PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet: Recent Episodes
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“I think losing weight, on any program, is done from a house built on a flat piece of land but weight maintenance needs a house built on a slippery slope.”-Pat Coakley [THIS IS A RE-BROADCAST from 2016 and guess what? I think Slippery Slope Architecture for Weight Management is the single best concept I've had …
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“If chocolate isn't the answer, could you repeat the question?” Each week the podcast tries to rephrase the question but this week I concede that a life of cravings may not be the curse I once thought it was. Yes, it is possible to reduce cravings by eliminating certain foods, like sugar and processed carbs, …
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I blame Trump for the three nor'easter storms I've had in 10 days. Frank Bruni of NYTimes blames Trump for his eating the same pasta meal four days in a row while visiting Italy. We all have our excuses for stuff happening, some more plausible than others, but the past 10 days have given me some …
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Folks who don't throw their scales out the window when the number sets their hair on fire should be in charge of this country as well as their own weight maintenance. Just sayin'. I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my …
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If William Shakespeare is right that our bodies are our gardens and our wills are the gardeners, what do I do if my gardener does not show up for work? Welcome to episode #133 of Podsnacks/Art of the Diet and willpower is in a brief spotlight and specifically some hilarious science (two words that don’t …
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“Marge, It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.” Homer Simpson This episode talks about the difficulty telling the truth to ourselves about lies we tell to ourselves:”Oh, yeah, I've got this weight management thing all figured out.” And, how the lies we are experiencing as a nation are the cautionary …
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“I am eating my feelings and they taste delicious.” That was the text of a birthday card I received this past week and it fits perfectly into this week's thoughts on weight maintenance. No sugar or grains for three weeks and one soon realizes that habits of using food as the problem solver are a …
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I'm eating man chips as many as I can before the lady chips appear and I'll be forced to eat a chip with no crunch. Episode #130 of PODSNACKS takes a brief snarky look at the decision of the company that makes Doritos to make “lady chips” because ladies simply don't like to crunch in …
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Irresistible Foods Meet Resistance is this week's podcast. Ever felt like eating just one sherbet colored macaroon or just one Hershey's Kiss was flat-out impossible? Yep, it can be done. All (sarcastic tone) one has to do is to eliminate all extra sugar (fruits (not tropical fruits, tho) OK ) and no grains, good and …
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Let me see..Minus sugar for one week equals? Minus sugar (any sugar anywhere) equals plus 1.8 lbs on the scale. Whaaat? Hello and welcome to episode #128 of Podsnacks/Art of the Diet. I figure out a plan for next week based on my unsuccessful past week. Hint? When I deprive myself of something, I compensate …
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Greetings from my country, Donut-Hole Country, where I can eat five glazed munchkins and not think I've eaten a donut. This is Pat Coakley and episode 127 of Podsnacks/Artofthediet and today we're talking “sugar” and my new immigration policy of allowing anyone into Donut-Hole country who can invent something that brings the sugar (like …
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Stable Genius, here. Just wanted to let you know I bought an InstantPot as a New Year's resolution and after two days of wariness and dread of pressing its buttons, I decided it might be a good “stand in” for the nuclear suitcase (he'll never know the difference) and the worst he can do by …
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Voice of one whale to another: “My new year’s resolution is to lose 38 thousand pounds.” This is a hilarious cartoon from the New Yorker and although I do not want to lose 38 thousand pounds, I do want to maintain for the ninth year, a 60 pound loss, and I need a sense of …
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When you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit “tasty”. There is always some cheaply pleasant thing to tempt you.-George Orwell Good habits are worth being fanatical about. -John Irving Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.-Mark Twain The Art of …
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Allie Brosh. Oh, the talent, the wit, the insight. She blogs about her life, wrote a book called, “Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened.” If you do nothing else this coming year, tune in to Allie. Whatever road you are on, you'll recognize a fellow traveler. {THIS …
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“If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.” ― Daniel C. Dennett, Freedom Evolves The Unconscious Diet. Is there such a thing where one maintains their weight loss without having to think about it? Apparently, yes. I’m not …
