Tag: weight loss

• The Big One

  It’s my birthday. Not just any birthday, either. It’s the big one. The big 6-0. As in, senior citizen discount at some places. As in AARP stuff in the mail EVERY SINGLE DAY. I had a great day. My classroom was decorated with streamers, lots of little goodies and treats found their way to my…

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  October 11, 2016

  Essay

  big 6-0, birthday, blood sugar, carbohydrates, diet, fitness, health, Mark Twain, Puerto Rico, sixty, teaching, weight loss

• Scared Skinnier

  Almost a year ago, on May 18, 2015, I visited a new medical practice to have an initial consultation as my internist was in the process of retiring. I asked the mother of one of my students, married to a doctor, for recommendations from him of doctors with offices near the school where I teach.…

  michardillo

  March 27, 2016

  Essay

  blood sugar, cardiac bypass, cholesterol, diet, health, low-carb, triglycerides, type 2 diabetes, weight loss

• When Best Friends Become Enemies

  In April I flew home to Louisiana to help my brothers with my dad, who had been in and out of the hospital and nursing home due to his worsening heart conditions. After we worked through all of the issues with bringing him home to my brother Tommy’s house, I was able to cook a…

  michardillo

  October 11, 2015

  Essay

  Belgian restaurant, Cajun, carbohydrates, cardiac stress test, cardiologist, echocardiogram, frites, health plan, moules, pasta, potatoes, rice, starch, Veggetti, weight loss