(Congrats to Shannon of Charming Bitch who won the year’s supply of Campbell’s Chicken and Stars soup.) Speaking of Campbell’s, the mom bloggers at the Campbell’s blog event were treated to several delicious and healthy dishes during lunch featuring one of their newest products, V8 V-Fusion...

A Japanese astronaut is set to perform a number of worthless experiments this month while aboard the International Space Station in an attempt to piss off taxpayers and win over schoolchildren. Koichi Wakata will perform 16 tasks chosen from 1,597 suggested by hundreds of people, from nursery school...

Where does the time go?  It was just Sunday and now it's almost Friday. Time flies when you are buried under "to do" lists.  Anyway..... February 22nd was my year anniversary for being on Weight Watchers. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since I looked in the m...

  Hey, Scanner Emily here. If you recall, one of the promises I made to myself when I moved to the Midwest was that I would not become a fat Midwesterner (you know, I've got to maintain that svelte size 10). So, I turned to the old weight loss standby, Weight Watchers. I use the online prog...

I was intrigued by the new Weight Watchers Momentum Plan especially after I had LaaLoosh guest post about it. Then I received a coupon in the mail inviting me to start going to meetings again as a Lifetime Weight Watchers member. Hmmmm, I thought, maybe I should go to a meeting and check it out. But...

I fell off the wagon this past weekend. I went with two of my daughters to an indoor water park (brrr… it’s cold outside in NJ) and I got a bit out of control with fried chicken, cookies, beer, cheeseburgers, pizza, etc. I don’t play games when I go off the diet - I work hard and c...

I am Super Pissed Off at Oprah. Freaking OPRAH! I can’t stop thinking about Oprah and How She Is Mad At Herself For Gaining Some Weight Back. You want to know Why? Because I am Mad At Myself for doing The Exact Same Stupid Thing! In the past year, I have gained Twenty-Six Pounds. Twenty-Six!! Two....

The Toilet Scale was designed by Haikun Deng so you can weigh yourself while using the john. Personally, I like to sit down while I pee. I'm not sure why I just shared that. Anway, the only problem is you have to make sure your feet aren't touching the ground while it's weighing, or it won't work. S...

Vegan Vietnamese "Fisherman's Soup" My first blog post of 2009-- didn't think it would be this late! I'm afraid I've been in a bit of a funk, being snowed in etc.. I've been cogitating on the whole business of cooking and writing and the recession and agriculture and global warming......I was thinki...

Once again I begin my quest against the evil villain in my life known as the fat cell...    It's really not as easy as it has been in the past... mainly because I sit here on my ass all day at work and don't have a second to even pee... nevermind walk around...   My doctor slapped me ...