Finding The Gluttony Trigger

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I’ve reference my stress-eating a lot around here. However, I had a revelation last night. It’s not stress exactly. I was thinking about show weeks of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ last night as I was stress eating. Those weeks were TOTALLY STRESSFUL but I wasn’t binging every night. It was controlled stress. As in, there was a HUGE amount of things that... Read More

Applebee’s French Fries are EVIL

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I actually did really well eating on our trip. Traveling is one of those stimuli that tend to make people struggling with weight loss or health lose all willpower. New irresistible food! Difficulty find means to exercise! Busy schedules! All of these things combine to make it very difficult to stay on any healthy path while you’re on the road. BUT I DID IT! I ate well! I... Read More

Mmmm…Shredded Cheese…

We have a BIG EVENT in the theater department tonight. It’s a performance and a BBQ dinner and I’ve been stressing about this for about a week. Not that there’s really much for me to do before today, but that doesn’t stop me from stressing. And we all know what Kim does when she’s stressed, right? EATS EVERYTHING EVEN REMOTELY EDIBLE. I hate this because... Read More

Sleep Is UNDERrated.

So, I developed this new AWESOME trait some time in the recent years. It’s the Exhaustion Headache. I’ve been prone to random headaches that no medicine will cure for awhile, but last spring during Beauty and the Beast I realized it was related to consistent sleep deprivation. Once I caught up on my sleep? They would go away. But before that? NOTHING. Not even prescription... Read More

This Wagon Needs Seatbelts.

You know how I started finally losing some weight when I approached my eating/binging like I did when I quit smoking a million years ago? Well. Let’s just say I stopped by the store on the way home from work and bought a pack of smokes. NOT REALLY. Figuratively. As it relates to my eating habits. And for anyone who has tried to quit an addictive behavior, you know how HARD... Read More

Hi. I’m Kim.

This is my blog that I've been writing on since January, 2004. I call myself Zoot as it's a derivative of an old childhood nickname. I used to write about my struggles to have children, but eventually I succeeded and now, I write a lot about those kids. I don't use my kid's exact names simply because if someone Googles their very unique names in the future, I don't want them stumbling upon my entries about boobsweat. I mean, would you hire someone whose Mom writes openly about such topics? NO. YOU WOULD NOT.

I love taking pictures and carry my camera (almost) everywhere I go. This means you'll see a lot of photos on this site. I also periodically post recipes I like as I've been slowly (but surely) learning to cook and I like to share my discoveries. Finally? I'm an annoying pop culture fanatic so I'll periodically ramble about Hunger Games or the latest Parks and Recreation.

I hope you like it here. If not? Please don't tell me. I cry easily.
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