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  • Austin, Texas
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Does WW work for you?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by JoyfulGirl Oct. 3, 2008.

What are friends for?

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Charlie Hills

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About Me:
I'm the author of Why Your Last Diet Failed You and How This Book Won't Help You on Your Next One. It's the inspiring true story of one man as he loses seventeen thousand pounds in just one hundred and ninety-two months. Unfortunately, he gained it all back last Thanksgiving.

Yes, this book is my tale: the good, the bad, and the deep fat fried. The main story spans years of dieting ups and downs. From Slim-Fast plans to cheeseburger benders, I follow up every smashing success with an agonizing failure. Admittedly, this would be a truly painful read if the subject weren't tackled head on with sufficient doses of satire and humor. Along the journey are many topical tangents: I give irreverent reviews of popular diets, teach the reader how to start his or her own diet craze, clarify why Pop-Tarts are not "an excellent source of vitamins and minerals", tell the frightening tale of the Pancakes of Death, and explain how diet sodas bring all the broken pieces of my life together.

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll put it in your next garage sale.
Plan of Choice:
Low Carb, Other
Website/Blog:
http://www.backtothefridge.com

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Carol of the Bells

Not food-related, but I thought I'd share some holiday music on my main blog today. If you don't mind reading through half a thousand words of psychobabble to get there. :)

Alternate Reality #1

Posted on December 17, 2008 at 9:00am —

Charlie Hills

Oatmeal

All right, folks, I decided to give it a try:

http://www.backtothefridge.com/blog/oatmeal

Posted on November 4, 2008 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Charlie Hills

Bracing Myself

Tonight's the kickoff. Tonight begins the sixty-five day or so holiday marathon. I've noticed that Halloween (for me) seems to completely set the tone for how the entire holiday will progress. Twice in my life I've (more or less) held it together through the holidays. And both times were the only two times I didn't eat fistfuls of candy tonight.

So here goes...

Posted on October 31, 2008 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Charlie Hills

I think I finally figured it out

Tell me if this pattern sounds familiar.


  • You wake up ready to make today a great day.

  • You have your oatmeal or bacon for breakfast (depending if you're on Plan A or Plan B)

  • You have a healthy snack mid-morning

  • You turn down pizza for lunch and have oatmeal or bacon (again).

  • You get home at six o'clock and have four ounces of chicken and steamed vegetables for dinner

  • You then spend 7pm until 11pm with your hand permanen

… Continue

Posted on September 17, 2008 at 1:00pm — 8 Comments

Charlie Hills

Bad News Everyone

They turned on the LHC this morning and the earth didn't get sucked into a black hole. Yes, that's right. I'm afraid we're all going to have to keep dieting.

Charlie
Back to the Fridge

Posted on September 10, 2008 at 8:55am — 1 Comment

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At 2:19am on November 1, 2008, MissAnita said…
Hey Charlie :) I just thought I would leave a comment to let you know that I creeped your page and had a pleasurable experience reading your posts, which I must say, are very well written (no wonder you're an author!). Hope you enjoyed Halloween and all its splendors!
At 11:32pm on September 30, 2008, Caylyn said…
Thanks for making me think. You pose a challenging statement with "My epiphany is that the slip-ups (or what I like to call "real life") are more out of our control than we're comfortably able to admit." You're right. However, I do disagree when you say there's no big picture, but that's more based on my personal beliefs from many areas of my life: family, religion, finances, and weight, I believe all have a big picture. Or, maybe, rather a long-term picture. To me, big and long-term are synonymous. But that's probably such a minor thing that we're arguing, because you seem to be on with all your other thoughts/epiphanies.
At 11:35pm on September 29, 2008, Caylyn said…
Thanks for the comment. I don't know if you got to read my earlier blog post, but I have just recently, in the last couple of months, made that conversion in my belief that diets don't work and it's about a lifestyle change. Before, eating junk food was a bigger pay-off than being fat. Now, the pay-off is becoming healthy and thin. In the big picture, that's a bigger pay-off to me than the junk food and overeating was. But, in the smaller picture, there are some days where I lose focus and slip up. That's what my post was about that you commented on.
At 9:17am on September 29, 2008, kristin said…
yes...i did say no...finally saying saying no to the right stuff! thanks for the comment.
At 11:25pm on September 25, 2008, Brian said…
Sorry to put the Sheryl Crow song in your head lol Have a great weekend!
At 7:36am on September 20, 2008, Roni said…
Loving the book! I hope to get a review up in a week or two.
At 8:22pm on September 6, 2008, Roni said…
Hey! I didn't realize you were... well.... YOU! LOL I just got the book, can't wait to read it!
At 6:11pm on September 5, 2008, Charlie Hills said…
Yes, the little dog is very hard to look away from. Glad you like the new site!
At 5:01pm on September 5, 2008, Christine said…
Charlie, I really like the new format for your blog. I was mesmerized by that darn pug!
At 9:20am on July 1, 2008, Tanya said…
Charlie - you make me laugh so hard! Thanks for your play by play on the cupcake scene....I apprecite the laugh!
And look - there is a yummy cupcake on your page!!!!
As always thank you...the humour you provide is really helping!

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How about a clickable version?
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Charlie Hills commented on Jessica's blog post 'Why Can't I Take My Own Advice?'
A lot of people tried answering this question on Roni's site about a week back. I got into the fray myself, but never did fully formulate my theory. I'm still working on it, though. :) http://ronisweigh.com/2009/02/why-do-you-think-people-have-a-ha…
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Well, look on the bright side. Could've spent an hour in the cookie jar!
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