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“Maintaining a significant weight loss is a daily battle with your body playing for the wrong team.”-Pat Coakley Ah, that would be me, Pat Coakley, and this is a rebroadcast of episode 39 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of www.artofthediet.com and this weeks' tips for weight management come from Laura, and 8 year Lifetime WW …
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“I would have assumed you understood despite our vague suggestion otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism.” -David Thorne There are two topics that elicit spontaneous snarkiness from folks: weight and clutter issues. This week I am tackling both and the name of my diet book (the title seems to change from week to week) …
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“A more unpromising boy never entered the Military Academy. Let this be a lesson to all of us. Looks are deceiving.”- General William Tecumseh Sherman talking about General Ulysses S Grant. I have developed my strategy for the approaching holiday buffet tables inspired by General Ulysses S Grant. (I'm listening to the audiobook by Ron …
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What does Piglet of Winnie the Pooh and Sipress a New Yorker magazine cartoonist have in common? Truth and Accountability to this weight watcher (generic term not national program). What does an 8 hr diet have to do with weight maintenance? Absolutely nothing. Dr. Oz suggests there is a breakthrough 8-hour diet in …
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“Wouldn't it be nice if retail therapy was covered by health insurance?”-Anonymous This week I'm talking about clothes. Specifically, Paul Manafort's clothes. I'm taking my cue for subject from this week's headlines but fear not just from the sartorial point of view, not political. Women know the depths and the heights of retail therapy and, …
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I hate housework. You make the bed, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again. Joan Rivers Ok. This photo I took in Wyoming. I was in a car not on a horse. It's rare that street signs make me laugh. Anyway, I've decided this quote from Joan …
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#BalanceTonPorc is the French equivalent of #metoo. It means expose the pigs. After this week's revelations about the sexual and humiliating predatory behavior of Harvey Weinstein, a movie producer, the world seems to be acknowledging a world-wide problem. Those of us with weight issues have known humiliation for years but we don't yet have …
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After 8+ years of maintaining a 60-pound weight loss, I have one tip. Just one. Hip and healthy foods come and go but a sense of humor is by far more important than eating cauliflower rice. This episode contains humorous quotes that I consume in-between meals. You are going to need this collection after next week's podcast …
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If you've never eaten while crying you don't know what life tastes like.-wolfgang von goethe. Episode 112 begins with a funny wise quote from a man I don't associate with diets or weight management but obviously someone who had his share of down days and trying to find something in the frig to help him …
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It's a slog this weight maintenance gig. 8 years of slogging. Am I doing it? Yes. But, it's like walking underwater. So, I tried to animate this without needing a diving bell and waterproof camera gear. Solution? Slow-Mo on my IPHONE. Now, I have to figure out a way to upload it to this website …
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Episode #110 of the podcast discusses what every woman has experienced from a very early age: sexism and misogyny. Do we recognize it at the time? No. Do we recognize it later in life? Most of us do. Can it come from people who love us? Yes. If you are the lucky woman who has …
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. -Theodore Roosevelt Episode #109 of Podsnacks/Art of the Diet is all about regime change in my house. I thought my self-discipline just needed a fresh approach but on second look I might need a …
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People Who Think They Know Everything Are a Great Annoyance to Those of Us Who Do. -Isaac Asimov Episode #108 is the last in a series about fat shaming. I take a look at how fat folks can unwittingly contribute to its virulence. Schadenfreude is the word in German (enjoying the misfortune of others) …
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“I’m just trying to be helpful.” Really?? Thanks but no thanks. Pat Coakley In a week about looking at epic floods in Houston and equally epic examples of humans helping humans, I am going to try and relate …
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C'mon. Admit it. Didn't it feel good to look up for a change? Some of us with our heads in cereal boxes but not for the usual reasons? Pat Coakley Zone of Totality. I love that phrase. It is my phrase of the week. It was used for the path of the eclipse where the …
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“Help! It's Groundhog Day without Bill Murray.”-Pat Coakley Here I am again, episode #105, and I was looking for a day in the week when I could put this podcast together without my country sitting in my intestinal track beyond a surgeon's knife. This isn't such a day so I'm going to try to discuss …
