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Hi. My name is Cheryl. I am addicted to ice cream.

by Cheryl Mathis on June 25th, 2008 • 6 Comments »

I don’t think I realized it until last Saturday when I talked myself out of cutting back. Earlier in the day, my husband and I had agreed that we will no longer have ice cream every evening. Instead, we will save the frosty treat for Wednesday afternoons when we walk to the West Side Tasty Treat from work. We shook on it.

Yeah. That didn’t last long. Knowing that I wouldn’t have ice cream that day made me crave it all the more. I yearned. I ached. I needed. Within hours, I had devised a scheme to convince my husband that …

Health, Ice Cream, Wausau

Rethinking the Food We Eat

by Cheryl Mathis on June 8th, 2008 • 7 Comments »

The transformation is slow and multifaceted, but we’re leaning more towards vegetarianism.

In January, we realized how much calorie-dense crap we were eating. We stopped eating take-out so many times a week, doubling our grocery budget, but evening out in the end.

Around the time of my surgery in April, we loosened the reins on our wellness plan. I couldn’t work out, I was feeling sorry for myself a lot, and we ate a lot of comfort food and avoided the gym. We’ve maintained our weight loss, but we haven’t dipped down again since then. I suppose if I would eliminate the …

Eating, Family, Food, Health, Vegetarian, Wellness