I have The South Beach Diet book. DH was to follow it for his cholesterol. It's too much recipe cooking for me. But, the principles in it make a lot of sense. Good short read.

I used to drink alcohol, but don't now for a few reasons. Health and weight are a couple. Your liver plays a big part in your bodies ability to metabilize fat. Alcohol affects that. People may think that means you gotta be consuming enough to be on skid road for it to effect your liver. Not true. The empty calories are mind blowing if you ever measured it, or the size of drinks going out to dinner etc.

The lack of light in the winter really bums me out. I think it's called SAAD? or SADD? Even though I had a nice uplifting spin class today I'm still sitting here self-medicating my lack fo light with some chips now... dammit.