My friend invited me out to dinner to announce she would be going on a diet. The irony is not lost on me; such an announcement might be better made on a jogging trail or at the gym. That she picked the deadliest of places, a certain Italian restaurant chain, also was puzzling. The place where dinners easily stretch past 1,100 calories (a whole day's worth) and are not, in my opinion, very tasty. Yet she was very excited as she simultaneously declared she intended to lose massive amounts of weight and that the minestrone was about 300 calories less than the salad. So this week’s Patch Takes It…

The fox, he must commit to one target. If he chases two rabbits, they both will escape. So the saying goes. Me, I have lost count of how many rabbits I am figuratively chasing, in regard to my health goals. I am trying to lose weight and get stronger and run again and become more agile and be a faster skater and boy that is a lot of stuff off the top of my head. And invariably as I head off to capture these rabbits they all scamper away and I decide to have a piece of cake for breakfast and here we go again with all the dang rabbits. So I decided, in my infinite wisdom, that each week will …

Goals. If you work hard, you can achieve them. Victory is yours! You put in the time, the energy, the work, and thereafter you find yourself on the finish line. Goal: achieved. My goals and I, we’ve had success. Goal: earn a college degree. Yep, Rutgers Class of 2007. Victory! Goal over. Some goals, however, I seem to achieve over and over again. Mainly, the goal of losing weight. I tell myself: “self, we are going to drop some of this weight.” And what do you know, after putting in the time, the energy, the work, I find myself on the finish line. Weight loss goal: achieved. The problem is, …