It’s a beautiful day for a drive and I haven’t visited the Diet Blogs for a couple of weeks.

Over at The Road to Reduction, Reallytobig is contemplating the ravages of summer (I think that on the whole, he did better than me.) He’s also got a couple of interesting posts on obesity — as a social norm and as a public health issue (in Great Britain and various states here in the U.S.)

Born Squishy has kept me busy all week with his posts — with 10 articles just this week and all of it interesting and valuable. A recipe (Enchilada Lasagna), a discussion about the effect of great weight on our knees, another about the question of an “All Natural” 7Up — and whether there could possibly be such a thing. He’s also covering the lighter side of life with birthdays, vacations and to-do lists. Squishy, like my dad, subscribes to MensHealth (I said that before I remembered about the online component — maybe he doesn’t actually subscribe?) and several of his stories get their inspiration from that periodical. Anyway, if you’re looking for a health-oriented blog that has something new virtually everyday Born Squishy is the place for you.

Fitness Mantra is looking at climbing obesity rates and the ineffectiveness of starvation as a diet technique.

At Healthhacker we learn Jack LaLanne’s secret, some of the risks of Gastric Bypass Surgery and how even slight weight issues can cause trouble.

And the Diet Detective Investigations has an excellent article asking about Dieting Skills. Which seems to be his term for what I call Dieting Tools, he’s talking about such things as Journalling, cooking and sports. His sight is crammed with interesting articles and stories. I spend a lot of time there every week.

Every week I make it a little farther into the blogrolls of these exciting sites. I’ll continue to add links to our blogroll here as I become familiar with those new (to me) sites. And if you spot a site that you think would be of interest to our visitors, please let me know — I’d love to check them out.