Do you like to eat out? Do you and your significant other have a favorite restaurant you haunt? When Jules and I married, people were generous with gift cards to local restaurants. We learned early on many American food chains serve calorie-dense large portions so when we went out to eat we started splitting anContinue reading “034 Thin Waist, Fat Wallet”
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033 Dessert Rant
The other night Jules, my kids, and I watched a YouTuber bake a dessert. What started as a cookie became a chocolate-crusted-Oreo-cheesecake-whipped-cream-topped sprinkled pie. Layer upon layer, we laughed hysterically as the chef added each new stand-alone dessert to her culinary creation. More and more the limits get pushed on what’s OK. It takes moreContinue reading “033 Dessert Rant”
032 Tiny Habits Transform
Story of Sukumar Sukumar, a successful IT expert at a tech company, realized suddenly at age twenty-six he was still single and getting fat. He wanted to change and tried eating less and exercising more for years without seeing lasting results. “Sukumar had begun to experience back and neck pain so bad that he hadContinue reading “032 Tiny Habits Transform”
031 Whole-Wheat or White?
As a boy one afternoon I toasted nearly an entire loaf of white bread, buttering each slice to perfection and sprinkling with cinnamon sugar. Nearly complete with my culinary creation Dad walked by suggesting I may have exceeded what was good for me. What is whole-grain and why is it preferable to white bread, sometimesContinue reading “031 Whole-Wheat or White?”
030 Build Exercise into Your Daily Routine
It can be challenging to make time to exercise. What if you could exercise 4 minutes a day without carving any extra time out of your day?
026 White Teeth and Baking Soda
My friend Dan is over 80 years old. He used to write script for TV shows; now he writes *books in his spare time when he’s not running a nursing home in Los Angeles. Aside from his pleasant, colorful manner Dan has a beautiful smile including beautifully white teeth. I asked him how he didContinue reading “026 White Teeth and Baking Soda”
022 Serving sizes and finishing them
For Baby Boomers it was not uncommon for parents to encourage or insist that children eat everything on their plates. Not wasting food and money is a good thing however this approach to eating becomes harmful when it leads to overeating because Consistent Overeating + Time = (Preventable) Disease. The good news You can bothContinue reading “022 Serving sizes and finishing them”
019 Eat More, Feel Full, and Live Longer
Not long ago my wife and I began cooking dinner meals together— Chinese chicken salad Hawaiian haystacks, split pea soup, lettuce wraps, and today, sweet-and-sour chicken… No doubt you have delicious recipes, traditional and comfort food of your own you regularly enjoy. Jules designed these recipes to taste good, be inexpensive, and be easy toContinue reading “019 Eat More, Feel Full, and Live Longer”
020 Showing Up
I work with a group of outstanding young men. I invited them for one week to read one scripture every day. Some did. Others did not. The purpose of the challenge was not to develop deep, spiritual roots; such only comes from consistent concentrated study over time. Rather, this invitation’s purpose was for them toContinue reading “020 Showing Up”
018 Eat for Weight
It was Thanksgiving in Manaus, Brazil. No one else around me cared except my missionary companion. It was my first Thanksgiving outside the United States and as patriotic Americans and finding ourselves sans the usual turkey, mashed potatoes , and gravy Elder Donat and I decided we’d feast with the closest thing—McDonald’s. For a 19-year-oldContinue reading “018 Eat for Weight”
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