Last week I did such a good job of taking morning walks. Every morning I ignored the siren call of my alarm clock’s snooze button and lugged my sagging butt out of bed to pound pavement for nearly a half-hour.
This week?
I haven’t done squat.
Part of the reason is my innate laziness: sweating to the [...]

Since deciding that I’d start walking occasionally to lose weight, I’ve actually been somewhat good about it.
I didn’t even let the overdressed women who walk scare me off, although I admit I now wash my face then brush my teeth and hair before leaving the house. And, yes, I’m now wearing my “good” sweat [...]

I’ve heard of diets making all sorts of ridiculous claims, but a diet that promises to bring easier, more frequent orgasms? Now, that’s a first.
Now, I like orgasms as much as the next person… provided the next person isn’t ex-governor Spitzer. Not that I’m a candidate for sex addiction treatment, mind you. But who wouldn’t [...]

I’m really not sure what I did right over the past seven days, but I’ve managed to lose five — yes, five! — pounds. Oh, I know most of it’s probably water weight, but if I was carrying around that much excess water I can’t say I’ll shed a tear to see it go.
A [...]

I’d said before that I plan to get more exercise and hopefully lose weight by taking up walking this Spring. So this morning I did just that: I went for a walk. Oh, it hardly feels like spring around here yet — in fact, it was so foggy outside that I couldn’t see the end [...]

I’ve had bad foot pain for the past two years. So bad, in fact, that my foot problems were part of what led to my diagnosis of fibromyalgia, although apparently the two things aren’t actually related. Instead, I have Morton’s toe, which basically means that my first two toes move upwards as I walk. The [...]

Dr. Sarah Heller reported on this morning’s Today Show that B-vitamins and magnesium are play a role in weight-loss, and that too little of either or both can dramatically slow metabolism. And, of course, she insisted that everyone interested in losing weight absolutely must eat breakfast.
Problem is, I’m not a breakfast person. Or, more accurately, [...]

Being 40-something sucks. There’s just something about that age that’s neither here nor there: I’m no spring chicken, but anyone out of their ‘teens protests when I say I feel old. In the grand scheme of things, I’m not… and yet my brain can’t help recognizing that I’m no spring chicken anymore, either.
Not that my [...]

My husband and I were invited to attend one of those murder mystery dinners this weekend. We’ve gone to these things a few times in the past, and both of us have been struck with how much they feel like play-dates for adults: there’s always a hostess trying to marshal everyone into their places and [...]

Today is one of those “false Spring” days when the sun is just a tad brighter, the air just a bit warmer than it’s been in weeks. Not that the temperatures actually qualify as warm, mind you: it’s still just 34°F outside, but that’s a good 20 degrees higher than it was a week ago.
On [...]