Download or read book Confessions of a Couch Potato written by Stephen Furst and published by American Diabetes Association. This book was released on 2002-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hysterical memoir of growing up as a husky . . . plump . . .heavy-set . . . OK, FAT! child, who struggled with weight problems through adulthood, Stephen Furst shares his tips and recipes for how he went from an out-of-control 320-pound person with diabetes, to his lean, mean, low-fat eating machine of 175. A self-help cookbook of epic proportionsor actually, epic portionsfilled with all kinds of tips and anecdotes, it includes everything from real recipes (such as cheesecake, soup, and pasta) to how to get through the holidays without killing yourself instead of your relatives. You've tried everything elsetry laughing your way to better health. Stephen Furst has been an actor for the past 23 years, starring in the classic movie comedy Animal House and two multiaward-winning television series"St. Elsewhere" and "Babylon 5."
Download or read book Not Another Piece of Gym Equipment written by Ivanka Salete-Parkin and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever sat on the couch and watched an infomercial with great delight? I do, and this is how my obsession with buying exercise equipment started.
Download or read book Confessions of a Dieter written by Carol Krogh and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A singing dieter? Dieters don't sing... they mumble, they grumble, and they growl (at least their stomachs do!). Confessions of a Dieter: Musical Scales can change all that! Through the power of music and humor, author Carol Krogh uncovers the sometimes secret, always quirky habits of a dieter. Well-known melodies, which are fun and easy to sing to, are the framework for the new dieters? lyrics. If you've ever dieted, you'll love singing these songs'they're certain to touch a familiar chord or two, and they'll transport you to a comfortable place of understanding and camaraderie. Music is such a vital part of our lives; Confessions of a Dieter presumes that dieting simply will not function successfully without it.
Download or read book You A Christian Girl s Guide to Growing Up written by Nancy N. Rue and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun and interactive book from bestselling author Nancy Rue, all the questions girls 8 to 12 ask about their changing bodies and growing up are answered, along with advice and health tips designed to help you become the confident, beautiful young woman God created you to be. Whether you’re noticing new curves and hair growing where it never did before, or feel like your emotions are always on the surface, you likely have a lot of questions about what is going on inside you … and what it means. No matter how big the question or how embarrassing it may sound, Nancy Rue is here with answers. Inside You! A Christian Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, you’ll discover: honest answers to your changing-body questions health and beauty tips quizzes and journaling space to help you figure out where you are in your puberty journey medical and spiritual facts on the things you wonder about advice from girls like you who have been where you are Most importantly, you’ll discover the true beauty that is revealed as you grow closer to God, and all the things you’re going through are actually part of his plan for the beautiful, confident, grown-up you! You! A Christian Girl’s Guide to Growing Up: can be used as a supplement to school health classes looks at puberty from a Christian perspective helps make adolescence understandable and manageable for young girls features a conversational tone and fun features
Download or read book Wealth Strategies written by Todd Duncan and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2000-07-16 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all want to live life to the fullest, but how can we make our dreams become reality? In Wealth Strategies: 9 1/2 Steps to Achieving Physical, Financial, and Spiritual Abundance, author and motivational speaker Todd Duncan offers the way to achieve your dreams of personal fulfillment. In Wealth Strategies, Todd Duncan shares the secrets to balance and abundance in three primary areas of life: the physical, the financial, and the spiritual. Using Todd's proven techniques, practical suggestions, and good old-fashioned common sense, you'll discover abundance like you've never known it before. You will learn: How to avoid being hooked on fast foods How to develop exercise habits you can sustain The reason why dieting is the wrong (and counterproductive) way to think How to assess your net worth All about mutual funds How to avoid getting scammed How to take advantage of the new economy The deadly dangers of stress The power of purpose and friendship The laws of prayer, balance, faith, uniqueness, solitude, and wisdom Take control and begin living life to the fullest. Begin a life of wealth today with Wealth Strategies.
