Health Expert T. G. Bennett shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/902491/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/902491/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/902491/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/150979/saddle Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:16:00 -0400 T. G. Bennett I feel like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans when it comes to dieting. In other words, I'm back in the saddle again. It happened oddly -- I guess tragedy got me here -- to the point where I am exercising and eating well just to relieve stress, improve my quality of life as well as prolong my life.   If you've been following my story you know by now my mother was diagnosed with stage IV terminal breast cancer. Its everywhere. I'm scared. Everytime... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/150979/saddle http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/134407/resolution Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:23:00 -0400 T. G. Bennett So I'm facing a big life changing --finally grow up and be an adult decision. And because I'm having some trepidation about said decision, I fell off the proverbial food truck this weekend. Remember, my food issues are linked to my emotions and level of stress ala Oprah Winfrey.   Now, here's what I did, er.. ate. I decided that I would nest and I went to Eastern Market to get lump crabmeat and wound up with a hand basket that included... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/134407/resolution http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/134286/resolution Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:24:00 -0400 T. G. Bennett Today I was running behind schedule on the way into work. I worried whether I’d make my 8 a.m. editorial meeting and then I noticed young man who was very edgy, hip and urban standing on the subway calmly fashioning a beautiful white origami bird. I was struck by the contrast. Clad in leather jacket and black jeans, disheveled hair and ebony skin, how this person, so methodical in his folding of the paper, indifferent to the sights,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/134286/resolution http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/133432/sideline Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:02:00 -0400 T. G. Bennett I've recenty been really busy at work, I'm working on another book but haven't really had the time to devote to that project fully because I'm perpetually in motion.  My writing at work -- that's what I do, seems to have eclipsed my writing books -- that's not really a great thing because I usually write one book per year and now I'm behind. Recession. That's what I attribute the lack of a completed mansucript to -- the bad economy. Thank's... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/133432/sideline http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/133223/resolution Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:28:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett So I kind of fell of the healthy wagon. Good news is... I didn't gain any weight and my clothes are actually fitting more loosely and the only thing I can attribute this "That's Incredible" phenomanon to is stress. I'm writing, managing a newspaper, editing, shooting and my hair is getting really frizzy from all of this activity.  Recession you know. Alas, so I agreed to house-sit for a rather cute pup and the pup's mom had the greatest... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/133223/resolution http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/129101/skinnettes Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:04:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett Ok so I went to an Army Vs. Navy Game viewing party at the U.S. Navy Memorial.  Can I tell you this party was a hoot and a holler, (Navy whipped Army,) but for someone trying to lose weight it was both demoralizing and dangerous.   How can a fun event be demoralizing? One word or in this case two: Redskins Cheerleaders.   They're super-fit and super thin. Here I was, walking around with my newly straightened hair and I was... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/129101/skinnettes http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/129102/examining Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:16:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett Thursday morning during rush hour I was on the train the doors were about to close and I saw a blind woman, cane in hand run for a catch the train before the doors shut.   I thought to myself, I am fully sighted and I would have just let the train pull away. What is it about me that is not as physically motivated as I should be?  Is this genetic, is it learned behavior or was I socialized to prefer the slow walk to the hard run,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/129102/examining http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/128488/resolution Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:34:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett   By Tracey Gold Bennett Today I was given a yet another prescription for GERD. As I stood in the line to fill the prescription I thought, you know I'd really rather have sushi. I got out of line and decided to get the sushi and fill my prescription for Omeprazole tonight at the local Wally World which really isn't close to where I live but I'll save 6 bucks.   Gerd got the best of me during my stay in the South. There's one... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/128488/resolution http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/125250/rebounding Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:41:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett Ok so as you might imagine, I'm back again on the weightloss bandwagon. But here's the good news. I'm doing pretty well even without putting a lot of effort into the process. Here's why -- I'm heck-a-busy with work. I've been a writer for a very very long time and I don't quite ever remember (even with deadly deadline pressure in a television newsroom) working quite so hard! I'm shooting, writing and putting the paper together. Egad! What has... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/125250/rebounding http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/120939/resolution Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:09:00 -0500 T. G. Bennett I'm getting prepared to leave the South and go back to the District of Columbia. So after having been indoctrinated into the Eastern Carolinian culture (fried food, biscuits and preserves,) I'm wondering am I a Carolinian or am I a Washingtonian?   This is a huge arguement in my family. Here's why: Born a Carolinian (by accident, my mother was visiting her mother in North Carolina and I was born) but never raised in NC, I've... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/902491/120939/resolution