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Voices from my Bunker 2020COVID was a Simple Flu until it became a Calamity.In the beginning, Jay thought it was just a flu and that the news might be exaggerating it. He thought It would pass in a short period of time. Now, he thinks it is a natural calamity no one has ever experienced in their life.
2020-09-0940 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Last Ferry and a Seat in the Reality Ball Park.The last ferry has left the island and I'm sitting by myself in The Reality Ballpark. What the hell? How did this happen: risk management is now a buffet of choices that do not manage risk but invite it in? Estrangement from the government I am used to in the last three years, but not estrangement from family and friends. Is this the new normal? www.patcoakley.com www.thephotogardener.com
2020-08-2636 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Meet Joan. Voices from My Bunker 2020.My interview with Joan, a 74-year-old widow in Rochester, NY who, unlike myself, is not a sloth or someone who enjoys sitting for hours at a time reading, clicking, snoozing and I feel 100% sure never uses her bed as her living room, dining room, and office. But, she got through quarantine in her own determined way and taught me a few things. One of them? When in doubt, drive around. www.patcoakley.com | www.thephotogardener.com
2020-08-1842 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Meet Steph. Dealing with COVID19 in South Africa.Meet Steph. She was born and lived in US until a year and half ago but now lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa with her husband and five kids while he completes his graduate studies at the University there. She describes what "quarantine" has meant and if you think the US rules were strict, listen to Steph. I spent most of the time listening and going, "Really?". www.patcoakley.com www.thephotogardener.com
2020-08-1044 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Meet Alice. A First Grade Teacher in Washington, DC During COVID19Meet Alice. A First Grade Teacher in a Catholic School in Washington, DC during COVID19. After listening, you may agree that Teachers, Students and Parents are some unsung heroes of this pandemic. www.patcoakley..com
2020-08-0344 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Meet Carol. Keep Me Alive Until He Loses the Election.Meet Carol. She's 70+, lives alone, and has been seriously ill and undergoing a succession of chemo treatments for three years. In addition, she had to go into lockdown in March, 2020, due to COVID19 and living in Massachusetts. She told her Doctor one thing: Keep me alive until Trump loses the election. www.patcoakley.com
2020-07-2639 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Needed to. Meant to. Meet Babz in Boston, Mass During Covid19.Meet Babz. 27 year old Occupational Therapist who moved to Boston, Mass in February 2020 just as pandemic effects were beginning to challenge the city and the entire state. Meet Babz. Needed to. Meant to. This is how she answered my question about any conflict about being a health care worker in the middle of a pandemic in Boston, Massachusetts. After the interview, I had a strange feeling. I couldn't recognize it at first. It turned out to be hope. www.patcoakley.com www.thephotogardener.com pbc@patcoakley.com
2020-07-0733 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Meet Melissa. 2020. Maybe I'm stronger than I think.'Voices From My Bunker 2020" in Massachusetts. (Formerly known as Podsnacks/Art of the Diet). Guests ring my virtual doorbell and I invite them in for a chat. At play in dangerous times in 2020, we tell our stories. We laugh. Eye roll. Cry. Sigh. We go on. Today, meet Melissa.
2020-07-0135 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Art of the Diet Evolves into Voices From My BunkerPodsnacks/Art of the Diet is evolving and being renamed "Voices from My Bunker". This episode explains why and invites you to continue listening as well as be a participant. The art logo came from a family arty day years ago. Handprints dipped in paint and each left their individual mark on the canvas. At play in dangerous times in 2020, folks tell stories. I try to listen. We go on. www.artofthediet.com www.patcoakley.com
2020-06-3011 min
2020-06-0341 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Do Not Click On That Brownie Bowl Recipe. Click.Pandemic Diets require Click Supervision.
