Trying to lose weight? Eat white flour sparingly. Living downstairs from Shanon Thomas, contestant on The Biggest Loser? Best to keep carbs out of the house altogether.

The newest weight-loss reality TV star, one half of the Pink Team, was charged with domestic violence after becoming angry with a man who lived in her basement and attacking him ... by throwing flour in his face. She's now out on bond and her "friend" has moved out.

Flour as a weapon? I suppose that's a new use for that all that white flour she's got to get rid of after learning about whole grains on The Biggest Loser. Suddenly, this season seems a lot more interesting....

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One Small Step is our attempt to show you all how easy it can be to improve your health, and the health of the planet. Each week, we'll take one more little step and encourage you to take it with us. This week, I've finally agreed to listen to my husband and:

Get ultra-local.

Yes, I love the concept of the Eat Local Challenge, but this isn't just eating -- it's drinking coffee, and going to the dentist, and buying my favorite books. I guess you could call it "shop local." So today, when I went to get my hair cut, I didn't go downtown to the chic Aveda stylist where I got my hair done for my wedding (and the one who usually cuts my hair oh so well). Instead, I went to the corner barbershop -- literally, on the corner two blocks from my house. No energy was expended in getting there, and Tammy (along with "Bip", her partner) lives in the neighborhood. She gets her coffee at my favorite coffee shop -- she's about as local as you can get.

It was my husband's idea. I'd been encouraging him to go to the dentist about a mile up the street, instead of the one several miles away we'd been seeing; we've heard such great things. He went even further.