Great Bulgarian Diet and Fitness Weight-loss Plan

You have heard of the South Beach Diet. I’m sure somewhere there is a North Beach Diet. In Arizona we have the No Beach Diet. But I have found one weight-loss program that works even better. I call it the Great Bulgarian Diet and Fitness Weight-loss Plan (patent pending). It works like this:

Fitness Program: Five days a week walk one mile to class and each afternoon walk home one mile. For extra points walk back into town in the evening for a Coke date with your favorite Chica and of course walk home again. Each Saturday walk at least four miles bird watching and main street cruising with the afore-mentioned Chica. On Sundays, repeat or add in an extra five miles of mountain hiking.

Diet Program: For breakfast, enjoy one croissant and a Diet Coke. For both lunch and dinner, 70% of food intake should be tomato and cucumber salad with small amounts of oil, parsley, and feta cheese. The remainder of lunch and dinner should be strange tasting unfamiliar food with lots of heavily spiced ground pork. By avoiding all familiar or comfort food, one will naturally restrict themselves to very small portions. Evening meals should include one half liter of beer or a generous shot of homemade brandy. Garnish this diet with a minimum of four ice cream bars per week.

Guaranteed Results: As I can personally attest, this program will generate a weight loss of 12 pounds in only two months. Try it. It works!

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Breaking news: The hot weather of August and the very warm weather of early September has suddenly broken. As late as last Thursday the temperature was 87 degrees. Today, Tuesday, the high was 68 with light rain and the high for rest of the week is forecast for 59 with lows of 52. Some mountain areas received a dusting of snow today.

Super breaking news: The Peace Corps sent us to Dupnista for a two-day training session for all 27 of us. Guess who actually got to share a hotel room together? It sure beats being a bachelor.

Recent news: Our training group, previously 30, has lost one more member and is now down to 27. The stress of the intensive training, particularly language training, has been hard on a number of our group.

Last month’s news: In late August the Peace Corps evacuated all volunteers and staff from the country of Georgia because of the Russian invasion. That Peace Corps program has been shut down and all volunteers sent home except for a few who wanted to transfer to another country and start a new Peace Corps two-year service. Some of the volunteers had been in Georgia for almost two years but others had only arrived nine weeks before to start their training program.

Yesterday’s breaking news: The Peace Corps evacuated all volunteers and staff from Bolivia because of the unstable political climate there with civil unrest and blockades in parts of the country. For a while some volunteers were trapped and unable to leave their towns because of all of the roadblocks set up by protesters who are opposed to the left-wing president of the country, Eva Morales. I read on the internet that Bolivia just expelled the U.S. ambassador. Because it was becoming unsafe for Americans, the Peace Corps pulled out for the safety of its volunteers. The volunteers have been sent home to America and their service is terminated.