2020-05-0624 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020What is on Your Grocery List: Truth or SweatpantsWhat is on my grocery list every week in a pandemic? Truth. Food is the only thing I have control over these days and it is oddly comforting. I dress for the Apocalypse when going to the grocery store and ask myself what do I need not what do I want. My goal for this period of time: to want what I need and to tell my food truth to myself every week. www.artofthediet.com
2020-04-0117 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Prepper Advice for Dieters as Apocalypse Approaches.There are folks preparing for the Apocalypse and they have acronyms like GOOD=Get Out Of Dodge. I have an acronym for any dieters in the prepper population: SHWAA= So Here We Are Again & YSHTWYC: YOU STILL HAVE TO WATCH YOUR CARBS.
2020-03-0432 min
2020-02-0530 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020What's Next on The Fun Agenda?What's Next on The Fun Agenda? 2020 begins with a cartoon question that I saw recently on an artist's Instagram account. His name was "clownchic". His character answered it by simply stating "Abstinence". I laughed out loud as this character looked like he had abused every illegal substance available. After the holidays, don't we all feel this way? Of course, but I cannot deal with another self help strategy, my own included. So, in 2020, I am focusing in literally on "Art of the Diet". Artists who have tackled food, glorious food, food issues not so glorious, addiction issues, LIFE issues...
2020-01-0137 min
2019-12-0421 min
2019-11-0624 min
2019-10-0226 min
2019-09-0420 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Resist Carbs and HateRESIST (Carbs and Hate) is the word of my day and the weeks to come of weight management. Sometimes, you don't understand why the old habits don't seem to work but passivity is not the conclusion. Resisting passivity is the only next step. That's where I'm at in weight maintenance and the state of my country. Resist CARBS and HATE.
2019-08-0718 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020With Kindness, Begin Again.There was a time when reading or listening to someone suggesting that I treat myself with a bit more kindness would have been met with severe eye rolling. By "there was a time", I mean as recently as last month and I'm 74. But, today's episode highlights what has turned my deep eyerolls into acceptance and more importantly, even doing it. Breathe in. Breathe out. With kindness, begin again. Dieting, Living, closing your garage door. it simply goes better with a little kindness. It's the eve of Independence Day in the US. www.artofthediet.com
2019-07-0311 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Your Car Knows How Much You WeighEpisode 166: Your Car Knows How Much You Weigh. A spokesman for the Auto Association let that cat out the bag. I thought it should have led the news cycle. And, a connection with meditation practice and weight management that does not involve 10-15 minutes of meditation with a body scan. Just thinking about being kind to yourself today. Just think it. Instagram @artofthediet www.artofthediet.com/166
2019-06-0526 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Creativity is the Best Health PlanCreativity is the best health plan (along with a sense of humor) and is the secret sauce to my long term weight loss and might be yours as well. This episode discusses why that might be and offers some suggestions as to why to give it serious consideration. www.artofthediet.com www.thephotogardener.com
2019-05-0131 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020People Who Know Everything About Weight Loss"People Who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of who do." Isaac Asimov This podcast offers up what I know (for sure) about weight maintenance in an aging body: you have to eat less whether by choice or anxiety, eating less is the fundamental way to maintain a significant weight loss. It's not exercising more to maintain it is eating less to maintain. Telling the truth is not a marketing strategy these days and I don't just mean politics. But, here's a truth I made into fabric: "If chocolate isn't the answer, could you please...
2019-04-0333 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Begin, again. Mantra for Weight Maintenance74 years of living and what do I know? "Begin, again." is a successful mantra for my 10-year weight maintenance as well as a new (9 months) daily meditation practice. www.artofthediet.com
2019-03-0626 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020On Death Bed: At least I'm losing a little weight.Lorne has spent half her 45 years worrying about her weight. Her great aunt, though, spent more. On her death bed, at 92 years old, she told Lorne, "Well, at least, I'm losing a little weight." Lorne is determined not to spend the rest of her life worrying about this issue and the looping ride of the rollercoaster of weight gain and loss. She does not belong to a national weight loss program but is seeking out new ways to understand her issues and to deal with them. www.artofthediet.com email: artofthediet@gmail.com
2019-02-0633 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Breath. No, Really. Take a Deep Breath in 2019.Breathe. No, really. Take a deep breath in 2019. My new tool for weight maintenance and just about everything else. It may help you as well. If interested in being interviewed on this podcast, contact me: artofthediet@gmail.com visit: www.artofthediet.com
2019-01-0232 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Simple Habits Manage Complex IssuesThe key to December buffet tables is the same as every other month: simple habits. A new interview with Gilah whose story will resonate with you and also give you some practical advice for the month and the new year ahead. www.artofthediet.com
2018-12-0538 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Control is Located in Our ChoicesI am delighted to add Episode #159 to the Art of the Diet Interviews! It is with a woman who is a WW lifetime and connect member as well as an all around wise woman about herself and her relationship with food. I've never talked with someone who uses WW from her workplace and she sheds some interesting thoughts on how to navigate those waters! So, I hope you enjoy it and it helps you to navigate the days ahead. The holidays and the election results. I can't even pretend to be Zen about this despite this being the Art...
