A few months ago she lived with her parents in the suburbs of Toronto. When friends from Saskatchewan finished a visit, and were about to leave, she impulsively dove into their car almost literally as they pulled out of the driveway and came west with them. Taliah* came to Saskatoon with just $60 in her pocket and the clothes on her back. She quickly found work in a retail shop and couch surfed at her friends place for the first [...]
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Confucius 177.8 lbs So you want to lose weight, and you’re smart enough to not starve yourself as I did. Like many things in life it comes down to three little words: in this case, “diet and exercise”. Creams and pills that promise to do the job for you are just sucker bait looking to rob you of your money. Fad diets are fads [...]
“If I had milk in the fridge, it would probably have more colour than I’ve got” ~me 189.7 lbs. I’ve been hearing that I’m pale more and more lately. I’m not sure if it’s due to the starvation or that I spend less time outside than most of my friends in the summer sun. There are a few reasons I stay in during the day. My clothes don’t fit that well anymore; shirts that were skin tight are now baggy, [...]
I was a little leery of this one. Frozen veggies don’t usually sit well with me, and broccoli especially – its tiny ends tend to get very limp when microwaved from frozen. So when I saw broccoli on the package of this offering from Stouffer’s, I thought “People expect a review. Sack up and eat it.” The package has Weight Watcher’s points published on it, something Lean Cuisine does even though they’re not affiliated with Weight Watchers. 300 Calories of [...]
The grilled chicken club is part of lean Cuisine’s “panini” line, a collection of toasted sandwiches with meat and cheese in them. Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine also offers the Spa menu (“almost all the meals are preservative free”, according to LeanCuisine.ca) and Sélections, touted as “low fat” . Lean Cuisine meals work to control your weight by being a means of portion control. By having one of these pre-packaged meals you know how many calories you’re eating. At 340 Calories the [...]
“Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.” ~ English proverb 210.1 lbs. Last night I didn’t sleep a wink. It’s not that I tossed and turned; that would imply I actually lay in bed for a while. No, I just sat up reading and surfing the web. I’m fatigued all the time, but not sleepy. Weird. Today I ventured forth to Sobey’s again (for those of you just tuning in, it’s a grocery store). This proved to [...]
As usual, Lean Cuisine publishes the Weight Watcher’s points value on the package. The chicken & vegetables with spaghettini in an herb sauce, at 270 Calories (just a little under a Calorie per gram) apparently clocks in at 5 points. I haven’t been through the Weight Watcher’s program, so the points are a mystery to me. If you’ve done WW (or are in it now) you likely know what they mean and if you’re not, then it’s meaningless anyhow, so [...]
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