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  • Our first trip to a barbecue competition

    Our first trip to a barbecue competition

    July 23, 2010 / Cooking, Tips

    Last weekend, a few friends of ours met my husband and me at the Troy Pigout, an officially-sanctioned KCBA (Kansas City Barbecue Association) festival and competition that’s held in Troy, NY. It’s an opportunity to try out some great barbecue, hear some good live music, and hang out with friends and friends-to-be. We arrived around 2pm, met our friends, and grabbed some barbecue from Big Moe’s M&M Ribs, a barbecue place out of Boston, NY. From what I can gather [...]

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  • Day 89 – Meat Labels Explained

    Day 89 – Meat Labels Explained

    July 2, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head, Food, Tips

    “I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” ~W.C.Fields 189.7 lbs 19 days ago I wrote about nutrition labels and my modest proposal for making them easier for the average consumer to understand – specifically highlighting ingredients that, based on the calories in that food, were higher than they should be. That way we wouldn’t need to memorize our recommended daily intake of all sorts of vitamins, minerals, and food components. Some of you wrote in [...]

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  • Day 86 – Let Them Eat Steak

    Day 86 – Let Them Eat Steak

    June 29, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

    “The only time to eat diet food is while you are waiting for the steak to cook.” ~ Julia Child 187.9 lbs Again my weight keeps bouncing *sigh*. And my body seems to be tiring of this whole ordeal. I’ve gone from sleepless nights to, lately, sleeping 9 to 10 hours a night, which is not necessarily a good thing. Usually if you require more than 8-9 hours on a regular basis that’s a sign that something is wrong, which [...]

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  • Day 71 – The 100 Mile Myth

    Day 71 – The 100 Mile Myth

    June 14, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Food, The Status Quo

    “Arsenic is edible. Only once.” ~ Unknown 189.9 lbs A block north of me is a church that hosts a Farmer’s Market once a week. A block west of me is Broadway Avenue, the artsy district I’ve written about before, that occasionally closes down a portion of the street to host an even larger (but less frequent) Farmer’s Market. I’m a fan. At these markets you can find everything from fresh peaches practically the size of cantaloupes to home made [...]

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  • Day 6 – Why We Fight

    Day 6 – Why We Fight

    April 10, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation

    “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” ~ Jonathan Swift 228.8 lbs When I realized how many calories were in a pack of instant noodle soup (Day 2) I started looking for alternatives. Campbell’s Chunky soups are filling, and only 140-170 calories per 250ml. So a whole can is not much more, in terms of calories, than noodles in water. I like noodles in water, but as most uni students can tell you eating them day after [...]

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