2018-11-0737 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Commit to Time NOT # of Pounds to LoseA Commitment of Time Not a Number of Pounds to Lose. Today I interviewed Laurie who is on WW connect and I'll include her Connect handle in the podcast notes. Laurie has some wisdom for all of us and I think you'll agree after listening to our interview. I labeled this interview: A Commitment to Time not to Lost Pounds because that is just one pearl of wisdom that jumped out at me. When she began this last WW commitment she said to herself, "I'm going to make a commitment of time, a year, rather than to a # of...
2018-10-0143 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Becoming VisibleA new interview with a WW member who has been at Lifetime goal for nine years. She beats the regain odds by a singular focus: accountability. She goes to a meeting every single week. www.artofthediet.com/157 If you are interested in being interviewed please contact me at artofthediet@gmail.com. My online store is www.thephotogardener.com
2018-08-1538 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020How To Regain Lost Weight Fast. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet102How to regain lost weight? I have one sure fire 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 […] The post How To Regain Lost Weight Fast. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet102 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-08-0831 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020She Beat The Slowskies & Smoking. A Weight Loss Story. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 043 "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 […] The post She Beat The Slowskies & Smoking. A Weight Loss Story. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 043 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-08-0140 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020PODSNACKS 005- Self Control Chemistry 101Today, 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 […] The post PODSNACKS 005- Self Control Chemistry 101 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-07-2508 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Zen and The Art of Weight Maintenance-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 089"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 […] The post Zen and The Art of Weight Maintenance-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 089 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-07-1143 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020WeightWatchers, Your Superpower is Invisibility or Being Ignored. PODSNACKS 060"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 […] The post WeightWatchers, Your Superpower is Invisibility or Being Ignored. PODSNACKS 060 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-07-0435 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Habits You Don't Hate You Do.PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 039Maintaining 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 […] The post Habits You Don't Hate You Do.PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 039 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-06-2731 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Politics of Abuse PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 099We 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 […] The post The Politics of Abuse PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 099 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-06-2029 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Beating the odds at the scale. One woman's story of 6+ successful years. Podsnacks/Art of the Diet 030"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 […] The post Beating the odds at the scale. One woman's story of 6+ successful years. Podsnacks/Art of the Diet 030 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-06-1352 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020TAL:Tell Me I'm Fat: Living Outside the Metronome.PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 046Raise 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 […] The post TAL:Tell Me I'm Fat: Living Outside the Metronome.PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 046 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-06-0615 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Self. Motivation. Aaargh. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 021"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 […] The post Self. Motivation. Aaargh. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 021 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-05-3011 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Not so easy summer listening. Episodes 1-144 of AODNot so easy summer listening: All Art of the Diet podcast episodes: 1-144. The third year anniversary of PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet is mid August. From now until then, I am going to edit all episodes for relevancy and topic. Can I listen to myself that much? Dunno. But, each week I'll be rebroadcasting one I think worth re-listening to if you are a veteran listener or a good one for a new listener. I'll figure out what I'll do with those I decide to keep when the editing task is over. All I know is whatever form...
