I’ve found you can lose weight if you remember there are two things you should NEVER eat before breakfast. Lunch and Dinner. It is not the minutes spent at the table that make you fat. It’s the seconds. You CAN go on a diet even if the refrigerator is still…
01/14/12 Weekend Grif.Net – Never, never, never quit
[All January our Grif.Net blog focuses on diet and our struggle with weight. Every weekday it is designed to help you chuckle. But since most of the battle is fought about 4 inches above the mouth, some MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGES seem appropriate for this more serious weekend submission.] “The tragedy in…
01/13/12 Grif.Net – New Recipes
[Jack forwarded this testimonial] Needing to shed a few pounds, my husband and I went on a diet January 1st that had specific recipes for each meal of the day. I followed the instructions closely, dividing the finished recipe in half for our individual plates. We felt terrific and thought…
01/12/12 Grif.Net – Dieting is . .
Dieting is the penalty for living beyond your seams. Dieting is no piece of cake. Dieting is wishful shrinking. Dieting is for those who bend over and are exposed in the end. Dieting is when you have to go to some length to change your width. Dieting is trying to…
01/11/12 Grif.Net – Q&A
Q. “Glad you want to try our diet, Mary. What’s the most you’ve ever weighed?” A. “One hundred fifty-nine pounds.” Q. “And the least?” A. “Six pounds, four ounces.” ~~ Q. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? A. It never eats. ~~ Q. “Doctor, this weight-loss patch is advertised…
01/10/12 Grif.Net – Fridge
[RD shared this story with me] Although I knew I had put on a few pounds, I didn’t consider myself overweight until the day I decided to clean my refrigerator. To get at the lower shelves, I sat on a chair in front of the appliance and reached in to…
01/09/12 Grif.Net – Nationality Issues
Reading the paper about diet and health in various parts of the world, and I was stunned. Did you know . . . Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. Chinese drink…
01/07/12 Weekend Grif.Net – Diary on Weight Loss (and other Mountains)
Sunday, Jan 1 – I tried to climb the mountain today. As I inched my way up the path, I felt out of breath and had to turn back. Monday, Jan 2 – I tried to climb the mountain today. But, It was so hot outside, I thought I had…
01/06/12 Grif.Net – One Line Thoughts on Weight
“I’m going to try the ‘Garlic Diet’. You don’t lose much weight, but from a distance your friends think you look thinner.” “STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.” “I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.” “God must love calories because He made so many of them.” “Chocolate. Coffee.…
01/05/12 Grif.Net – Food Labeling
In 2012 the US Government is requiring stricter labeling of food products. So I ventured into Safeway and noticed the results in the diet food aisle: “NO FAT” “LOW FAT” “REDUCED FAT” “50% LESS FAT” “FAT, BUT GREAT PERSONALITY” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I…
01/04/12 Grif.Net – Overheard at our Weight Loss Clinic
“You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you’re apt to be a hermit.” “Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells last forever.” “I don’t have an ‘eating problem’. I eat just fine. Trouble is, I get fatter. I buy new clothes. I have…
01/03/12 Grif.Net – Losing 6 Inches
We have a great diet program. Trust me – my wife has lost 65 pounds and I’ve lost over 100 pounds (and kept it off). Not a joke so far! I was telling two ladies at our clinic (www.phr.net if you want information about “The Diet that Works”) about these…
01/02/12 Grif.Net – Wait
At a Weight Watchers meeting, a client’s small son was seen climbing onto a scale. “Don’t go on that,” warned the boy’s slightly older brother. “It makes people cry.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”