The Twitter Diet

Are you having a hard time going it alone when it comes to your weight loss goals? Are you missing the “weighing in” element that some of the weight loss plans like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig offer? But maybe money’s tight and you can’t afford to join anything. That’s where Tweightloss comes in.
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Understanding Fat Cells

Did you know there are two types of fat cells?
There are brown fat cells and white fat cells.  Scientists believe brown fat cells are better to have if you don’t want to be obese. Brown fat cells can quickly convert to muscle. Conventional white fat cells are are just stubborn and do not want to move, other than some jiggling. 
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A Tucked in Shirt and Belted Waist

I don’t want to be Dara Torres (it would be nice but come on.) I don’t want to be Madonna (yes I do.)  I accept that the hot bodies displayed on television or magazine covers are totally unrealistic. I’m not an idiot and my self-esteem is okeedokee. In fact I just checked the dip stick and we’re good. 
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Weight Loss Success in People Magazine Part II

 Today we give you part two of our Donna Schwartz Mills interview. You’ll remember she’s the fabulous mom blogger and dieter who caught the eye of People Magazine! Donna lost 56 pounds with a little help from Wii AND here’s what she ate…
 How did you control your eating? (Low carb or cal? Weight Watchers? Intestinal [...]

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Weight Loss Success in People Magazine

The Pitt-Jolie twins were on the cover but if you went inside People Magazine you’d have found Donna Schwartz Mills, 52 of Southern California. People Magazine featured her weight loss success story. Donna lost 56 pounds with the help of Nintendo Wii Boxing AND the Ninetendo DS. Donna blogs at SoCal Mom. Donna consented to an in-depth [...]

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Dara Torres Workout

Yesterday after jamming a fist full of shredded cheese in my mouth (like you’ve never done it) I head out in search of a big bouncy ball. I plan to use said ball as the cornerstone of my new committment to fitness which I’m going to commit to here real soon.
So why the big bouncy ball?
It’s [...]

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Gonna Swim Now - Guest Post

And to finish out our Guest Posting fun here’s Charlie Hills. We’ll be back to Greta and Kiki Content Monday Morning! You’ve been warned.
Back when I was around eleven or twelve, I went to a Boy Scout summer camp. Like all good camps, there was a lake nearby and the scouts had a special Mile Swim program. We called [...]

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Gut Reaction - Guest Post

Remember how betheboy saved me while Greta’s on vacation. She’s got the nerve to still be on vacation. Well it turns out betheboy has a gorgeous wife who writes The Slack Daily and she has given me great motivation to get back to spinning class. Take a read! And thank you Slack Mistress.
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I Am Woman Watch Me Spin

For various reasons I’m going to start exercising August 16th. Someday I’ll go into why that date but for now just know on August 16th I will begin working out again after a long exercise draught.
One of the items on my exercise menu is a spinning class. It appears that if you want to burn calories spinning or [...]

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The End of Days and Cake - Guest Post

Help Wanted:I needed a guest writer while Greta vacations. Will Stegemann came to my rescue. He writes the witty blog BeTheBoy. He offered me this slice of cake and the apocalypse. For the first time ever cake with no calories. Thank you Be The Boy.. you The MAN!
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Workout Pill

This hit the news last week. Scientists have discovered a so-called workout pill.
The pill has only been tested on mice but it burns calories, reduces fat, AND when the mice do workout they’re beasts. I mean like they rule the treadmill because of one little pill. It’s called AICAR. (That’s a working title I think.)
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Good Mom Bad Mom

Today the generous ladies of Good Mom/Bad Mom featured this post. They say it’s a lousy badge but we LOVE it. And when you go over to Good Mom Bad Mom click on the links. The bloggers featured will keep you engrossed all day.

Thank you Good Mom/Bad Mom. 

