Scorching the World

Every time I've lost weight, I have had a balanced, happy mindset that made it easy to eat right for an extended period of time. I kept it up for almost a year once. But I seem to lose that mindset eventually and then I gain weight back and can't remember how that mindset felt. That has happened enough times that I promised myself that the next time I found it, I would write it down so I could go back and remember, and get it back again. Well, right now I have it, so I decided to write it down for future reference. It started with Tom's diet that he has been forced to adopt by his Naturopath doctor. He is only allowed to eat vegetables, meat, nuts, and seeds. No sugars, no grains, no dairy, and no fruit (and no potatoes or corn). I decided I would do the diet with him to support him, and to make it easier - less temptation for him than if we have the forbidden foods around. So with the exception of fruits, I am doing this diet. I have lost about 6 pounds. Not a lot, but I f...

Well, some people use their blog as a place to rant. I am not that kind of person. I don't rant, but I sure have something I want to complain loud and long about. I am so tired of stores with gimmicks. Why can't stores just exist to sell things. If they want more customers, then they should have better things, or at least less expensive things. But they think to sell things, they have to make customers have a CARD . Stores love to make people carry a card with the name of their store on it. Then, and only then, will they give that customer the privilege of buying something for less than Full Rip-Off Price. They practically ask you when you check out whether you "have your card with you or would like to pay Full Rip-Off Price?" . I'm tired of it. My purse weighs 20 lbs because of all the cards I have to carry to not pay Full Rip-Off Prices. I have a card for almost every grocery store chain, office supply stores, home improvement stores, and warehouse type stores....