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“I want a YOUTUBE video that shows how mayonnaise, baking soda and vinegar can eliminate bullies from the surface of the earth.”- Pat Coakley Episode #104 is about bullies in general,(“fire and fury the world has never seen”) and those within the Weight Loss community itself, and folks who struggle with weight loss or maintenance …
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I'm not fat (he said to himself) but he did ask, “Why do I just sort of look thick.?”-NyTimes This week an article in the NYTimes caught my attention as it was titled, “Losing the fight against Dad's Bod.” So, I read it with some curiosity, as I've always naturally assumed that women suffered more …
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How to regain lost weight? I have one surefire way: pretend my behavior has no consequences. Simple. What makes it not simple, however, is my physiological connection to carbs and how I manage them. This week's podcast was triggered by an article by Gary Taubes in the NYTimes called, Are You a Carboholic? Why Cutting …
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Merriam Webster: Smarmy: Definition of smarmy smarmier; smarmiest 1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker 2 : of low sleazy taste or quality smarmy eroticism smarmilyplay \ˈsmär-mə-lē\ adverb smarminessplay \ˈsmär-mē-nəs\ noun Yep, we're going there. Self Esteem is a fundamental pillar of …
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“You know, you’re a feminist.” It was not a compliment. I could tell from his tone—the same tone with which a person would say, “You’re a supporter of terrorism.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists Podsnacks/Art of the Diet Podcast is a 100 and I'm looking up quotes about “ambition” and “woman” and found …
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We are asleep with compasses in our hand.-WS Merwin Welcome to episode #99 of Podsnacks, the weekly edition of Art of the Diet. Today, I do not begin with a funny quote as I have temporarily lost my sense of humor due to today's headlines. Word to the wise, this episode mentions politics and if …
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“As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.”-Calvin. “Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” –Albert Einstein. Today's podcast is a rebroadcast from a year ago, about creativity in your life toolbox and changes to my summer publication schedule. I repost it in June of 2017 because …
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“How many Spiralizers are too many Spiralizers?”- Pat Coakley The Insular Cortex in our brain is ground zero for food issues. It responds to visual cues from billboards, TV, anywhere images of food are projected as well as ordinary hunger signals. The bad news? We all have an insular cortex. The good news for weight …
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It didn't work,” said the King. “The cloak of invisibility didn't work.” “Yes, it did,” said the Royal Wizard. “No, it didn't,” said the King. “I kept bumping into things, the same as ever.” “The cloak is supposed to make you invisible,” said the Royal Wizard. “It is not supposed to keep you from …
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“If chocolate isn't the answer, could you please repeat the question?” •Pat Coakley• This past week I decided to return to a rather strict 2 week period of not eating any sugars or refined carbs, even healthy whole wheat ones. I wrote and podcasted in depth about this program a year and a half ago which …
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Raise your glass for a Toast: “Champagne for our real friends and real pain for our sham friends.”• Francis Bacon This is a rebroadcast from June, 2016 and February, 2017 that discusses episode 589 of This American Life: “Tell Me I'm Fat”. I encourage you to listen to the broadcast on the link provided below. Also, …
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“Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.” ― Emma Thompson This is a rebroadcast of an interview first posted a year ago. This past week I have used, as I seem to continually do, an old podcast to hook …
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“I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one. And now they seem sort of meaningful and real.” ― Bill Nighy Welcome to episode #92 of Podsnacks. The weekly podcast of artofthediet.com. Today I’m walkin’ and talking’, literally. I recorded this episode early this morning with only the birds as …
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Ever trusted someone who lied? A person who though charming is a master manipulator and a bit of cheat for inexplicable reasons? Ok, maybe even a sociopath? Welcome to my world of weight maintenance. -Pat Coakley I am reposting this podcast and blog post because it has links to several articles that followed the original NYTimes article …
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Maintaining a significant weight loss is a daily battle with the your body playing for the wrong team.-Pat Coakley This is a rebroadcast of episode 39 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of www.artofthediet.com (posted a year ago in 2016) and once again, I find it helpful to revisit past interviews! This week's tips for weight management come from …
