Andrea Dietrich's Blog
 Andrea Dietrich grew up in Iowa and now resides in Utah with a spouse and two cats. She has two grown children and three grandchildren. Having graduated BYU with a Spanish major/ESL minor, she has spent most of her adult life teaching. It wasn't until 2000 that she began writing in earnest and discovering her "niche" as a writer of lyrical poetry. The internet opened up a new world for her, and she has spent nearly a decade now participating in poetry clubs, acting as a judge of poetry contests for various magazines and for the website Shadow Poetry, and also, entering poetry contests herself. Ms. Dietrich has won numerous awards, as well as the title Poet of the Year 2008, from the Yahoo group, Poetry For Thought. In addition, she has won prizes from the magazines Lucidity, Bell's Letters, Art with Words, Poets at Work and SP Quill, the magazine for which she wrote grammar and poetry articles as well as movie reviews and for which she acted as poetry editor for the head editor Marie Summers for six years. Many of her poems have appeared in Shadows Ink, a yearly published series of chapbooks of award winning poetry as well as in numerous other anthologies. Her short stories appeared in many issues of SP Quill and much of her poetry is published in eight chapbooks (the most recent one soon to be published is called Prosies), which can be purchased at Shadowpoetry.com.
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Most Recent Blog Post
What Did You Have For Lunch?
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Blog Posted:11/15/2012 3:25:00 PM
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Well, since I am big on FOOD, and since I have not blogged in a while, I thought I'd ask you guys: what did you have for lunch today?
This brings me to the reason I brought it up. For the past few years I have put on a little weight and it has really bothered me. I exercise just as much as before. and as for eating, I even cut my calories, but nothing was working. Then in my spin class two weeks ago, the teacher there was discussing with us a good way to lose weight, especially after age 50,when our metabolism slows down. Here is what he told me:
To turn your body into a more efficient fuel burning "machine" there is a very simple technique. I have been doing this for over two weeks now, and though I am afraid of scales (Have not stood on one for ages) I think I can tell from the way my clothes fit me, that I am losing some weight. You have to do the following things:
1. Eat first thing when you wake up, some nutritious breakfast to get your body in gear.
2. EAt small snacks every two or three hours. It is better to eat lots of small meals than three big ones per day. But don'T worry about what you eat. Just eat within reason. If you feel like a burger, just have a burger. and you can add fries, just take it easy on them!
3. After 3 p.m is a very important step. Do NOT eat anything else that is questionable food. Eat CLEAN. that means to eat unprocessed foods, natural foods and good protein (lean chicken and beef, fish ,eggs and good cheese, NOT valveeta or cream cheese or processed cheese)
4. THREE hours before you go to bed, STOP eating. This way, by allowing your body a lot of time to perform its function of burning the calories you put into it earlier in the day, your body will become more efficient at what it does. I am a night owl, so I can eat until 9 p.m!!! and I usually snack on sunflower seeds before 9.
That's all there is to it. No fancy diet. Just remember to eat what you want (within reason) during the day and EAT CLEAN after 3. And don"T eat at all 3 hours before bed. Also, eat as soon as you can upon rising in the morning.
BY the WAY, today here was my wonderful lunch: from Smith's Deli section: a tuna croissant sandwich with a few onion rings and a few tiny taquitos and cream cheese peppers! YUM. So what did YOU have?
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/22/2013 | church tryst | Senryu | sensual, |
| 5/21/2013 | A Sonnet For Eduardo | Sonnet | lost love, |
| 5/20/2013 | Dreaming Into the Day | Couplet | dream,love, |
| 5/18/2013 | Where the Wind Blows | Quatrain | wind, |
| 5/17/2013 | In the Mood | Haiku | romance, |
| 5/15/2013 | A Time of Change | Rhyme | change, |
| 5/13/2013 | The Magic Guitarist | Quatrain | music, |
| 5/12/2013 | Melancholy Memory | Verse | dad,memory, |
| 5/11/2013 | A Five Minute Poem | Limerick | write, |
| 5/9/2013 | Reflections of You | Quatrain | blue,longing, |
| 5/8/2013 | The Vow of Abuse | Sonnet | abuse, |
| 5/7/2013 | Jazz for Razz | Rhyme | cat, |
| 5/5/2013 | plucking grapes along the lane | Haiku | sister, |
| 5/3/2013 | Violet, My Adored | Free verse (vers libre) | color, |
| 5/2/2013 | Typewriter | Sonnet | life, |
| 4/30/2013 | A Ripple In Time | Sonnet | happiness,time, |
| 4/28/2013 | the rank scent of bear | Haiku | animal, |
| 4/28/2013 | pink cherry blossoms | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/25/2013 | Food Inglorious Food | Couplet | food, |
| 4/22/2013 | I Just Found Out | Couplet | humor,pets, |
| 4/21/2013 | From Above The Lost City | Tanka | city, |
| 4/19/2013 | In the Meadow | Prose Poetry | lost love, |
| 4/19/2013 | Moon | Triolet | moon, |
| 4/17/2013 | A Hug for the Bug | Quintain (English) | insect, |
| 4/15/2013 | Belles on the Lake | Tanka | beauty, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| The Stone | Elegy | death,love, |
| A Winter Night | Lyric | imagination,nature, |
| Violin | Personification | death,love,sadworld,rose, |
| Just wait and see | Free verse (vers libre) | nature,science,space, |
| My White Lace Tablecloth | Narrative | family,forgiveness,friend |
| A LIMERICK CHRISTMAS THREE (3) . | Limerick | funny,seasons,thank you,c |
| ALWAYS MOTHERS DAY | Rhyme | funny,mother,thank you,me |
| A Pirate Jay | Light Poetry | animals, |
| Divine Splendor | Blank verse | introspection,nature,scie |
| BROTHER - BILLY | Narrative | brother,childhood,family, |
| Umbrella | Personification | confusion,devotion,life,l |
| You played me | Personification | confusion,imagination,mus |
| Concept of Time | Free verse (vers libre) | nature |
| JINGLE | Free verse (vers libre) | funny,life,music |
| AN EVER-CHANGING UNIVERSE | Narrative | mysterylight,light, |
| TRANSCENDENCE | Tanka | fantasy,imagination,natur |
| My Partner, my Life | Free verse (vers libre) | husband,loveme, |
| Spaces .... The Earth Moved ..... | Imagism | love |
| December Sun . | Rhyme | naturewinter,sun,winter, |
| A Whisper on the Wind | Free verse (vers libre) | nature |
| Footsteps | Free verse (vers libre) | fatherme,me, |
| If ever | Free verse (vers libre) | love |
| Dreams like Light-Waves | Prose Poetry | imaginationautumn, |
| A fantsy world | Haiku | |
| Borrowed Sweetness | Senryu | girlfriend-boyfriend |
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