twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

  • The South Beach Diet
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The South Beach Diet

    There's something about names and titles of things that grab our attention and that is the first enticement of The South Beach Diet. South Beach? Woo-hoo! So, yes, I admit it, I love Miami, love South Beach, and wanted to try the diet with the hot name.

  • Weight Watchers
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Weight Watchers

    What one person will love and declare the greatest new diet lifestyle of all time may be seriously lacking for someone else on the diet bandwagon.  I found this to be true when I began doing research last year for my series of articles on dieting in America.

  • The Calorie Restrictive Lifestyle
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The Calorie Restrictive Lifestyle

    The first few days on the calorie restricted diet were the hardest for me. There was the necessary math to learn; how many calories, fats, carbs, etc., I was allowed to consume. Since my regular diet allows more protein, even with all the vegetables and fruits I was eating, by day 3 I was feeling a bit light-headed and very hungry.

  • Possible Side Effects May Include Sudden Death
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Possible Side Effects May Include Sudden Death

    Now I realize that all products, even baby aspirin are required to carry warnings, but still some of the drugs seem to have warnings on their labels that make a person have to choose between feeling better or being dead.

  • Women and Guns
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Women and Guns

    To me, guns equal damage or death, but I may be one of the few women who feels that way. More women than ever are buying handguns. Sales have increased steadily, nearly doubling in the last decade. Almost five million more women now own guns than was the case less than ten years ago.

  • Is It Okay to Be (Positively) Selfish?
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Is It Okay to Be (Positively) Selfish?

    Face it; if you’re in a good place with your own life, you are in a better emotional and physical position to be helpful to others.

  • Fa-La-La-La-Humbug
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Fa-La-La-La-Humbug

    "What’s Christmas-time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer, a time for balancing your books and having every item in them a round dozen of months presented dead against you." -Ebenezer Scrooge

  • A Holiday Poem: Twas the Morn’ of Thanksgiving
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    A Holiday Poem: Twas the Morn’ of Thanksgiving

    Where oh where is that husband of mine?/Has he found a turkey, are we gong to dine?/At exactly 3:30, Alan comes through the door,/With two other people! He's brought two guests more?!

  • Why Do We Celebrate the Duggars?
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    Why Do We Celebrate the Duggars?

    Exactly what is the QuiverFull movement? It is a male-dominated, fundamentalist, pro-natalist theology. Shunning all forms of birth control, QuiverFull women accept as many children as, they say, "God gives us."

  • Sometimes It Pays to Be a Bitch
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Sometimes It Pays to Be a Bitch

    Actually, the word bitch can be traced way back to Elizabeth I of England. Incensed by her rejection of his marriage proposal, King Philip II of Spain called her “a power-sated bitch.”  He was further humiliated when his Spanish Armada was soundly trounced by the petite queen’s navy.