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“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.” ― Ellen DeGeneres This week I am delighted to have a new interview and a new story to share. I just read where the author of “Zen and The Art of …
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Cue the Billy Holiday song lyric, her plaintive sound, “Why not take all of me?” Can you hear it? Too young to know Billie Holiday? Ok, then. What about Coldplay's “Fix You”?That's the tone and the lyric “I'll try to fix you” ain't bad either. Today's podcast is titled, “Why not take less of me” …
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“Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.” Bill Murray “One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.”- Bill Murray Welcome to Episode 38 (REBROADCAST # 87 of Podsnacks, “Weight Maintenance for me is Groundhog …
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“I do not own any camping gear, but this is not a problem, as I have watched every season of Survivor.” David Thorne, The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius Quoting the Earl of Chesterfield is a first for Podsnacks but David Thorne is not. This week's episode, www.artofthediet.com/86, discusses …
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THIS IS A REBROADCAST OF AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED A YEAR AGO IN 2016. Why? Because I've been creating my #ambitiouswoman new website, www.thephotogardener.com in 2017! THANK YOU, JOYCE! I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would …
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“In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.” ― Erma Bombeck Hello, I'm Pat Coakley and this is episode 35 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of www.artofthediet.com and this week Erma's quote fits the topic perfectly, Procrastination Part II as well as this week's weight …
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But, my guest this week on the podcast, the deeelightful Jen Briney, says eating with chopsticks has been the key to slowing her eating pace down. Welcome to PODSNACKS Art of the Diet episode 83 and I can guarantee you'll be glad you listened to my guest this week. She made me laugh out loud …
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Procrastinate now, don't put it off. •Ellen Degeneres THIS IS A REBROADCAST OF A TWO PART SERIES POSTED LAST YEAR ABOUT PROCRASTINATION. NOT THAT ANY OF MY LISTENERS PROCRASTINATE, YOU UNDERSTAND. BUT I'M SURE YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO DO. Hello and welcome to episode 34 of Podsnacks, the weekly podcast of my daily blog, …
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Without obsession, life is nothing- John Waters Cure for an obsession: get another one. -Mason Cooley I have switched obsessions in the past two weeks. From obsessing about maintaining my weight loss and dreaming about the election results in apocalyptic terms to creating an Etsy shop for my art. All I can say is I …
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Raise your glass for a Toast: “Champagne for our real friends and real pain for our sham friends.”• Francis Bacon This is a rebroadcast from June, 2016 that discusses episode 589 of This American Life: “Tell Me I'm Fat”. I encourage you to listen to the broadcast on the link provided below. The toast came …
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ReWild yourself or else. It's my birthday today, 72, & I am in the process of ReWilding myself according to a post I wrote awhile back. So, I'm going to use that post this week as the podcast to give us all a quick reminder that while the saying “Change is good. You go first” is …
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No, I am not talking politics but weight maintenance. (Although, come to think of it. Never mind.) This week I interview a wise woman who shares her weight loss journey and her attitudes to weight maintenance. Unlike myself, The Great Pretender, (as in my food choices this week) Joanne sees her history and her challenges very clearly. …
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“OMG! I have superpowers! I can be invisible…No..wait! I’m just being ignored!!”-Anonymous This week I’m realizing that the whole business of weight loss ignores the painful reality that these businesses are based on folks regaining whatever weight they lose. I’m a skunk at the lawn party this week but truly believe that educating folks to …
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“I prepare for my new life as an adult like some people prepare for the apocalypse. The first day or two of my plans usually goes okay.” ― Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half I love Allie Brosh. I've used this quote before but this week, two days before the Inauguration of a President of …
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A week without sugar and if you don't count wanting to hijack the Peapod truck, I survived intact & Strawberries are really, really sweet! Source: A week without sugar. Strawberries taste really good.
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“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.” ― Ellen Goodman Hello. It's 2017. Here's …
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She beat The Slowskies and Smoking. A Weight Loss Story. If I can't have Dave Barry as my neighbor, I want my WW friend, Liz, to live next door. A rebroadcast from June, 2016. Source: She beat The Slowskies and Smoking. A Story of Weight Loss.
