Yet another reason nursing should be encouraged*:
Weight Benefit Seen Even if Mothers Are Obese or Have Diabetes
Sept. 26, 2006 — Breastfed babies are less likely to grow into overweight children than those fed formula, even if their mothers are obese or have diabetes, research confirms.
Exclusively breastfed babies had roughly a 34% reduced risk of being […]

…I might as well be paid for what I do normally. What an afternoon.
One friend miscarried and wanted help writing a way to let her family know about it (she’d only just told them). Another is frustrated with her job and working too many hours, but not quite prepared to let her […]

Amanda posted about an article in Details magazine — an article in which (according to Amanda) some curvier actresses both past and present were called “fat.” I read Amanda’s post earlier and found myself (without having even clicked through to the details article) just certain that I’d find the article an atrocity.
Not so, not […]

Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. I don’t mean *that* kind of body shots. (The very thought of tequila is oddly appealing and retch-inspiring simultaneously.) I’m talking about photos. Not even nekkie ones, just ones that show my entire (clothed) body all at once.

I added this shot to […]

As if I needed justification? Conveniently, I already had a mom-date on the books for tonight with a group of local gals whom I really like — smart, funny, and educated! If I weren’t working, I’d see them more often…but damn it all…
One gal sent this article with the email titled, “Proof that […]

Do you know what really annoys me?
I mean *really* annoys me?
Being treated as if I’m an inactive slug who eats badly, because I’m still not skinny after having a child. Actually, it doesn’t annoy me. It pisses me off. It also hurts, and I find myself questioning this whole “dating” thing because […]

Update: I really think this is all in my head.
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A couple months ago, I visited with my P.A. about an odd soreness in my left breast. Although he felt nothing out of the ordinary — perhaps fibrocystic tissue — he still forwarded me on for a mammogram. After all, I was hitting 35 […]

I remembered that Effexor does wonky things to my appetite. Last time I took Effexor, I dropped 7-1/2 pounds during the two weeks I was on a sample package (142 to 134.5). So, my starting to feel ambivalent about food (I want to physically eat — comfort — but the idea of food […]

This morning, I saw my physician assistant and got the ball rolling on the medical side of the what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-me puzzle. He walked into the room, glanced at the chart, looked at me, and commented, “you’ve picked up some weight, eh?” That’s all it took for the tears to start. I hate crying […]

I’ve jumped off the bandwagon after one week, four days of ingesting flavorless calories. Why, you might ask? (Or maybe you don’t.) If the SLD tricks were working to lower your appetite — and even change your cravings to more healthful food — why stop?
Mental health, baby.
As I posted before, taking oil had […]

The Shangri-La diet in comic form, courtesy Calorie Lab.

Today marks the start of a new week of shangri-la-ing.
Weight: 149.8 (same as it has been for oh, five days) = BMI 26.5 (Goal: 125/22)
The past two nights, I’ve not taken the evening SW dose, simply because I’ve been busy. This didn’t have an effect on me (that I noticed) until last night, and […]

I know. Enough, already! You can expect my Shangri-la-dee-da posts to get progressively shorter, and I expect to resume “real” blogging soon.
This morning, I woke up spacey. I can’t walk from one room to the next without forgetting why I’m there.
I’m also jittery (yet I’m still drinking my morning coffee…gee, that’s […]

Today’s weigh-in: 149.8 (BMI 26.5)
(Told you little flucutations just happen for me, so yesterday’s didn’t mean anything!)
I added one final sugar water (2T, dissovled in 12oz water — at least I think that’s the size of my mug!), late last night, and again, experienced very strong positive feelings of physical/mental wellness. This morning, I’m […]

Here’s something I posted on the Shangri-La Diet (SLD) boards. If Seth can wade through my verbosity…I hope he has some ideas and insight. I’m not seeking an answer; speculation would do just fine.
You’ve probably already encountered this with all your research, but just in case you haven’t, here are the basics:
About 10 […]