I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!

This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.

It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.

Filed under 'diet'

August 8, 2009

Caffeine and Calories

A helpful chart for the dieting coffee-fiend.

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January 2, 2008

Reason Magazine - Secrets of Weight Loss Revealed!

Further fuel for my belief that diets are a shitty way to lose weight, and sensible long-term life changes are the only way to do it correctly. (Not for nothing have I gained 30lbs since starting driving to work each day, instead of having to walk a mile to the T stop)

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June 20, 2007

alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

I saw a huge display of “alli” is CVS the other night, and most of these thoughts ran through my head. I remember when Xenical first came out, and I heard the phrase “fecal urgency” for the first time.

May 1, 2006

Creating Passionate Users: The strangest, easiest way to lose weight

Kathy Sierra promotes the “Shangri-La Diet”. The skeptic in me believes that this is, of course, complete bobbins — extra light olive snake oil, if you will — but I’m still curious to try it.

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About This Site

This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.