The Resolute Woman

Category: food

  • A visit to an ice cream shop

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    My daughter lives within walking distance of Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream store in Denton. Whenever I’m in Denton, I’m tempted to visit the shop and buy a big scoop of creamy chocolate almond, and next time I’m not even going to feel guilty about doing just that. Treats are okay. I won’t buy…

  • Who’s neurotic about food?

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    I just read Lionel Shriver’s book Big Brother, the story of a sister who helps her obese brother lose weight. I also heard Shriver explain in an interview that she thinks all of us are neurotic about food. I have been thinking more about food recently—ever since my doctor told me that I am pre-diabetic…

  • Panic and hysteria

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    Lionel Shriver, author of a new book Big Brother, says that most of us are neurotic about food. I will confess. I am neurotic about food even though I lost a lot of weight following the Weight Watchers plan and I have kept it off. And, I think that Shriver might be neurotic about food,…

  • Neurotic about food

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    If you’ve ever been on a diet, ever berated yourself for gaining a few pounds, ever judged someone who is overweight as unhealthy or undisciplined, I recommend that you read Lionel Shriver’s new book Big Brother. I heard Shriver discuss her book on June 12, 2013, on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio,…

  • Chocolate isn’t the only cure

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    Tom, my husband’s brother and one of my favorite relatives, is in the hospital with serious medical issues. For days now, I’ve been worried, and I’ve been surrounded by a sense of foreboding. On more than one occasion, I’ve wondered if chocolate might make me feel better. Of course, it might make me feel better…

  • A major accomplishment

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    I just completed an entire month without consuming a single soft drink. Some people might consider such a feat to be only a minor accomplishment. But, for me, it was a major accomplishment. Even though I’ve been going to Weight Watchers meetings for almost a decade and I weigh a couple of pounds under my…

  • How difficult is it to eat a healthy diet?

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    Have you figured out just exactly what you’re supposed to eat? If you haven’t, you’re in good company. According to the April 14, 2013, issue of Weight Watchers Weekly, 52 percent of Americans say it’s easier to do their income tax returns than it is to figure out how to eat healthy food. That statistic…

  • Can you eat just one potato chip?

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    I can’t. Most likely, you can’t either. Scientists are studying rats to find out why. When German researchers gave rats potato chips, powdered animal food or a mixture of fat and carbohydrates, they discovered that the animals ate similar amounts of the powdered food and the mixture, but they “actively pursued the potato chips.” Why?…

  • Happy Birthday, Weight Watchers

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    The 50th anniversary issue of Weight Watchers magazine talks about “Losing through the decades.” “People have done some pretty outrageous things in the name of slimming down, from popping dangerous diet pills to eating cabbage soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” writer Hallie Levine Sklar concludes. What’s the best approach? “We know now that the…

  • You can take it off

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    I’ve been reading a book called The New Way to Eat and Get Slim by Donald G. Cooley. Some of the advice sounds a little dated, and it is. The book was first printed in 1941. In the first chapter, Cooley is encouraging. “You have thought about reducing for a long time. You have watched…