New Year's Resolutions
 

You just outed yourself - you work for me. Now stop posting and get back to work.

And I trust we're in agreement that no one needs to know that I told you I loved your ass at the Xmas party. It was the red wine talking.

NYT on Sex and the City and Curb
 

May I say that she is not quite right on about Curb? I never thought of Larry as a misogynist so much as just a realist who calls it like he sees it?

and she calles Carrie a "hardened spinster". http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/02/ar...on/02TVWK.html

NYT on Sex and the City and Curb
 

are you objecting to the redundancy of the phrase?

New Year's Resolutions
 

It's about time...

Must Haves
 

Spend your holiday in Budapest?

You're a cock you're a cock you're a cock...

Atkins
 

Sort of on a dare, today is my first day on the Atkins plan. I expect this plan will be difficult for me since I was a vegetarian for six years (though no longer) and not a big meat eater. I am generally speaking a healthy eater (Interestingly enough, it is the drinking that keeps me from Tara Reid hipbones. Not that I want Tara Reid hipbones, but anyway.).

Anyone done this? Advice for food that can be eaten at work? I just don't see myself with beef jerky, though apparently I will during the next several weeks. I am a huge fruit and cereal person, which led to the dare.

I think the most difficult will be giving up caffiene and alcohol.

Atkins
 

Giving up fruit and cereal is sad, but caffeine and alcohol? That's morally wrong. Dr. Atkins must be in hell, surrounded by cranky, humorless people with halitosis.

Atkins & Other Diets
 

Detroit knocks out Houston to top this year's list of America's Fattest Cities:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...test-City.html

Re: caffeine, simply keeping to the sugared version of whatever caffeinated beverage I drank made it easy to ditch the caffeine without completely bonking from the stimulant loss.

Atkins
 

This is more unhealthy and dangerous than the whole "gorge yourself with protein" gimmick. Why don't you just give up sex while you're at it?

Atkins
 

Honestly, I don't think I could do that. Maybe "sex with ____" or "sex on Tuesdays," but not sex in general. That's just silly.

Atkins
 

I could happily give up the healthy stuff, but alcohol is just plain mean. I see they're advertising "low carb" beer now which may be an alternative for Atkins folks--it may well taste like Bud Light though in which case it's better to ignore the plan entirely.

Atkins
 

Of course advice on dodging parts of the diet is premature, so just remember the rest of this at some point down the road.

It is really hard to stick pure Atkins for any length of time for most people. No pasta is what kills me, no sandwichs makes lunch tough, etc.

What is easier is changing your eating choices, ie usually avoiding pasta, not eating from the bread basket at restaurants, etc. , but occasionally breaking down and ordering pasta, bread etc.

And, for what its worth, I was able to drop weight without dropping caffiene or alcohol (I did stop drinking beer).

Atkins
 

I've had both Michelob Ultra and whatever the name for the Rolling Rock version is (pre-Atkins). Both are "good", though I like light beer and dislike what most people call "good" beer so YMMV.

I don't think I've gone two weeks (or hell, more than four days) without alcohol (or sex, for that matter) in eight years.

Atkins
 

Can't you replace the jerky with carrots or an apple? Surely Atkins doesn't shun simple carbs? If it does, good luck getting up in the morning...