2018-05-2322 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Cake at 4 AM! The Royal Wedding.Cake at 4 am! The Royal Wedding. Now, how many opportunities do we have to escape reality like this? Escapism is essential to maintaining a weight loss cuz it is the rare human who can do this monitoring 24/7 with no relief. I use my creativity, others use other ambitions, but usually we have to each privately create our own fairy tales and I don't know about my listeners, but mine have never included cake at 4 am! If you'd like to consider being interviewed for the podcast, email me at: artofthediet@gmail.com www.artofthediet.com/144 www.thephotogardener.com
2018-05-1620 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Women and Doctors. Time to REBOOT or Give the Boot?Women and Doctors. Is it time to reboot our relationships with physicians or give them the boot? A recent experience made me pause and consider that I needed to try and reboot the relationship with my doctor or else give him the boot. I might be part of the problem so best to start with my part. But, apparently, I am not alone in how to navigate this relationship successfully. "When Doctors Downplay Women's Health Concerns" is a NYTimes article discussed this week. www.artofthediet.com/143 www.thephotogardener.com
2018-05-0923 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Dear Hormones Ghrelin and Leptin, Krumpe You.Dear Hormones Gherlin and Leptin, Krumpe you. The scientific basis for those struggling to maintain a significant weight loss is not in willpower but in the hormonal reaction to a body losing weight. It's disheartening but it is real and best to know the challenge. www.artofthediet.com/142 My shop is www.thephotogardener.com
2018-05-0228 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Scale Mt. Everest or Maintain a Weight Loss?Let me see...should I scale Mt. Everest or should I maintain my weight loss? Hmmm. It's mountain climbing season in Nepal. Got me thinking. A TED talk on the meaning of work did also. A summit peak or a number on the scale, no matter how difficult it was to achieve, may be why we begin the journey but it is not the only reason we continue. www.artofthediet.com/141
2018-04-2526 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Starving Artist? No. But Coffee Loving Like Beethoven. Just Sayin'.Beethoven counted out 60 coffee beans each day to make his cup of coffee. Rituals for our drug of choice transcend centuries and artistic abilities but they do bind us together. Today we discuss rituals and habits on view at the recent Boston Marathon and on view daily with anyone dealing with weight issues. It is a marathon without a finish line. But, we all are a combination of habits as well as rituals. Some more interesting than others. My combo is coffee. Listen to Balzac, though: "Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes...
2018-04-1830 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Blind Eye Disease in Weight Control and PoliticsA recent routine Dr's visit included the now standard question asked by the physician's nurse to people my age:
Have you experienced feels of depression and hopelessness recently? Years ago, Blind Eye Disease was one of my conditions when I didn't want to deal with an obvious weight problem. I avoided the truth, the facts, the number on the scale. If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have to deal with it. I'd pretend it was someone else's problem. Not mine. (Yeah, how's that for a strategy?) It's now the exact same approach a vocal minority of this country is...
2018-04-1121 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Hold Your Breath. Diet Tips from HoudiniHold Your Breath. Diet Tips from Houdini. Who knew? If you can learn to hold your breath for longer and longer increments, you might also be a able to manage other impulses, addictive impulses that produce dopamine in our brains. Drugs produce dopamine. Certain foods, like sugar and processed foods, produce dopamine. Addictions like online shopping produce dopamine. The problem is these behaviors also create the need for more and more dopamine until freedom of choice has vanished. So, breathing may be necessary and fundamental to our life on earth but Doritos are not. What do techniques for learning...
2018-04-0425 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Septem Horribilis: The Triscuits Are GoneAs Queen Elizabeth II would say, "I've had a Septem Horribilis". AKA, A bad week. Remember when the Queen of England made the pronouncement that she'd had an "Annus Horribilis" after her Windsor castle burned and her son and his wife, Diana, were duking it out in the tabloid press? Well, this week, I had a bad week and decided it might sound a bit better in Latin, and you know what? It does. Septem Horribilis simply sounds a bit classier than a regular bad week. But, this was a regular bad week, to be sure. No castles burning...
