Love Shack Nonsense

Fructose Is NOT Sugar...hence the name Fructose!

Hey Biggest Losers...are any of you watching this propaganda on TV?

Well...if you are...I do hope that you are all aware of the fact that it is produced by the corn-syrup industry.  It's part of their "Get The Facts About High Fructose Corn Syrup" campaign under the entity of The Corn Refiners Association where they use farmers, parents and professionals to back up their claims that Fructose and Sugar are the same.  It's almost as bad as the first soda commercials showing babies being fed soda directly from the 7up and Coca-Cola bottles they are also getting the last laugh on us because some of us are considered to be part of The Biggest Losers...(see third video ;)

Note: if you are reading this inside a reader or email and you cannot see the videos then please open up this post here.

Fructose turns into fat much faster and more efficiently than other sugars...if you want all of the scientific facts to prove this point then just watch and listen {some of the stuff was way over my head but I still listened to the entire video ;} Basically he explains HOW The metabolic effects of a calorie from fructose are completely different from a calorie from other nutrients, including other sugars, and these metabolic differences explain its devastating health effects.

"The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective" by Robert Lustig, MD from Ancestry on Vimeo.

I {Heart} Faces Photo Challenge: Hands

Welcome to the iheartfaces photo challenge! Our challenges are open for entries on Mon & Tues (until 9:00 pm CST). To be considered as a winner of this week’s challenge, you can only have ONE photo in your entry and must include the I Heart Faces logo to your blog post or Flickr page in the comments.

 This week’s theme is “Raise Your Hands!” Read about more details here. 

This is one of my favorite pictures from my Week in the Life project this summer when DH and I were on the road quite alot!  I'm always appreciative of the fact that DH likes to do the driving while I relax and read along the way.  Through-out our travels we are always reaching out for each others hands for a simple squeeze to show our affection...so I made a point of capturing it for my WITL project.  Holding hands is big for us...we always walk hand in hand as well...that is until one of us starts having sweaty palms ;}

How about you...how do you and your loved one demonstrate your affections?

Fondly, Roberta

Faith Jam: Finding the One...

It's the month of classic June weddings and a reader asked Bonnie "how she met her husband?"...so this week, in the spirit of encouragement, Bonnie is asking us to share on the topic of "Finding the One".

Well...our story is what I consider the "new classic" love story because it entails all the trappings of a modern day life...previously married man and woman, carrying kids and tons of baggage...that was almost 20 years ago!

Over the years, when people first get to know us, they are always asking..."how long have you two been married?"   Then when they find out really how long...they are shocked and usually they tell us it's because we still act like newlyweds.  AND not because we are hanging all over each other...making public displays of affection...it's because we both still "light up" when we talk to one another on the phone or when the other walks into the room.  Also, they soon learn, that we are genuine when we tell them that we do not care about spending time apart from each other.  Living and working together, day-in and day-out, here at the Love Shack for the past 18 months has been a testament to that...lol

The Passion Test...Bobbi's Cliff Notes

Over the last week I have been very distracted by the video series that accompanies this book and that is offered to anyone free...simply by subscribing to Chris and Janet Bray Attwood's site here.  It has sucked me in so much so that I've watched all FIVE videos and have already participated in one free facilitator's phone call.  AND...I've already ordered the book and it is on it's way to the Love Shack ;)

Now that we have downsized, I'm out of work and my kids no longer need me...I'm clearly lost!  I'm sure that I'm not the only blogging, empty nester (or anyone else whom is going through a big change in their lives ;) who feels this way...please tell me it isn't so???

Anyhow...I'm really not sure how I learned about Janet and Chris...but I suspect that it was through one of the many blogs or sites that I subscribe to.  Call it the Law of Attraction, divine intent, karma or whatever you are comfortable with...I am just glad that I found it ;) 

The original book came out around 2006 and I'm sure that I saw it many times on the shelves when I was in the bookstores but it just never appealed to me until now.  AND to be quite honest...I don't know if I would have been interested even now if it were not for watching the first video with Janet...she had me at the first question...

"How many of you have ever been in a job that you just couldn't stand?  That you just hated?  That you just failed miserably at?  That you weren't making in money at? That you thought that if you didn't get out of there you would go arggggggg?  Raise you hands!!!"