THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: The Healthy Eating Blog is Back (let me go hide the wrappers)

Friday, October 9, 2015

The Healthy Eating Blog is Back (let me go hide the wrappers)

Seriously - are you going to eat all of that?

Abby the Lab here with news that Mom's healthy eating and diet blog is off of hiatus because she ~~quit stuffing her face due to stress~~ finished moving out of her other home and started her new job in the city where she and Dad live have lived since they got married in 2013.

There won't be any calorie counting - just some ideas for healthy meals and snacks, tips to incorporate more fruits and veggies in your diet (seriously Mom thinks Starbursts count as a fruit) as well as some healthy recipe ideas that the entire family will love.

She had lost 42 pounds before the wedding by calorie counting but she wasn't eating really nutritious food all of the time so she was always hungry and the weight was creeping back on. Plus, she noticed her skin was getting dry and she didn't have the energy she should. So she did some homework on nutrition post mano-pause (as they didn't get too much into that when she took Home Ec in the Bronze age) and read up on good and bad fats and quality protein as well as how to build and retain muscle mass as one gets (ahem) older.

The first step was to get rid of her candy supply which will go to Dad's office. Dad's a stick and he's only 33 so he can eat the contents of an entire bread truck and not gain a pound. Mom said that is NOT fair and it's all her metabolism's fault, her eating and exercise habits have nothing to do with it.

Bwahahahahahaha.

The first step was to clean up the cupboards of stuff we don't need to have around.

Did I tell you Mom really likes bread and desserts and fruity candy, espcially Zotz.

Did I mention Mom likes Zotz.

Yup - this was her stash. She kept a dish of them on her desk at work and they seemed to disappear at a regular rate. SURE your coworkers are eating them, I told her as I looked through the phonebook for Zotzaholic Anonymous.

She is ditching all candy and food with high fructose corn syrup, tossing the sweetened beverages and reworking some favorite recipes and posting the ~~mayhem~~ results.

Then we stepped her plans for exercise, ditching the "The Three Toed Sloth Presents Workout Now!" tapes and buying some weights like Dad's but wimpier.

We hope you'll stop in and visit as Murphy and Stanley and Oreo's Moms started the idea and it's always fun to support and share.

Mom's Healthy Eating Blog

7 comments:

MurphyOctober 9, 2015 at 6:13 PM
OK, we're headed over!

Your Pals,

Murphy & Stanley
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ScooterOctober 9, 2015 at 6:57 PM
Hey Abby!
Wow, you look gorgeous today, my furiend! My Mom is diet challenged. She loves all things junk. BOL Dad's much older but seems to have no such troubles and eats most anything. Me too! I eat most anything as long as it's meat. Well, your Mom's thingy sounds super interesting and I bet lots of peeps will be reading. :)
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
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Frankie Furter and ErnieOctober 9, 2015 at 7:46 PM
HEY Abby... look what MY CUSSIN Sarge just said about you... See how he is? We take an 87 day Blog break to get all MOVED TO BE CLOSER TO HIM... and HE starts Flirting with MY LADY...

BUTT, I must say... Fur ONCE... he IS right... you look GORGEOUS.

OMD we are still Loving the Welcome to your new home Pressie that you sent to us... THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! It is just like YOU... AWESOME ABBY.

Zotzaholic Anonymous ???? would that be like Milkbones Anonymous???

I have MISSED YOU somethingy FIERCE, Abby.
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Yamini MacLeanOctober 9, 2015 at 8:51 PM
Hari om
You will be mum's best conscience and monitor on this gig, Abby!!! Hugs and says, YAM-aunty xx
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The Adventures of The Bell Fur ZooOctober 10, 2015 at 8:11 AM
Yay we will tell Mom to pop over to her blog. Mom has been trying to eat better too in hopes that it will help her back. Oh and our Dad is like your Dad. It baffles Mom how he can eat a whole bag of chips in one sitting and still be a stick BOL MOL ;)
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Idaho PugRanchOctober 10, 2015 at 10:41 AM
Our mom's weakness is cookies and bread. She ate real healthy after her breast cancer diagnoses 4 years ago and got to a good weight. But the old habits creeped back and she slowly gained back 12 lbs. She needs some motivation too!
hugs
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
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No one who has ever had a dog as a companion will be able to read The Book of Barkley: Love and Life through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever by L. B. Johnson with dry eyes.

Johnson tells the story of her life, from childhood to adulthood, from the perspective of her relationship with Barkley, a Lab that she got when he was just a stubborn ball of fur who ‘selected’ her when she viewed the litter of which he was a part. Her descriptions of adjusting to Barkley’s presence in her life, and how this helped her come to terms with and understand her past and learn to take life a day at a time on her own terms will resonate profoundly with anyone who has fallen in love with a dog and had to learn to live with its loss.

This is a story of unconditional love and acceptance, the kind that asks nothing but love in return. As Johnson and Barkley forge bonds of trust and understanding, she also strengthens her human relationships.

This is much more than a mere memoir – it is a story of life and how to live it, and how we humans can learn to live our lives better if we’d only learn to live it like a dog does. The author uses language well, with descriptions of animals, people, and places so vivid you feel that you can feel the textures, smell the odors (pleasant and otherwise) and hear the whining of a puppy needing to go out to do its business. Life can be sad or happy, and the author takes us through it all – a trip that you won’t regret taking. A five-star book that definitely merits the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

About Barkley and His Mom

My Mom started this blog due to requests from friends who wanted a place to go for stories of her furry friend Barkley that weren't in the book and stories of my rescue and new life in my furever home. She donates all of the proceeds from her writing to animal rescue and groups that train search and rescue and service dogs but that's OK, as she still gives me lots of dog treats and toys.

The Book of Barkley is Mom's first memoir. She used to be a jet pilot for somebody's Uncle but now has a Ph.D. in something involving science and forensics which is like TV but without expensive suits or cleavage. Additional mayhem is provided by my Dad and our 100-year-old "fixer upper" Mission Bungalow.

Her second memoir "Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption" was published in April of 2015". Her Third Book - "Small Town Roads", her first Fiction Novel was published October of 2016 and was an NPR selected "2017 must read" and 2017 Readers Favorite International Book Award GOLD for "Fiction - Religious Theme". Her 4th book, "Calexit, The Anthology", a Novella with other authors, was published in October of 2017 and was on the Amazon Best Seller's list two days later. Her fifth book "True Course - Lessons from Life Aloft" was a #1 best seller at Amazon 24 hours after publishing so I think she has been bribing you all with treats.

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