2018-03-2728 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Cravings vs Cravings"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, […] The post Cravings vs Cravings PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 136 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-03-2122 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Nor'easter DietI 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 […] The post 3 Nor'easter Storms in 10 days. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet-ep.135 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-03-1417 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Folks Who Don't Throw the Scale Out The WindowFolks 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 […] The post Folks Who Don't Throw Their Scales Out the Window. Podsnacks/ArtoftheDiet 134 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-03-0730 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Pizza is a FeelingIf 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 […] The post Pizza is a Feeling. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet ep.133 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-02-2825 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Russians Hacked My Diet"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 […] The post Lie:The Russians Hacked My Diet. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet-Ep.132 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-02-2123 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020I eat my feelings and they taste delicious"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 […] The post I eat my feelings and they taste delicious. PODSNACKS|Art of the Diet 131 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-02-1417 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Lady ChipsI'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 […] The post Lady Chips- PODSNACKS|ARTOFTHEDIET# 130 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-02-0719 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Irresistible Foods Meet ResistanceIrresistible 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 […] The post Irresistible Foods Meet Resistance. PODSNACKS-ArtoftheDiet #129 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-01-3123 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Minus Sugar Equals GainLet 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 […] The post Take away sugar? Hello, 1.8 pounds. Whaat? Podsnacks|Art of the Diet #128 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-01-2417 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020News from Donut-Hole Country 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 […] The post News from Donut-Hole Country-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 127 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-01-1725 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Stable Genius Meets InstantPot Big ButtonsStable 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 […] The post Stable Genius Meets InstantPot Big Buttons-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet126 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-01-1020 min
Voices from my Bunker 20202018: The Year of Voice RecognitionVoice 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 […] The post 2018 is Year of Voice Recognition. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet125 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2018-01-0334 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020General Ulysses S Grant's Guide to Holiday Buffet Tables"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 […] The post General Ulysses S Grant's Guide to Holiday Buffets. PODSNACKS ArtoftheDiet 118 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-11-1525 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The World of Weight Maintenance is Common As Mud 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 […] The post Women's World & Weight Maintenance:View from the Headlines. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet-117 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-11-0849 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Clothes Make The Man"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, […] The post Clothes Make the Man PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet116 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-11-0114 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Stop. Begin. Stop. Begin, again. Repeat Till Your Dead. Weight Maintenance Blueprint.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 […] The post Stop. Begin again. Stop. Begin again. Repeat until Dead. Welcome to Weight Maintenance. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 115 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-10-2521 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020#BalanceTonPorc and #MeToo #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 […] The post #BalanceTonPorc and #MeToo-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 114 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-10-1828 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020My # 1 Diet Tip: A Sense of Humor is More Important Than Eating Cauliflower RiceAfter 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 […] The post My #1 Diet Tip. A sense of humor is more important than eating cauliflower rice. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 113 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-10-1107 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020I Hope I Shall Arrive SoonIf 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 […] The post I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon. At MasteryVille. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet Episode 112 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-10-0413 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Lose Weight In Regular Speed. Maintain Weight Loss in Slow-MoIt'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 […] The post Lost Weight in Regular Speed. Maintain it 8 years in Slow-Mo. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet111 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-09-2719 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Wake up, Female Weight Watchers. Be ambitious about other things, too.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 […] The post Wake up, Female Weight Watchers. You've got other ambitions worth your time and effort, too. PODSNACKS-ArtoftheDiet-#110 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-09-2028 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020My Self Discipline Needs a Regime ChangeIf 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 […] The post My Self-Discipline Needs a Regime Change-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 109 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-09-1330 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Schadenfreude for WeightWatchersPeople 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) […] The post Schadenfreude for WeightWatchers PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet108 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-09-0633 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020I'm just trying to be helpful. Really? Thanks but no thanks."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 […] The post I didn't mean to offend. Really?? PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 107 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-08-3027 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Zone of Totality for Weight WatchersC'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 […] The post Zone of Totality for Weight Watchers PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 106 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-08-2330 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Help! It's Groundhog Day without Bill Murray."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 […] The post Help! It's Groundhog Day without Bill Murray. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet105 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-08-1624 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Can Mayonnaise, Baking Soda and Vinegar Cure Bullying?"