Download or read book The Confessions of a Misfit written by Mokokoma Mokhonoana and published by Sekoala Publishing Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do not allow your love for or hatred of America be the only reason you read or do not read this book, because it has absolutely nothing to do with or say about the U.S.! As one reader of the book has remarked, “As he explores various subjects, Mokhonoana questions and challenges the status quo of society and promotes deeper and more critical thinking as well as a simpler way of life without being inundated with the plethora of useless and mundane information that we are bombarded with in our modern-day world. Hidden in his random rants are tokens and gems of enlightening information, moral lessons, and principles to live by.”
Download or read book Chatroom Confessions written by Michelle Cox and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1995, Michelle Cox has been an active participant in online chatrooms, gaming sites, and lobby activity. She is also a nurse who was a regular visitor to the Physicians Online room, a place that became more to her than just a chatroom. The people who made Physicians Online a phenomenon became a family. There, doctors, nurses, and other professionals shared their lives together. They extended their relationships beyond the keyboard, meeting for lunch, events, parties, and much more. The face-to-face parties were legendary, and now Michelle welcomes you into her memories. To protect the innocent and the infamous she has changed or altered the screen names of the real-life characters who populated her online haunts. Even so, each and every story is inspired by reality. The community was involved in drama, sex, outrageous parties, and even murder. Physicians Online invented the word cyber-bullying before it became a world-wide term. In this personal narrative, Michelle shares true and amazing stories about her experiences with this online group with the hope of conveying just a little of what she felt in the early days of Internet communities.
Download or read book Confessions of a Rock N Roll Name Dropper written by Laurie Kaye and published by Fayetteville Mafia Press. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 8, 1980, twenty-something rock journalist Laurie Kaye entered the legendary Dakota apartments in New York to interview her longtime idol John Lennon. It was the last interview Lennon would ever give— just hours later, outside that same building, Lennon was shot dead by a twenty-five-year-old man (Kaye refuses to name him) whom Kaye herself had encountered after finishing the interview and stepping outside. Kaye has beaten herself up ever since over her failure to recognize that the assassin posed a danger and should have been reported. Here Kaye recounts not just her unfortunate brush with history, but also her turbulent early years growing up in LA and her fascinating, star-packed journey from radio intern to acclaimed writer/producer. Plus interviews with such titans of the music industry as Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Talking Heads, the Ramones, David Bowie, and Mick Jagger.
Download or read book True Confessions of a Veterinarian written by Gene Witiak and published by Glenbridge Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Witiak's stories of the bond between the veterinarian, client, and pet take the reader into the exam room and on house calls to experience the laughable calamities, miscues, and surprises as well as the personal sorrows, revelations, and joys that treating animals can bring.
Download or read book Confessions of a Sled Dog Addict written by Laurie Niedermayer and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twenty years of 'living the dream, ' author Laurie Niedermayer shares her story. From the silly antics in the beginning to the last official tour taken by the teams, this book is a nostalgic look at some of the reality, adventures and misadventures of life on the trail. Beginning with her first Siberian Husky, Laurie's journey has taken her from novice dog sled racer to film trainer, successful tour operator through to retirement. Her love of the dogs and passion for the sport clearly comes through in her tributes to the dogs that first started her on this path. Based on the condensed journal entries from thousands of miles of running trails, she says, "Yes, folks, this really happened, believe me, Hollywood couldn't write this stuff..."
Download or read book Confessions of a Once Fashionable Mum written by Georgia Madden and published by Nero. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful hubbie? Tick. Facebook-worthy baby? Tick. Bikini-body six weeks after giving birth? Um … not so much. Fashion PR exec Ally Bloom got her happy ending. Okay, her marriage might be showing the odd crack, her battleaxe mother-in-law might have come to stay, and she might not be the yummy mummy she'd imagined, but it's nothing a decent night's sleep and a firm commitment to a no-carb diet won't fix. But when Ally returns to work and finds she'll be reporting to a 22-year-old airhead, she decides to turn her back on life as a professional fashionista and embrace her inner earth mama instead. So it's out with the Louboutins and champagne and in with the sensible flats and coffee mornings with the Mummy Mafia. From attending her first grown-up dinner party only to discover that placenta is top of the menu to controlling her monster crush on local playgroup hottie Cameron, Ally must find her feet in the brave new world of the stay-at-home mum.
