FAT-BLOGGING: I guess it’s the time of year, but there’s always lots of interest when I put up a diet or fat-related post.

I will say that I tried the Shangri-La Diet as an experiment back when we did our podcast with Seth Roberts, and absolutely nothing happened. Of course, it’s supposed to work better the more overweight you are, and I’m not overweight — except on the lame BMI scale, which doesn’t really work for people who lift weights — so I suppose it’s possible that it lives up to the hype elsewhere.

In my experience, though, the only real weight-loss plan that works is eat less and exercise more. But nobody wants to do that . . . .