Kara & Michael’s Blog

There’s been this big hullabaloo about the corn refiners association commercials talking about how high fructose corn syrup has been demonized in the media.
I take their side. I think there are very little ingredients that are harmful to any healthy person in small dosages. Also, those HFCS maniacs are freaking crazy. Have you ever met [...]

Michael has decided he wants to go vegan again. He’s working mostly off of a food pyramid from wikipedia. We realized, upon studying the pyramid, that we went about veganism all wrong previously. All carbs and veggies, hardly any protein. Even still, I frequently cook meals that contain almost no protein whatsoever.
I hate to identify [...]

I complained to Michael a lot about how I don’t have time to do anything. Work-out, cook, do laundry, clean the kitchen. Whinewhinewhinewhine.
So I decided I would shut-off the tv for the majority of the week, vowing that I would spend only a half hour in front of it after work, and see what happened.
Well, [...]

I was reading an online chat yesterday, and someone said they wanted to lose a not-insignificant amount of weight and that they worked out half an hour for three days every week.
Well, plenty of people told him/her they needed to up the time and frequency of work-outs but no one told him/her how to do [...]

It’s not often that I’m seething before I finish my morning slim-fast, but what do you know? This morning is shaping up to be one of those days. Because of this article: Religious Freedom Vs. Patient’s Rights.
Give me a fucking break, already.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US CHOOSES OUR JOB. WE CAN QUIT AND GET A [...]

A University of Pennsylvania study was published recently about weight loss and physical activity. You can check out the abstract but I have been unable to find a full version of the study for free - not that most people would be interested in reading it, but I sure am. Here’s what it says [...]

You know how so many people love to wax poetic about how amazing the human body is? These people have never had to have a boil lanced.
But let’s start at the beginning of yuck. Cysts tend to run in my family. No big deal. Most cysts are harmless and don’t really hurt. But let’s say, [...]

I’ve lost count of weeks, so I apologize. I haven’t really updated lately for a few reasons:

I’ve only just come off my plateau from last month. I’ve lost a few pounds the past couple of days.
Michael has had asthma problems related to dairy consumption and was working on a vegan meal-replacement muffin with a [...]

Michael has a philosophy on weight loss that goes like this, “Live like you are the weight you want to be, and gradually you will move towards that weight.” It makes sense, no? So yesterday, he asked if I would walk the 2.something miles (one way) to the dollar store with him. It’s an [...]

Anyone who is pro-ana.  Walk away right now, because I know you’re just going to throw a fit about how no one understands you and how you have every right to do what you want to your own body.  You’re right, you do. But don’t think for a minute that the way you take care [...]