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KICK in the TUSH Club™
for light-hearted, low-cal loving, nutritional friendly folks who crave mammoth portions of food-facts, recipes, art and inspiration.
April 18, 2005
Our Lady of Weight Loss ™®
is a division of Oy-Caramba! Ltd.
I adore that pink! It’s the navy blue of India! ~Diana Vreeland
On importation of bright pink silk from India, NY Times 28 March 1962
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Motivational Musings
I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill
A Mini-History
Blueberries - the fruit on a shrub that belongs to the heath family, cousins to cranberries and bilberries as well as azaleas, mountain laurel and rhododendron - are indigenous to North America and have been a part of the American tradition since the days of the Pilgrims. They are in season from mid-April through October, and they range in flavor from mildly sweet to tart .
First known as 'starberries' (there's a star on their bottoms - turn em' over and take a look!), the Native Americans believed that the Great Spirit sent the 'starberries' to Earth to end famine. The Native Americans enjoyed eating fresh blueberries in the summer and dried them for the winter. They used blueberries to make a mean medicine paste. They made blueberry juice and syrup and even blueberry colored paint and dye.
Health Benefits
These unassuming berries are powerful little disease busters and a great source of fiber and nutrients.
Tufts University analyzed over 60 types of fruits and vegetables, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Center studied over 40 different types of fruits and vegetables. In both studies, blueberries came out on top, easily the best source of antioxidants (antioxidants help to prevent cellular damage that can lead to cancer), rating highest in their capacity to destroy free radicals. (For the scientific minded, here's a link to Understanding Free Radicals and Antioxidants.)
Blueberries help to cure diarrhea,
prevent and relieve constipation,
fight infection. They lower cholesterol and (like cranberries) blueberries inhibit urinary tract infections. Blueberries are loaded with Vitamin C, which helps to fight cataracts, and flavonoids, which aid in improved circulation. Their potassium levels maintain fluid balance and keep blood press at normal levels.
Blueberries may even reduce the effects of aging as they improve balance, coordination and short-term memory. (I'll have a bucket, please.)
Household Tip
Want to know how to remove blueberry stains?
Soak the fabric for a long time in sour milk. Rinse and wash in warm water. Good luck!
LINKS:
Buying and Freezing Blueberries
Thinking of growing blueberries in your home garden?
Ted Knight, Take #44, Blueberry Hill wav.
Righteous Recipe ~ Blissful Berry Tortilla
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Skim Milk
Ricotta Cheese
1 tablespoon
Confectioners Sugar
2 Cups
Fresh Blueberries
1 Cup Sliced Strawberries
1
(10 inch) Flour Tortilla
1 teaspoon
Butter, melted
2 teaspoons
Cinnamon Sugar mixture
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Directions:
Preheat broiler. In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese and confectioners sugar; set aside. In another small bowl, combine blueberries and strawberries. Arrange tortilla on a broiler pan; brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Broil about 6 inches from heat source, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Cool slightly. Spread ricotta mixture on the tortilla, top with berry mixture.
Yields two divine portions.
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Fruitful Contest - Which famous early rock 'n roll rhythm and blues star had a hit with the song, "I Found My Thrill On Blueberry Hill?"
RULES: The 63rd to enlighten Our Lady wins an Our Lady of Weight Loss prize! (Sometimes people send in their answers within minutes - even seconds - of each other. Our Lady declares them all winners!)
Write Our Lady.
Last week's Fruitful query: In1506, Leonardo Da Vinci painted a portrait of a woman who is known for her mysterious smile. Name this painting.
Mona Lisa! of course ... and the winners are: Linda, No. Adams. MA. - Amber, Lawrence, KS. - Diana, Etna, CA! Congratulations.
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Chewing the Fat -
How you doin'? Write Our Lady.
If you've written and your letter has not been published, it's probably coming down the pike and will be in next week's KICK or the week after! NOTE: If your letter and/or Weighty Confession and/or Righteous Recipe is published, you will receive an Our Lady of Weight Loss prize! Be sure to send your mailing address with your email.
