Grilled Tomatoes

I consider myself fortunate to live in New Jersey. New Jersey is the butt of many jokes, but it’s a misunderstood place, known mostly for Bruce Springsteen, the notorious show ‘The Jersey Shore’ which I have never seen, The show ‘The Sopranos’ which I have never seen, and the New Jersey Turnpike – the stretch [...]

Italian Eggplant Stew

This is NOT a picture of the recipe below, but it looks pretty good. This recipe is a variation on the ‘chili’ recipes that I’ve been making the past few weeks – I just varied it to be more ‘Italian’.

The Last Post On Chili – Promise

Note: I used no chilies in the following chili recipe… When does chili stop being ‘chili’? If I were to scramble eggs in butter in a fry pan and call it ‘chili’, you’d question my use of the word. “That’s not chili! That’s eggs, you idiot!” Or something to that effect. So is what follows, [...]

Starting Again-Again: S-l-o-w-l-y Getting Into the Groove

It’s been a bumpy 2 weeks, but progress has been made. On September 16th, I was 218.4 – and last night I was 210.0 – big difference in 14 days. Stress is still a big factor – I live on the East Coast – not known for it’s laid-back style – and work in an [...]

What Weight Loss Looks Like

Please forgive a post perhaps more rambling than most – I just noticed I haven’t written in a while and thought it unseemly to make the site appear abandoned. You might think that I was abducted – or gave up on low carb and went on Jenny Craig. Or said ‘to hell with this’, bought [...]

Eating Organic: Does It Help Weight Loss? Can You Do It Without Going Broke?

In this recent post I discussed some of the reasons I thought that I am now losing weight. For some time I got nowhere, but now I seem to be on the road of serious weight loss. I tried to outline some of the changes I made, but I left one out: I have been [...]