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Did you hear? There's water on the Moon! And lots of it. People are very excited! John Logsdon, a space policy scholar from George Washington University said, "Having definitive evidence that there is substantial water is a significant step forward in making the moon an interesting place to go." (Source: AP)

"What does this have to do with Our Lady of Weight Loss," you ask? "Is she thinking of setting up a Kick in the Tush Club: Moon Chapter?" Now ... there's a good idea!

Well ... reading about water and the Moon reminded Our Lady of Weight Loss about the importance of water! How crucial it is to life (a duh moment vs. an aHA moment) and how important it is in the world of permanent fat removal.

And traveling to the Moon reminds me of the importance of big, larger than life, fantastic, out of this world goals, visions, aspirations, and dreams!

I invite you to join with me right now. Raise your glass of water - and as we chug a lug our morning elixir, water - let's make a toast. To our imaginations ... today, we reach for the Moon! and the Stars!!!

To make it that much tastier! Here are 5 Ways to Make Your Water Sassy!
A Recipe for the BEST OLofWL Approved: Moon Pies
Start Manifesting Your Dreams!

Spread the word ... NOT the icing!
Janice

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"You are asked for this one day and one night to starve your body so your soul can feast on faith and adoration."

Kick in the Tush Club member, Mary, sent me this Yom Kippur poem by Philip Schultz. A beautiful piece that one can reflect upon - no matter their religion.

Yom Kippur by Philip Schultz

You are asked to stand and bow your head,
consider the harm you've caused,
the respect you've withheld,
the anger misspent, the fear spread,
the earnestness displayed
in the service of prestige and sensibility,
all the callous, cruel, stubborn, joyless sins
in your alphabet of woe
so that you might be forgiven.

You are asked to believe in the spark
of your divinity, in the purity
of the words of your mouth
and the memories of your heart.

You are asked for this one day and one night
to starve your body so your soul can feast
on faith and adoration.

You are asked to forgive the past
and remember the dead, to gaze
across the desert in your heart
toward Jerusalem.

To separate the sacred from the profane
and be as numerous as the sands
and the stars of heaven.

To believe that no matter what
you have done to yourself and others
morning will come and the mountain
of night will fade.

To believe, for these few precious moments,
in the utter sweetness of your life.

You are asked to bow your head
and remain standing,
and say Amen.

More deliciously meaningful links:
The 10 Commandments of Permanent Fat Removal
Woodstock, the Minister and Me
For the Love of Cake

Spread the word ... NOT the icing,
Janice

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"The more time a nation devotes to food preparation at home, the lower its rate of obesity. In fact, the amount of time spent cooking predicts obesity rates more reliably than female participation in the labor force or income." ~ Michael Pollan, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, The New York Times Magazine, August 7, 2009.

If cooking, as many anthropologists and social scientists believe, is the key to our humanity, separating us from the 'beasts,' what is the decline in cooking doing to our culture, to our lives?

Well, it ain't good! Harvard economists found that the decline of home cooking can explain a good portion of the increase in obesity in America.

What to do? Kick Tush in the Kitchen
Here follows three healthy, low-fat, low-cal recipes that you can cook up with consciousness as you metaphorically pat yourself on the back for keeping the humanity going. (Metaphorically, because I don't want you to burn anything while cooking!)

Organic Beef Betty Casserole

Ingredients
1/2 lb. ground beef (Organic beef)
2 teaspoons Olive Oil
1 med. Sweet onion, Vidalia chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
5 tomatoes, diced
3 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. Oregano
1/2 tsp. Basil (fresh - I have some growing in my living room!)
3/4 lb. zucchini, sliced thin
Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
In pan, sauté ground beef in oil until lightly browned. Drain excess fat. Add onion, green and red peppers, tomatoes, garlic, oregano and basil. Cook until thick. Arrange zucchini slices on bottom and sides of shallow 1-quart baking dish. Cover with meat sauce, sprinkle with cheese. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.

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Cabbage Surprise Casserole (The surprise is that it tastes oh so good!)

Ingredients:
1 sm. head green cabbage
1 pint of fresh mushrooms
1 medium Sweet Onion
3/4 lb. ground beef (Organic Beef)
1 can tomato soup (Amy's Organics)
1 cup of vegetable stock (Organic!)
1/2 c. rice, uncooked

Instructions:
Cut cabbage into chunks, this way and that way. Go hog-wild on the creativity. You can consider it the crust - so don't dice it; again chunky style. Place in greased 9 x 13 inch pan (I use olive oil spray). Brown meat and onion; drain. Stir in rice and mushrooms. Pour over cabbage. Mix soup and water. Pour over rest of mixture. Bake covered 1-1/2 hours at 350 degrees.

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Popeye and The Virgin Casserole

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon virgin olive oil
1/4 c. chopped onions
3 cloves garlic, fresh.
1 lb. fresh sliced mushrooms
3 cups of spinach, sauted
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil. Add salt n' pepper to taste. Spray bottom of square baking dish with vegetable spray or olive oil. Line bottom of dish with onion mixture. Layer with 1/2 of cheese. Cover with mushrooms. Cover with rest of cheese. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Serve hot. Serves 4 to 6

Alternatively, sauté all vegetables in pan. Mix 1/2 the parmesan with vegetables. Put on dish; sprinkle the other half of the parmesan on the plate. Serve with whole wheat pasta.

Eat Healthy: Be Political
Food Inc.
What Lies Is the Food Industry Feeding You?
F is for Fat: How fat is your state?

Kick it forward!
Janice

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It's Kick in the Tush MONDAY and Our Lady of Weight Loss is serving up a fully loaded Kick - meant to inspire, motivate and leave a bit of a lasting sting.

Did you know ...
211 degree water is hot, but at 212 degrees, water boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a train!

It's time for you to turn up your heat and make that one small change that can make all the difference.

What small change can you put into motion today?

More Kicks that Leave a Bit of a Sting:
Kick in the Tush: Get Real and Take Responsibility
Kick in the Tush: Just How Bad IS High Fructose Corn Syrup?
Kick in the Tush: How Depressed Are You?

Spread the word, not the icing!
Janice
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Kick in the Tush Club member in good standing, "Thunder Pants," confesses her 'weighty sins' to Our Lady of Weight Loss and receives forgiveness. What's your dietary sin?

Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~

Forgive me for I have sinned.

I fear that I have sunken down to a new all-time weigh-in low. I was going to my group meeting - wherein we weigh-in - and to ensure the lowest possible number, I painstakingly assembled the appropriate weigh-in outfit.

I rolled up all my shorts, tops, bras and under pants, and one by one as weighed them on my food scale.

Just so you know, thong under pants weigh an entire ounce less than thunder pants.

Signed ~ Thunder Pants to Under Pants

All Is Forgiven, Move On ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss

Confess, right now, here on these pages, and receive forgiveness from Our Lady of Weight Loss, enabling you to Move On!

Here are few more LOL Weighty Confessions to get you through the weekend!
Weighty Confession: BUT I only had one spoonful!
Weighty Confession: Vitamin C tastes better than sweet tarts.
Weighty Confession: Carrot Cake is a vegetable, no?

Spread the word, not the icing!
Janice
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Once upon a time, many fat moons ago, when I was at my heaviest in all possible ways (both body and soul), I took a mid-day break from the madness. Dressed loosely in what could have been characterized as a...