I’m not quite sure why it is so difficult to ‘love thyself,’ the number one commandment of Our Lady of Weight Loss’ 10 Commandments of Permanent Fat Removal (a.k.a. weight loss) but apparently – it is! If you were to ask me, “Janice … What’s the best part of losing weight?” (Go ahead, ask …)…

Our Lady of Weight Loss invites you to take her ‘doormat quiz,’ and determine whether you are super-empowered, strong enough, somewhat stable, or the “biggest namby-pamby ever!” *** This morning, while sipping (okay, gulping down) my first cup of coffee (ahhhhh), I simultaneously  clicked on, as in opened the link to, one of my favorite…

This week’s Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, entitled “Why not be my Valentine?“ honors Saint Valentine’s Day, also known as, Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine. We associate the day with romantic love; an occasion when lovers express their love for each other by presenting heart-shaped boxes of candy, flowers, and by exchanging “Valentines”…

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.  Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But…

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