The Resolute Woman

Category: food

  • The status quo? An Old Year’s resolution

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    Yikes! It’s December. I was standing in the middle of a department store surrounded by Christmas decorations and Christmas cards and Christmas presents when I remembered that I have not achieved all of my New Year’s resolutions. What am I going to do? I am going to make three Old Year’s resolutions for December. Not…

  • Just lose a little

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    Losing just 5 percent of body weight increases self-esteem, reduces depressive symptoms and improves body image, reports the September/October 2014 issue of Weight Watchers magazine. The magazine also lists these statistics. Ten percent of women say they’re completely happy with their bodies. The average overweight woman says she wants to lose 28 percent of her…

  • Artificial sweeteners?!

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    My husband mentioned the article in the newspaper and my son sent me a link to a report on the research. Now I keep finding more information that confirms that I was right when I finally decided to stop drinking diet soft drinks and using artificial sweeteners. Even in The Financial Times. It reported that…

  • Changing a bad habit

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    Now when I wake up, I make myself a cup of English Breakfast tea—and drink it without artificial sweetener. During the day, I drink water—plain from the tap or sparkling—instead of diet soft drinks. When I think about my favorite drink—diet Sunkist, I remember that I am determined—Resolute!—to change a bad habit. I have survived…

  • I’m doing it

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    As I explained in a recent blog post, I am no longer drinking diet soft drinks or putting artificial sweetener in my tea. It might not seem like a big deal to you. But, it is a big deal to me. I have a tendency to be addicted to food—and to drinks—diet Pepsi for a…

  • Making an October resolution

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    For a decade now, I’ve been counting Weight Watcher points—which means a limited number of French Fries and chocolate candy. And, for a year or so, I’ve been counting carbohydrates because I’m pre-diabetic—which means no orange juice for breakfast. Now, I’m giving up diet soft drinks and artificial sweetener in my tea—because the latest research…

  • Not as big as a Dreadnoughtus

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    I’m feeling dreadful. I hadn’t lost the extra pounds I gained during my vacation when company arrived at our house. After five days of entertaining, I have a few more pounds to lose. That’s why I was happy to find an article in The Dallas Morning News about an 86-feet-long, 130,000-pound Dreadnoughtus. One of the…

  • Eat five fruits and vegetables

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    I have a friend who is a vegan and another who takes a handful of nonprescription pills every morning. Newspaper, magazines, books and friends are full of advice about what I should eat and what I shouldn’t eat. What should I eat? I was reassured by a recent study, reported in the August 4, 2014,…

  • Food and friends

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    The last night we were in Maine, we gorged on lobster with lots of butter, corn on the cob, fried green tomatoes and warm blueberry pie with ice cream. It was a spectacular feast, and I enjoyed every bite while sitting on the cabin’s screened porch. I ate slowly, talking to my good friends and…

  • Be kind. Have fun.

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    We exited Interstate 20 and drove to Tyler, Texas, with a specific destination in mind—Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q. However, we weren’t the only ones who had read about “the holy smoke pantheon of Texas barbecue joints” in the August 2014 issue of Texas Highways magazine. We had to wait in line to order our barbecue…