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Beating the Odds. One woman's story of six years of successfully maintaining a weight loss. On the podcast today, meet Melissa. You won't forget her. This is a rebroadcast from earlier this year but one of the most downloaded episodes of all 71. Enjoy. If you'd like to be interviewed for the podcast, email me …
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“If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.” ― Daniel C. Dennett, Freedom Evolves The Unconscious Diet. Is there such a thing where one maintains their weight loss without having to think about it? Apparently, yes. I’m not …
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“I would have assumed you understood despite our vague suggestion otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism.” -David Thorne There are two topics that elicit spontaneous snarkiness from folks: weight and clutter issues. This week I am tackling both and the name of my diet book (the title seems to change from week to week) …
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“I think losing weight, on any program, is done from a house built on a flat piece of land but weight maintenance needs a house built on a slippery slope.”-Pat Coakley So, why do I say this? Because losing weight can be done over and over. Our individual stories can attest to that. Statistics from …
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Holiday Madness, Literally. Food and Tempers on Your Menu? By Hostess decree: Only food at my table. Perspective has returned! This week's podcast gives some suggestions for food management the day AFTER Thanksgiving-to me the most critical day of Thanksgiving week–an article below to help you with the other type of Holiday madness! Good luck! …
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“The nutritionist said I should eat root vegetables. Said if I could get down thirteen turnips a day I would be grounded, rooted. Said my head would not keep flying away to where the darkness lives. Andrea Gibson This week, tips on how to manage your weight when the darkness comes to live at your …
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“In one of the largest surveys of its kind to date, nearly 30,000 women told researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine that they'd rather lose weight than attain any other goal, a figure that alone suggests just how complicated the issue of appetite can be for women. This is the primary female …
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Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's warning. So, what are the warning signs for weight watchers (the generic term not the national chain)? That was Diet Reboot Part I Today's podcast is about that we do with our warning signs. Sailors don't go out to sea if they see their …
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“This is life. Things get taken away. You will learn to start over many times–or you will be useless.” Mitch Albom How do you know it's time to reboot your diet plan? In my case, when I declare at 1:50 PM that I am not going to eat anymore popcorn for a week and at …
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Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.–Raymond Carver What? A quote about booze in a blog about weight maintenance? Yep. Hear me out. The great short story writer has a famous story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” and it considers love …
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“The Road to Hell and your BMI is paved with good intentions.”-Pat Coakley How to help children with a weight issue turns out to be easier done than said. Translation: Words don't help, even well meaning words and, in fact, may make it worse- but there's hope: actions do. This week research is discussed about …
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“Shame is a soul eating emotion”. C. G. Jung “As my mother once said: the boys throw stones at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.” ― Joanna Russ, The Female Man Ok. Welcome to episode 61 of Podsnacks the weekly podcast of my blog www.artofthediet.com. I'm Pat Coakley and I think most …
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“OMG! I have superpowers! I can be invisible…No..wait! I'm just being ignored!!”-Anonymous This week I'm realizing that the whole business of weight loss ignores the painful reality that these businesses are based on folks regaining whatever weight they lose. I'm a skunk at the lawn party this week but truly believe that educating folks to …
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“Do you have an appetite for self-respect?” This is my version of a quote from the great Leonard Cohen, the songwriter of “Hallelujah”. He said, his “writing begins with an appetite to discover my self-respect. To redeem the day. So the day does not go down in debt. It begins with that kind of appetite.” …
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We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.” Lindy West I may murder someone at a WeightWatcher meeting so I am taking a break from them for the foreseeable future. This is Part II to last week's podcast. “To Leave or Not Leave Weight Watchers”. http://artofthediet.wpengine.com/leave-not-leave-weightwatchers-podsnacksart-diet-057/ PS. Thoughts on murder in …
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“Talent is extremely rare. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of a writer.”-Kurt Vonnegut Now, why I am using a quote from author Kurt Vonnegut in a weight maintenance blog? Listen in to find out. In essence, losing weight is extremely common but what is rare is the willingness to endure …
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“You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.”-William S. Burroughs This week's podcast takes a look at our doctors and if they talk about weight issues with their patients and how do they approach this sensitive topic. I read an article in the NYTimes recently that made me think that …
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Every one of our 10,000 taste buds is wired for sugar. -Michael Moss, “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hook Us”. To which I say, “How can 10,000 taste buds wired for sugar ALL be wrong? There must be a good reason Mother Nature did that, don't you think? It can't just be a …