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 […] The post Can Mayonnaise, Baking Soda and Vinegar Cure Bullying? PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 104 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-08-0944 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020"I'm not Fat," says who? Every man, apparently. Facts vs FictionI'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 […] The post "I'm not fat,"-says who? Every man. Fact checkin'. PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet-103 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-08-0250 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Hashtag #AmbitiousWoman. What about you? Podsnacks/Art of the Diet-100"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 […] The post Hashtag #AmbitiousWoman. What about you? Podsnacks/Art of the Diet-100 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-07-1216 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Insular Cortex Diet and Other Fun Stuff-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 097"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 […] The post The Insular Cortex Diet and Other Fun Stuff-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 097 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-06-2135 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Invisible Bumps Along the Diet Road-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 096 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 […] The post The Invisible Bumps Along the Diet Road-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 096 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-06-1425 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Sugar Free and Slightly Sad Part II-PODSNACKS/ART OF THE DIET 095"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 […] The post Sugar Free and Slightly Sad Part II-PODSNACKS/ART OF THE DIET 095 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-06-0729 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Comfort Zones Can be Prisons, too. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet"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 The post Comfort Zones Can be Prisons, too. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-05-1730 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020I'd Love to Hang Out, But. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 086"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 […] The post I'd Love to Hang Out, But. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 086 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-03-2928 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Want to Eat More Slowly? Blue Plates & Chopsticks. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet083But, 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 […] The post Want to Eat More Slowly? Blue Plates & Chopsticks. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet083 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-03-0839 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Etsy Diet PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 081Without 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 […] The post The Etsy Diet PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 081 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-02-2222 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020ReWild Yourself or Else. PODSNACKS-ArtoftheDiet079ReWild 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 […] The post ReWild Yourself or Else. PODSNACKS-ArtoftheDiet079 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-02-0817 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Let's Pretend This Didn't Happen and then Do Something. PODSNACKS-Art of the Diet-078No, 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. […] The post Let's Pretend This Didn't Happen and then Do Something. PODSNACKS-Art of the Diet-078 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-02-0134 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Apocalypse Now in Diet and Politics-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 076"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 […] The post Apocalypse Now in Diet and Politics-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 076 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-01-1831 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Creativity is the Best Health Plan. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 074 "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 […] The post Creativity is the Best Health Plan. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 074 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2017-01-0429 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Design Your Own Slippery Slope Diet House-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 069"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 […] The post Design Your Own Slippery Slope Diet House-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 069 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-11-3033 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Road to Hell and Your BMI Paved With Good Intentions. PODSNACKS062"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 […] The post Road to Hell and Your BMI Paved With Good Intentions. PODSNACKS062 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-10-1240 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Politics of Fat Shaming-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 061"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 […] The post The Politics of Fat Shaming-PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 061 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-10-0528 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020How to Become Pretty. The K-POP way. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 052There'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, […] The post How to Become Pretty. The K-POP way. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 052 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-08-0317 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Disappointments Lurking in Achieving a Weight Loss: PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 050 "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 […] The post The Disappointments Lurking in Achieving a Weight Loss: PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 050 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-07-2027 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020The Biggest Loser. Winners, all. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 040Ever 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 […] The post The Biggest Loser. Winners, all. PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 040 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-05-2934 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Tales From A Ladies Dressing Room-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 037Though 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 […] The post Tales From A Ladies Dressing Room-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 037 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-04-2026 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Procrastination Part II: My Evil Twin is Real:PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 035"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 […] The post Procrastination Part II: My Evil Twin is Real:PODSNACKS/Art of the Diet 035 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-04-0613 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020PODSNACKS-004: The Prison of Weight Fat or ThinToday'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="https://www.artofthediet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AOD-PODsnacksART-1400x1400srgbf.jpg" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" ] […] The post PODSNACKS-004: The Prison of Weight Fat or Thin appeared first o...
2015-09-0912 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020PODSNACKS-000: Welcome to Art of the Diet's Podcast![smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/coakleycreativemedia/Episode_000-Podsnacks_mixdown.mp3″ title="PODSNACKS-Art of the Diet" artist="Pat Coakley" image="https://www.artofthediet.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 […] The post PODSNACKS-000: Welcome to Art of the Diet's Podcast! appea...
2015-08-2007 min