Shannon Costello

I generally forget to consider the detrimental affects of empty calories on one’s health, but the reading I have done about them raises painful questions. I will say that here I am primarily concerned with junk food.
During the course of one week at school I ate, among other things,
one package of peanut-butter m&ms- [...]

Unfortuntately I cannot afford to relax my vigilence in this area as much as I have, particularly since the only way I lose any weight is by training for a marathon. I am characterized by very spotty self-control (subject to be covered in a future post).
As always, Kiki’s questions inspire my posts.
I watched [...]

The decision to follow Jesus should not result in greater adherence to a set of rules, but in a reshaping of one’s thought patterns, the adoption of a new set of attitudes, an entire change of direction in one’s way of life. For that reason this post would be incomplete if I only [...]

Hello, my name is Shannon and I eat too much!
I am defining “petty gluttony” as overeating which may lead to a weight gain of up to 25 pounds over the ideal weight (whatever that may be). A petty glutton is one who regularly engages in petty gluttony.
It is hard for [...]