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“Why, sometimes, I eat six impossible things before breakfast.” Alice in Wonderland. (Well, not really, it was the Queen in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, talking to Alice, and she actually said, “Why, sometimes, I think as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Sometimes, I say to myself, we just have to adapt …
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“Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?” -Zig Ziglar It’s vacation and hurricane season all in one. At least in the northern hemisphere. Last year, I read an article by Walter Isaacson about Walker Percy, author of “The Moviegoer” which I read and loved years and years …
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There's nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport picture.” Erma Bombeck Hello, this is Pat Coakley and episode 52 of Podsnacks, the weekly edition of my almost daily blog, www.artofthediet.com. And, today's episode was triggered by my new passport arriving in the mail this week, the K-POP, …
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Today's Podsnacks episode is about all the stupid diet tricks we consider and some so called “experts” are suggesting we try. www.artofthediet.com/51 I researched in Google, “Stupid diets” and believe you me, I discovered some new ones, all attached to someone who thinks they are an “expert”. How did I miss “the cotton ball” diet? …
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“Weight Loss hasn't solved all my problems or made me a better person, just a littler one.”-Jen Larsen “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”-Zig Ziglar “Success didn't spoil me. I've always been insufferable.” -Fran Leibovitz Hello this is Pat Coakley and …
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“Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it. And, I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, “Please–a little less love and a little more common decency.” Kurt Vonnegut, “Slapstick, …
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“I'm not funny. What I am is brave.” Lucille Ball Welcome to episode 48 of Podsnacks, the weekly edition of my daily blog www.artofthediet.com. Today's edition is the very first “Humor Collection” episode. As you know each week of the podcast (this is my 48th) I try to begin each episode with a humorous quote that seems …
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“As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.”-Calvin. “Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” –Albert Einstein. Welcome to Podsnacks, the weekly edition of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com and this week I'm asking you to consider the single most valuable tool you have in you Life Skills Toolbox: …
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Raise your glass for a Toast: “Champagne for our real friends and real pain for our sham friends.”• Francis Bacon The toast came from a recollection from the writer Julian Barnes speaking to Eleanor Wachtel on her weekly podcast, Writers & Company” on the CBC. My favorite podcast ever by the way. It just seemed to …
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“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous – everyone hasn't met me yet.” ― Rodney Dangerfield Comedian Roger Dangerfield, and I am dating myself here, but he made a living on riffs on how, “I can't get no respect”. O, Lordie. His path was rose-strewn compared to …
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Right now there are thirty-one satellites zipping around he world with nothing better to do than help you find your way to the grocery store. •Ed Burnette Welcome to episode 44 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com. Today, I'm going to talk about technology and what part it has played …
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“It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from someone else's plate.”-Dave Barry If I can't have Dave Barry as a neighbor, Liz would be my second choice. Today, I interview Liz who is a WeightWatcher Lifetime member trying to get back to her goal weight. Liz was one of …
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Ever trusted someone who lied, who though charming, was a master manipulator and a bit of cheat for inexplicable reasons? Ok, maybe even a sociopath? Welcome to my world of weight maintenance. -Pat Coakley I am reposting this podcast of May 5 2016 on Sunday, May 29th, and the blog post because it has links to …
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“Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.” ― Emma Thompson Today's podcast is an interview with Drew, a 39 year old father of two small boys, a Connect member, who has just reached his goal weight with WeightWatchers and …
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When you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit “tasty”. There is always some cheaply pleasant thing to tempt you.-Goerge Orwell Good habits are worth being fanatical about. -John Irving Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.-Mark Twain The Art of …
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Maintaining a significant weight loss is a daily battle with the your body playing for the wrong team.-Pat Coakley Ah, that would be me, Pat Coakley, and this is episode 39 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of the daily blog www.artofthediet.com and this weeks' tips for weight management come from Laura, and 8 year Lifetime …
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“Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.” Bill Murray “One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.”- Bill Murray Welcome to Episode 38 of Podsnacks, “Weight Maintenance for me is Groundhog Day without …
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Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing like a trip to the dressing room to convince a woman-fat, thin, or in-between-that's she's a freak.- Virginia Postrel Hello and this is Pat Coakley! Welcome to PODSNACKS the weekly edition of my …
