The Weekender

Here are my favorite links from the past week!

• This Bon Appetit Food Lover’s Cleanse is my kind of cleanse.

• Corona Extra is technically a gluten-free beer. I’ve heard this before, and I’ve also heard Corona doesn’t want to tout it because they don’t want to alienate anyone. That second part was told to me by a drunk person in St. John…so take that with a grain of salt. Or gluten. Corona Extra is technically a gluten-free beer. I’ve heard this before, and I’ve also heard Corona doesn’t want to tout it because they don’t want to alienate anyone. That second part was told to me by a drunk person in St. John…so take that with a grain of salt. Or gluten.

• Interesting read from the NY Times about a diet and exercise plan to lose weight and gain muscle, since it’s a difficult task to find a plan that “produce[s] hefty amounts of fat loss but diminish[es] any decline in muscle.” Although, “by the end of the month, none of the men wished to continue. This type of extreme calorie cutting combined with intense exercise “is not a sustainable program in the long term,” Dr. Phillips said. “It’s more a kind of boot camp,” he said, manageable in the short term by people who are very committed and generally very healthy.” Okay, I ‘ll stop quoting it – go read it. It’s good.

• 7 Things You Should Delete from Your Phone Right Now. I am always running out of storage…so this was perfect. 🙂

• BOOM, being short pays off. I CAN do a pull-up. But here’s why most women can’t do pull-ups.

• This post made me cry and cry. It’s amazing how much dogs become part of our family. Please send prayers to Brittany and her family.

• I love these ideas on how to make Valentine’s Day more meaningful.

• I’ve only been to one of these must-try restaurants in NC. Must change that.

• I want soup everyday when it’s cold. This soup recipe round-up from my girl Christina was perfect!

Did you read anything espeically good last week? Share links!