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New Header

We’re still working on the look but we’ve updated our Greta (on the left) and Kiki (on the right) header.
 Hope you like it so far. My techie skillz are about tapped so it’s slow going. I appreciate the encouragement we’ve been getting as I spelunk through web stuff I really shouldn’t touch.
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I Would Talk Ten-Thousand Miles

Setting:In Greta and Kiki’s respective suburban homes. A phone rings.
Greta: What are you doing?
Kiki: Um, did you see our blog traffic? Your post on how your knuckle looks like Jonathon Winters is really popular.
Greta:Buddy Hackett my knuckle looks like Buddy Hackett.
Kiki: Right.
Greta: I’ve walked 11,000 steps today and I needed to get 1000  more in [...]

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Faster than a Speeding Fructose

THE LATEST FAT NEWS: New research seems to show that if you want to get fat quickly make sure to load up on foods with fructose.
The study by UT Southwestern Medical Center says fructose, which is a type of sugar, converts from fork to flab faster than goose poo through a tin horn. (So the study didn’t exactly use [...]

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Salmonella Salad

“Salmonella, Salmonella, night and day it’s Salmonella.”
To the tune of Cinderella
The latest warning by the U.S. government is to avoid jalapeno peppers. They could be the source of the salmonella outbreak that previously had everyone avoiding tomotoes.  This news comes at the same time the jalepeno peppers I grew my own self are ready to pick. 
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The Laundry Workout

Household chores can be a great work out!

Carrying the hamper down the stairs is good for your stems. And a soaked beach towel can weigh a hundred pounds or more!

Who need’s the clean and jerk dead lift? Put your back into it ladies. And do you want to know the secret for toned arms that the body [...]

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Atkins Wins New Losing Study

In the on-going low carb versus low fat diet war the latest round goes to Atkins or Meditteranean style eating. That’s a link to the Wall Street Journal article on this big diet news. But here, look at this Googliciousness if you want further evidence of this diet news.
Still if you tell someone you’re low [...]

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The Most Weight You’ve Ever Lost

What is the most weight you’ve ever lost on a diet? Other people’s success stories inspire me. I always flip to that section first in the Weight Watcher magazine.
I’ll go first. I’ve lost 16 pounds three times in my life. (gained it back of course) Those other times 16 pounds put me near my goal so [...]

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Old Time Wok and Rolls

Recently the legendary Billy Joel’s lovely wife Katie Lee Joel came out with a cook book called The Comfort Table. A while back comic giant Jerry Seinfeld’s also lovely wife, Jessica, put together a best seller called Deceptively Delicious. Before that Ted Nugent’s wife Shemane (she’s lovely) penned a how-to cook book for preparing wild game.
That’s pretty [...]

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Garden Mutant Scares the Virgin Garden(er)

Well what in the flip is this thing? Things are going pretty well in my very first vegetable garden. I’ve even made a healthy-lifestyle-choice salad out of a normal socially acceptable cucumber that I grew.
Then today I was out inspecting my cucumber plants. I felt an uncomfortable nudge against my ankle and looked down to see this freak [...]

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Name It Claim It for Diet Delusions

There’s a self help saying that rhymes like this, “name it, claim it.”  The theory being how can you get better if you don’t first admit you’re sick? Well I have some long held diet delusions and I’m naming them. I’d like you to take a lighter and burn them okay? Maybe then they can stop [...]

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Founding Fathers on Food - Washington,Jefferson,Franklin

I pretty much went on and on about John Adams and thought you might like more nugget sized facts. It is a holiday weekend after all and we’re supposed to be celebrating our independence! Tippling should not be interrupted with overlong posting so I offer this synopsis.
Here’s some interesting (to me) information on what the [...]

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Founding Fathers on Food - John Adams

As we get set to celebrate Independence Day let’s ponder the question: What did the Founding Fathers eat? Let’s begin with John Adams. After reading David McCollough’s biography Adams became one of my favorites. Perhaps you watched the movie on HBO? When it comes to food John Adams is a man after my own heart.
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21 Day Don’tox

Recently the most popular blogger in all of Christendom, Dooce, was on a diet. She did the same diet that Oprah famously just completed as well. It’s a 21 day cleanse that focuses on mostly eating veggies or something, I don’t really know. But the diet is based on the book Quantum Wellnessby Kathy Freston.
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