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Cue the Billy Holiday song lyric, her plaintive sound, “Why not take all of me?” Can you hear it? Too young to know Billie Holiday? Ok, then. What about Coldplay's “Fix You”?That's the tone and the lyric “I'll try to fix you” ain't bad either. Today's podcast is titled, “Why not take less of me” or …
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“In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.” ― Erma Bombeck Hello, I'm Pat Coakley and this is episode 35 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com and this week Erma's quote fits the topic perfectly, Procrastination Part II as well as …
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Procrastinate now, don't put it off. •Ellen Degeneres Hello and welcome to episode 34 of Podsnacks, the weekly podcast of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com It's tax season in the US. Nothing is put off more, with the exception of starting a diet, than doing one's taxes. Since I recently had an epic bout of procrastination …
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“Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. ” ― Epictetus Well, so much for the “silent” part but I am not preaching what others should eat, just the effects of what I am currently eating and why. I do not recommend it to anyone because honestly, …
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There are basically two kinds of people. People who accomplish things, and those who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. • Mark Twain I decided to turn my Part 1 and Part II blog posts about “Change is Good. You Go First ” into two podcasts. Today, is Part 1. …
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I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.-Erma Bombeck This is episode # 31 of Podsnacks the weekly edition of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com. All editions are focused on one question: …
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“We are all here on earth to help others. What on earth the others are doing, I do not know”.- W.H. Auden Hello, this is Pat Coakley and welcome to Podsnacks/Art of the diet, the weekly audio version of my blog, www.artofthediet.com As many listeners and readers know, but for the benefit of new ones, I document …
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“I prepare for my new life as an adult like some people prepare for the apocalypse. The first day or two of my plans usually goes okay.” ― Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half This sentiment by the wonderful Allie Brosh is exactly where I'm at with this new food plan and trying to maintain …
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. •Mark Twain And, then, after you get your facts straight, remember that: Five out of four people have trouble with fractions. – Unknown Happy One Year Anniversary of Writing a Daily Blog about maintaining a sixty pound weight loss. How Often did …
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“Reality is just a crutch for those people who can't handle drugs”. • Robin Williams I'm thinking B. B. King's “The Thrill is Gone.” in episode 27 of Podsnacks/Art of the Diet. ) All the references can be viewed on the show notes page at www.artofthediet.com/27) Leave it to Robin Williams (God Luv Him!) to …
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov It's episode 26 of Podsnacks/Art of the Diet and I'm laughing at the truth of Isaac Asimov. Look around at the world, for a moment, there are alot of folks who think they know everything and …
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“I do not own any camping gear, but this is not a problem, as I have watched every season of Survivor.” ― David Thorne, The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius This is episode 25 of PODSNACKS, the weekly podcast of my daily blog, www.artofthediet.com. And, it's week #Two of …
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I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, ‘What for?' I said, ‘I'm going to buy some sugar.' Steven Wright Welcome to episode 024 of Podsnacks. A week without sugar is my theme and I've experienced two new things so far, three if you want to count wanting …
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“How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to e-mail you the remaining eighty-six photos of my dog dressed as a bear?” ― David Thorne, The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius It's January 13th, early enough for the bargaining with our new year health goals …
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“Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.” …
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“It would be really nice of me to volunteer for something. Who knows…maybe I will someday. I'm such a good person for thinking of possibly doing that.” • Allie Brosh• Allie Brosh. Oh, the talent, the wit, the insight. She blogs about her life, wrote a book called, “Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed …
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“Moi does not recommend dieting. The only way you can lose weight is the same way you lose anything-by forgetting where you put it.” •Miss Piggy This week is short. Five minutes. My sugar high produces zero attention span. Here are the last week's posts linked below. I'm sure there's something of value in …
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“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.” Dolly Parton Dolly's attitude toward diets is good to keep in mind this week as week two of WeightWatchers® new diet plan is revealed. Of course, they …
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Wednesday Podcast Post
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Wednesday Podcast Post
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“Never eat more than you can lift.” • Miss Piggy The Superbowl for weight watchers all over the US is tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. Whether you are a member of a national program or just doing it on your own and trying to manage your weight, tomorrow looms large, equal parts terror and delight. As a …
