The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

I lost that first pound! One down, 19 to go! Join us here at the warehouse on Thursday at 6 PM for Vicki Escarra's presentation and a bowl of chili and you will see for yourself that I am one pound lighter. Just joking of course. About the pound. Not the program. Or the chili!

January 5th and the DIET begins. I have pledged 20 pounds to the Pound for Pound Challenge at www.pfpchallenge.com . I will begin by using the Food Pyramid website – or attempting to. I logged on to www.mypyramid.gov and clicked on the Tracker option. I had to log in with a user name and password. That allows me to list all the foods I have eaten in a day’s time, the amount of exercise and calculate a bunch of stuff.

The holidays are bearing down on us with all the goodies, the big meals, the extra pounds gaining ground. We are all very close to the next step - losing all that weight we gained! That usually comes with a New Years resolution. Well we have a BIG help that might give you the motivation and inspiration to follow through.

For every pound you lose, General Mills will donate 10¢ to Feeding America™ - enough to provide one pound of groceries to a local food bank - including Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana.

While we’re waiting on the economy to find its footing there is one thing all of us still have to do and that’s eat. And by enlarge most of us are looking for ways to stretch out our food budgets. This recipe is not only very economical it’s very tasty and it goes a long way.

This is a test blog. If I were giving a speech, I would step up to the mic, tap it, and say "Is this thing on?" My wife suggested that I post a recipe for pumpkin fudge that was in today's Indy Star. Here we go.

1/2 cup of canned pumpkin
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
5 oz. can of evaporated milk
7 oz. jar of marshmallow cream

Okay. I can't go on. My gag reflex has imposed it's will on my fingers.

If this thing is on... I will post something of great interest tomorrow.