Download or read book Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber written by Adele Lang and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping a financial diary after her work-related tax claims are questioned, Katya documents actions of her cruel boss, her suffering at the hands of enemies and bad restaurants, and the challenges of her love life.
Download or read book The Adventures and Confessions of an American Drama Queen in Turkey written by Barbara A. Lawrence and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in modern day Turkey this is the true story of a woman who, after taking stock of her life, asked the proverbial question, "Is that all there is?" She had a devoted husband, a comfortable lifestyle in an upscale suburb of a Midwestern town, a bevy of close friends and a stellar career as an educator. She and her husband spent their holidays jetting around the world to exotic locations. She was respected and loved in her community. Yet, none of this was enough. In the midst of a crowded room, she felt alone. She was haunted by the fear that she was never good enough. She needed the constant rush of adrenaline that comes from living on the edge. After feeling that she had exhausted all of the possibilities that her Midwestern setting provided for this, she decided to accept a teaching position in southeastern Turkey and signed a two year contract. Little did she know that this decision would end up altering the course of her life forever . It describes in exquisite detail many of the startling differences she encountered as she attempted to assimilate into the Turkish culture It's a humorous, compelling, and heart-wrenching true story about one woman's struggle to finally find happiness and fulfillment.
Download or read book Body Talk written by Nancy N. Rue and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge is power, girlfriend. One day you were a happy-go-lucky kid, and the next—wham! Your emotions are out of control, hair is growing where it never dared grow before, and your best friend whispers to you in gym class that you need to start wearing some kind of torture contraption she calls a bra. What is going on? Body Talk gives you the lowdown on all the really weird body stuff—and shows you how all this weird stuff is actually a part of God’s plan for the beautiful, confident, grown-up you!
Download or read book I AM FINALLY FIGURING IT OUT written by Rachna L and published by kitab writing publication. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is like therapy, but cheaper and with more laughs." – (Fictional) Reader, Probably Still Wearing Pajamas We traded cubicles for kitchen counters, high fives for elbow bumps, and sanity for sourdough starters. But fear not, brave survivors! This book is your survival guide to the "new normal," a hilarious handbook filled with tips on navigating masked smiles, virtual happy hours, and the constant battle cry, "Is anyone actually paying attention?" With relatable anecdotes and enough humor to disinfect your funny bone, this is the book that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even unmute your mic to say, "Can someone please explain what just happened?" "This book is the perfect antidote to post-apocalyptic blues." - The Procrastination Fairy P.S. This book comes with a free (virtual) hug and a lifetime supply of internet memes. Just kidding...sort of.!
Download or read book Confessions of a Guide Dog written by Musket and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what a guide dog does? How do they know to lead a blind owner? Can they understand traffic lights? Most importantly, how does the owner know where to pick up the poop? This memoir answers these questionsand more. It tells what guide dogs are supposed to do. Theyre smart, loyal and well-trainedbut not all dogs are created alike. Musket is proof of that. Hes definitely got a thing for treats and belly rubs. For the first time, the dog has his say. (Of course he needed a little help with the typing, since he doesnt have opposable thumbs. Thats where author Mark Carlson came in. Still, Musket is the brains of the outfit.) Mark and Musket tell their story with humor, emotion, and Muskets occasional contradictions. And at the end of the day, Musket somehow manages to be a great guide dog too. Confessions of a Guide Dog was written so a wonderful, devoted dog could reach out to those who havent been lucky enough to meet him. Hell make you smile, laugh, cry, and want to give him treats. This is their story. (And theyre sticking to it.)
Download or read book Confessions of a Party Crasher written by Holly Jacobs and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sneaking in is the easy part. But living it down is tough… One corporate pink slip and Morgan Miller is back in Pittsburgh bunking with her mother. But when Morgan agrees to attend a posh wedding reception for fabulous "Penny and Sam," she's appalled to learn her invitation is far from legitimate. Though her friends agree that party crashing is a superlative way to meet men, Morgan's life is becoming completely unmanageable. Wedding photographer Conner Danning keeps shooting her swoon-worthy glances and Morgan's ex is trying to de-ex himself. She can't wait to run home to San Diego…but maybe living life as an "unofficial guest" is better than facing a B-list existence alone.