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1 Fitness Rule: Keep your fitness workout to yourself. “Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face. No one wants to hear about your workout.” Anonymous If you want to induce the glazed eye response at a party, just begin, “I walk every day for an hour.” Have you ever endured the …
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“Diet Ideas: Eat whatever you want, and if anyone tries to lecture you, eat them, too.” Anonymous Yep, that about sums up the week. Take no prisoners. I don't know about you but I'm blaming Daylight Savings Time. This week in Art of the Diet world I've been brought back to my senses, literally and …
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[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”I have never run with scissors. Those last two words were unnecessary.”[/pullquote] The week's results of my 5 steps to lose 2 lbs Week are in. Overall, I succeeded but did fail in a spectacular fashion with one measure. Here are the links to each daily blog post of the …
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“People say that losing weight is no walk in the park. When I hear that I think, yeah, that's the problem.” Chris Adams What do you do when you want to regain weight you’ve lost through hard work and commitment and keep it on? I suspect that may be the only question Google search has …
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“Wow! that Lean Cuisine really filled me up.” Said by no one. Ever”-Anonymous [spp-player] A comment left on an online article about Oprah's purchase of 10% of WeightWatchers® stock said the real question is, “Can WeightWatchers® save Oprah?” The backdrop of this comment is, of course, that every article has the subject and object …
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[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]It's called DIET because all the other four letter words were taken. -Anonymous [/pullquote] As of today, October 14, I’ve published 238 posts since February. 88 of them fall under the category of “Habits”. As I focus on why we have been successful maintaining a significant weight loss it’s becoming clear …
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[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, except less filling.” -Dave Barry[/pullquote] This week's episode of PODSNACKS the weekly podcast of my daily blog art of the diet.com is not as funny as Dave Barry but hopefully it's as truthful. Rice cakes, let's face it, …
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“Why, sometimes, I eat six impossible things before breakfast.” Today, we're talking rebellion in the ranks of our individual hunger games. I had my own mutinous week but managed to sail the ship often enough around the rocky shoals so that I lost the 1.4 pounds I had gained the week before. But, it wasn't …
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“I am launching a new kind of briefs with science facts on them. They are called “wonderpants”. -Paula Pell @paulapell on Twitter. This week was supposed to be about the effect of distractibility on weight goals. Well, so much for that because I got distracted and didn’t read the book and managed to gain a pound and …
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Today, I’m continuing to explore “self-control” on PODSNACKS episode 005 through my own experience of days when it is in good supply and other days when it seems depleted by 8 AM. I don't get why it is so elusive on some days and rock solid on others. Researching this topic convinced me that …
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Today's podcast is about my Monday blog post “The Prison of Weight Fat or Thin”. It was prompted by an article in the Boston Globe over the weekend about our current Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Robert DeLeo. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/coakleycreativemedia/Podsnacks_004_Prison_Fat_or_Thin_mixdown.mp3″ title=” Prison of Weight Fat or Thin” artist=”Pat Coakley-PODSNACKS 004″ image=”http://artofthediet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AOD-PODsnacksART-1400x1400srgbf.jpg” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] …
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Today on PODSNACKS 003 we talk about letting your creativity change your eating habits and your brain all at the same time! I did it so it IS possible! A shout-out to the remarkable Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and writer, who died this week for the inspiration his work gave to so many. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/coakleycreativemedia/PODSNACKS003-Changemind4_mixdown.mp3″ title=”POD Today Change Your …
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This is my third episode of PODSNACKS: The Art of the Diet Podcast. It shall be a weekly podcast, published every Wednesday, starting next week, on September 2. The daily blog will still be written but the podcast will be weekly. People, how do normal humans do a podcast every day?? I DO NOT KNOW. …
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The evil renegade seed of sunflower has possessed me to dig into the “angry” cauldron and weight issues. This is the first of a series called “Cauldrons R Us”. This post is also Episode 001 of Podsnacks! It's taking me less than a day to do it from start to finish now, but some of that …
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[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/coakleycreativemedia/Episode_000-Podsnacks_mixdown.mp3″ title=”PODSNACKS-Art of the Diet” artist=”Pat Coakley” image=”http://artofthediet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AOD-PODsnacksART-1400x1400srgbf.jpg” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_pinterest=”true” ] Welcome to PODSNACKS, the podcast version of Art of the Diet. You can click on the arrow on the upper right to play today's very first episode. Or press on the arrow to download it to your device and/or share …
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It's not often I print out a podcast as usually I am listening to them as I walk around the track or outside. But, yesterday, this one photographer, Martin Bailey, talked about the amount of work that making your own style of art takes and it hit so many points that I ultimately went to his website …
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