loss? What's the hurry? If you're like me, you put on weight over a lifetime of bad eating habits and/or little or no exercise? So why expect to drop the weight overnight? Work on changing your eating habits and, if possible, get moving. The weight will come off…

Have one cat now, a boy. He is afraid of almost everyone, but he loves me. As I write this, he is sleeping on the sofa next to me. He was a stray I took in, and he's been grateful ever since. My first cat was a goodwill ambassador for her species. People who said they hated cats fell in love with her. She greeted everyone…

Just had Ronzoni Smart Taste rotini for lunch. It and Dreamfields are particularly good for the carb sensitive (e.g. diabetics). I also make my own meat sauce. Many jarred sauces have too much sodium and oil. About garlic bread: Many garlic breads are made with a lot of butter or oil and seasoned with garlic salt. One…

FWIW, drugs are often necessary. Diet and exercise help considerably, but for some people drugs keep them alive.

Had a weight problem all my life. I used to spend a lot of time with my Italian grandmother. In her day, a fat baby was a healthy baby, and Grandma enjoyed making her granddaughter "healthy." Funny thing is that no one else in my family has a weight problem, and Grandma overfed everyone, so I can't really blame her for my…

When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, a number of people who know nothing about the diseasee necame my diet police. They would carry on every time I ate a slice of bread. I was once loudly condemned by one woman for eating watermelon. Her husband, also a diabetic, had been advised to give up fruit high in sugar. Well,…

Most major chains have a nutrition information page or a nutrition calculator. If possible before you go to eat, pick something from the menu and look up the item's calories and what not. If the food's nutrition values are too high, see if you can make adjustments. For example, if a salad is served with croutons or cheese,…

Dr. Oz is a quack. Among other things, he has been known to hawk supplements that are of little or no value and could actually be harmful. It's possible he has some financial interest in these products, which means his advice may not be objective. Also, I've heard him give advice about diabetes that I know from personal…

See my profile pic. Snowflake is a male mixed breed, about six or so years old. He was a stray who hung around my yard one summer. In the fall I was debating taking him in; then one day I opened the garage door and Snowflake just walked right in as if he owned the house (he still thinks it is his house). He likes to…

You can do little things such as parking your car far from the store instead of at the front four or taking the elevator instead of the stairs.

MFP assigned me 1200 calories and that calculation conforms to the points I was given by Weight Watchers and has been approved by my doctors. What I have found works for me is to vary over or under 1200 a day. I don't go too low or too high, and sometimes I'll eat back the exercise calories, some days not, sometimes only a…

. My cardiologist and my dietician would disagree with you. And the American Heart Association still considers coconut oil to be harmful to heart health because of its high quantity of saturated fat. Go to the organization's website and search for coconut oil. Plenty of information on coconut oil and the effects of…