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I Want Michelle Obama Arms
Like I said, I want this to be my first sleeveless summer, ever. Maybe I was sleeveless as a little kid. I don’t recall, so that doesn’t count. As an adult, though, I’ve never been sleeveless. Here in the South, people take their right to bare arms seriously. It just gets so freakin’ hot, you…
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It’s a Slam Dunk: Forget the Elliptical and Pass Me the Ball
It was 6:35 a.m., and I was in the gym, heading for the resistance machines. Sick of the boring elliptical, I figured I’d change things up and do strength training first, then maybe finish up on the elliptical or the treadmill, whatever I felt like doing to get the aerobic portion over with. So this…
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Fate: The Krispy Kreme Drive-Thru was Closed
Met with Tanza today, and talked so much my jaw ached. I know, I know. It’s just that I don’t do a lot of face-to-face stuff in this era of email and texting. And I hadn’t seen her in two weeks. First, I had to bail on our standing appointment, then she had to, so…
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Food Deserts, Obesity Rates and Tom Joyner
When I first saw the term “food desert,” I thought it was a typo, referring instead to foods that are really desserts – you know, mostly sugar and empty calories. But it’s not a typo. A “food desert” is an area where there is no real access to grocery stores, or places where one can…
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Food as Reward is a Taxing Matter
It’s Tax Day, and you know what that means. Free food and drink all over the place: · Buy one footlong at Subway, get on free today. · Bring in your own reusable mug and Starbucks will fill it up for free – not with a caramel macchiato, unfortunately, but with their own brew. · …
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April Trip #1: Off to Richmond
Just a quick note, since I’m in the midst of packing for the weekend in Richmond. I don’t even know why I need directions. We go there every year for this competition. The difference, though, is that this time it’s just me and Skyler, and we’re both closely watching what we eat. Usually when the…
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20 Pounds Down, 80 to Go
The headline would be more impressive if I hadn’t been sitting on a 19-pound loss for the past three weeks or so. While some of you took me out to the woodshed for stating at the beginning of April that I was concerned about how stress would impact my weight-loss goals this month, I really…
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Dorothy Height, NCNW at Forefront of Obesity Battle
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height died Tuesday morning at age 98. Best known for her ongoing fight to right civil wrongs, I’ll always remember feeling honored just to be in her presence. In my 20-plus years as a newspaper and magazine journalist, rarely have I ever cared about the star status of the many celebrities I’ve…
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Today’s Headlines: Everything You Eat Will KILL You
Wednesday is the unofficial day for health news in the U.S., and if you believe everything told to us this morning, we’re all as good as dead. First, the sugar report: Eating processed foods with added sugar is putting everyone at increased risk for heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. If this isn’t surprising to you,…
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April Trip #2: The House of Mouse
I’ve spent the past 12 hours driving all over town, taking care of all the last-minute business every good procrastinator is known for. I’ve made a few pit stops at the house, but all meals have been on the run. The weekend hasn’t even begun and already I’m sick of road food. So I’ve spent…
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