Forgive me, for I have sinned.
Due to illness, I haven't exercised in months. I recently began walking again - everyday - and lost 3 pounds. To celebrate, I had a Big Mac.
All is Forgiven * Move On.
Send your confession to info@ourladyofweightloss.com.
No Names - Strictly Anonymous
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Dear OLofWL, Please help. My husband and I separated last summer, and I've put on some weight. I have suffered through a few surgeries, (back, neck and knees) - one 2 days before he left. What can I do to get my heart, head, and body to go forward with renewed strength, comfort, and flexibility? I am doing well to walk. I am an art teacher for 450 wonderfully loving K-6 artists. ~ Jan from Dallas, Texas
Dear Jan, I'm so sorry that you've been through such a rough time. My advice would to focus your loving, kind energy on those 450 wonderful K-6 grade kids and yourself! Paint your woes away. Walk a little further every day. Stretch your arms into the spring sky and smile. Onward and upward. We're rootin' for you every step of the way!~ OLofWL PS: We won't speak of the man.
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Dear OLofWL , I hail from a little town in the Berkshires, which is nestled among many mountains. My goal for the new year was to JUST weigh less on the last day of each month. So far so good. I have lost my first 10 pounds, YAHOO!!! I paint ceramics, crochet, sew (in the process of making my daughter a queen/size double wedding ring quilt) and now that the weather is better doing tons of my favorite thing, ‘yard work and gardening’. I love your pictures – they are really cool. ~ Linda D., The Berkshires
Dear Linda, Congratulations on your 10 pound loss! Yahoo, indeed! Please send in some of your work (via email; jpgs) for Our Lady's Community Art Garden. We'd all love to see some of your ceramics and crocheting. The wedding ring quilt sounds terrific. Here's to a busy, happy, weight-loss craft filled spring and summer. Thanks for writing. ~ OLofWL
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Dear OLofWL, I've taken up knitting again and have lost 6 pounds so far. ~ Andrea, Jerome, MI
Dear Andrea, Bravo! Fantastico and Congratulations! ~ OLofWL
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 Our Lady's Community Art Garden - A virtual place for you to create, be happy, feel joy and flourish. Send in your poems, photos, art, crocheted socks that have holes in them - and your children's too!
For the KiTT* Community - a place to share and grow.
Current exhibition: Little Green Trike
by Gwen Card, Southern Ontario.
Although I am still struggling with the pounds, I have finally gotten back to some daily exercise – treadmill/resistance training and of course, the daily walks with the canine kids. On that note, I was thinking of how much fun it was to “exercise” when we were kids, although we called it playing back then. I had so much fun painting this “Little Green Trike” in fun, happy colours to help keep me motivated – a colourful reminder of the fun in exercising! ~ Gwen Card, Southern Ontario
Want to share your creative side? Community Art Garden
*KiTT - KICK in the TUSH Club
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 The Art of Weight Loss Workshops
Six Week Workshop ~
Gain insight into your inner Weight Loss Artist ™ while steadily shedding pounds.
When it comes to permanent fat removal, thinking outside of the donut box is key! Next six week workshop forming now.
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Become a certified Weight Loss Artist™ - at home program. From prayer pillows to weight loss trading cards - you're gonna' have a blast!
Weight Loss Artist™ Testimony ~
"I received the Weight Loss Artist Certificate program package. How wonderful the stuff is and the projects as well. I will lose the weight I need to. I'm going to have so much fun doing this! - Kate, Saint Paul, Minnesota
"The Weight Loss Artist package arrived and made me so happy. I received it on Wednesday but didn't have a chance to open it until last night. I mostly just took out the stuff and looked at it and touched it. It's like having a package full of possibilities. Everything looked so neat and exciting. AND when I woke up this morning I had lost a pound. Weight Loss Artist indeed!" - Mary, Brooklyn, New York
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Volume II, KICK #16™©
Janice Taylor
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