Why Losing Weight is Harder than Quitting Smoking

I have 14 pounds left to lose to get off 100 pounds. And I am sick of reading how easy it is to lose. There are easier ways and things that work better, but shedding 86 pounds was not easy. Dieting is like quitting an addiction but harder. I will argue food is the hardest addiction to break. Diet takes longer. You can stop smoking or drinking and start seeing positive effects almost immediately. And you don't carry around outward evidence of your addiction--fat. If you're doing it right (not crash dieting) it will take months to see real progress and maybe years to get all the weight off. I don't say this to discourage. A journey begins with the first step. But I don't want to kid anyone that losing almost half my body weight has been simple. (picture left July 2013, picture right June 2012).
Why Losing Weight is Harder than Quitting Smoking

Miss America 2014 Is Not Muslim, But I Like Her Anyway

We have a new Miss American Nina Davuluri and she's (gasp) Muslim. Wait, no she's not . Some screw-kooks just thought she was because her skin was dark. They railed that it was un-American especially so close to September 11. I don't get the connection but then I usually don't with bigots. The LA Times quotes some calling her "Miss Al-Qaeda" (just when I thought lunatic fringers couldn't get loonier). Image is from Wiki Commons. Miss America 2014 Is Not Muslim, But I Like Her Anyway
 

Diet Tip: Develop Flaw Blindness

I have lost 84 pounds--one more pound gone today! yippee! I have 15-25 pounds left to lose, depending on where I decide to stop. Every day, I write tips on how I lost weight. Today's tip is more for partners of fat people: develop flaw blindness. Learn to overlook physical imperfections. This is one of my cardinal relationship glue recipes too (that's what I call my suggestions for developing deep, lasting relationships).

Both partners should do this. If you're not happy with each other as is, you won't be happy no matter what you change. Actually, we all should overlook others' physical inadequacies. No one's perfect. And who's to judge flaw from characteristic? Diet Tip of the Day: Flaw Blindness - News - Bubblews
Pointing out blemishes is ignorant and arrogant (a bad combo). No one wants to hear about unattractive features, particularly those he has no control over.

Hair Coloring Tips: Choose a Good Color to Skin Tone Fit

My hair started graying when I was in my late twenties. It got progressively worse, fast, after several traumatic pregnancies. I would have been completely roots-to-tip gray had it not been for M. Revlon! I have never spent much on beauty products. And I will not pay professional salon service prices. It's DIY for me or nothing. I've tried many different hair color products and found this Revlon works best for my hair. Happily, their Colorsilk is also one of the cheapest on the market--about $3 a box. Here are other +Beauty-products I like that are cheap. Hair Coloring Tips: Choose a Good Color to Skin Tone Fit