Abracadabra

Made the last visit to my favorite bookstore for 2009. Front and center and just inside the door was a giant table filled with diet books. Frankly, I can't see what's so mysterious about losing weight that we need fourteen gillion different books about it. It's really just simple math.

Calories in minus calories burned equals change in weight. Easy peasy.

What we really need is a magic spell. I have two. Neither works all the time, but they both work some of the time. Here they are.

1. Step away from the _____. Fill in the blank. For me it's black licorice and potato chips.

2. Get your butt off the couch and go_____. This must involve some form of physical activity. Mine is walking.

My problem is I'm generally walking to the car to get more black licorice and potato chips.