Eating Free Blog

I own a ton of costumes because I’ve been writing and performing sketch comedy, doing plays, etc. for the last ten years.  So every year at Halloween I usually just pull something out of my closet to wear to local Halloween parties.  This year I decided to wear the “professional” Santa suit that I got not even…

The holidays are here again. Time for celebration with family and loved ones. Celebration in my household always includes food and drinks. In fact, the whole time spent seems to be centered on food: planning, coordinating, preparing, and eating. So how do I maintain my weight during the holidays? Here are my top 5 tips:…

Here is a list of our favorite holiday pies. The table shown lists the delicious pies from lowest calories to highest, and includes your freebies. As you can see, you can eat a little more of lemon cream pie than pecan pie! If you decide to eat pecan pie just watch your portions as it…

Who doesn’t love to wake up feeling refreshed after a restful night of sleep? Unfortunately, the daily grind of modern life seems to get in the way of our snooze time these days. Staying up late and waking up early – bad idea. Not only does that lead to extra awake time to raid that…

I blame last week’s weight gain, in part, on Halloween candy.  There was a ton of it in the office and it was hard to avoid. And this week was going to be worse, because it was the week leading up to Halloween.  So I decided to get everyone in my office involved in keeping me away from…

How often do we actually take at least 20 minutes to eat a meal? Do you eat in front of the television when at home or in front of a computer when at work? When was the last time you sat down quietly at lunch and took a moment to inhale the aromas from your…

I gained some weight this week.  And I knew it was going to happen.  “Tomorrow’s going to show a weight gain, and I totally deserve it,” I said to Billy @ DIAKADI, the day before my weekly weigh-in.  Sometimes after a big drop, I get kinda cocky and I’ll indulge.  This week was one of those weeks. Not…

Imagine eating that luscious piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. First, you bring your fork to the spongy cake and slice the fork right through, making sure to take a bit of the velvety, chocolate frosting. As you take your first bite, you feel an ecstatic sensation begin to tingle through your mouth. Savoring…

One of the great things about almost dying (see my Week 31 blog) is that you end up getting a lot of medical tests done, which is great when you’re hungry for your personal medical data because you’re losing weight and you want to watch the numbers improve.  Recently my bloodwork revealed that my total cholesterol…