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    Drink Up, Me Hearties

    For once there is a reason to be happy that I’m “middle-aged.”

    Brenda Davy, Ph.D, R.D., associate professor, department of human nutrition, foods and exercise, at Virginia Tech and her pals conducted a study examining the effect of drinking two cups of water prior to each meal.

    The old diet myth is proved true; drinking water before [...]

    Success, Sport Utility Vehicles, and Illusory Superiority

    Old Forest. Or the woods along the lake where I walked today. My photo.

    At mile 78 today, I did FIFTEEN MILES this week. We have about 20 boring miles left in the Old Forest before Old Man Willow tries to eat hobbits and Tom Bombadil shows up. I was kinda slack with weights the [...]

    Tender morsels of random updateyness

    Hello! We here at Five Full Plates are not dead, we are just terribly busy. Doing… things. And also stuff. You know how it is. Joshilyn is busy on book tour; Lydia is busy getting ready for France; Gray is busy getting better, stronger, and faster than before; Kira is busy chasing feral children out [...]

    The more things change...the more you can find in the laundry room

    This is how I feel when I'm in the laundry room

    So, are you all ready for my unveiling? My new and improved laundry room, all neat and tidy and probably with a fresh coat of paint?

    Too bad.

    You know, I tried to get behind this challenge, I really did. Wait, that’s not really true. I [...]

    Tell the Truth: Week 6 wrap-up

    In our infinite—okay, nearly infinite—collective wisdom, we here at Five Full Plates have decided that as part of our endeavor we should do a weekly check-in to see where we’re all at, and what we’ve learned in the past week.

    There’s been a lot of talk ’round here about getting back on horses and back [...]

    Progress and Pants Puppets

    That dang horse is SLIPPERY!

    Okay, soooo. Remember that post last week about how I was NOT giving up and NOT giving in and I was all BACK ON THE HORSE and you could practically hear the Rocky theme playing? Was that just me, with the imaginary music?

    Anyhow. I meant it, I swear I did. [...]