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Beating Myself Up
Sunday, April 23, 2017 39 comments I was quite astonished at how powerfully I wanted to condemn myself for my "deviations" Friday. No kidding. I felt like a bad bad bad person. And I felt like a fat fat fat person. Self-loathing leaping out at me from a dark corner.... Read more
Not So Great . . .
Saturday, April 22, 2017 30 comments . . . with the nutrition management yesterday. Gahhhhhh. Lunch got delayed WAY too long. And then I was hungry and exhausted and: yup. Ate too much at dinner. Over my calorie allocation for the day. By quite a margin. An... Read more
Tough Day Coming Up!!
Friday, April 21, 2017 24 comments I'll be on the road by 7:30 to the City and trying hard to make a difference in a difficult matter. Always always interesting. And: there's an apple and a granola bar in my bag! Maxed out the breakfast protein with -- you guessed it... Read more
Travelling With My Microwave Omelette Pan
Thursday, April 20, 2017 25 comments You may recall that I BOUGHT a microwave omelette pan for the condo on Maui and gifted it when we left -- because we have two at home! So if one's in the dishwasher, another is available for use. And for the Sanibel trip, I tucked one of t... Read more
Back at Work
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 28 comments If you haven't done so, consider checking the comments on my Five Thieves blog yesterday. Sparkies have outdone themselves, absolutely reinforcing one of the themes (that we support each other: we do!). There is so much collective wisdom being... Read more 
Five Thieves of Happiness: MAINtenance version!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 80 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ report-on-business/careers /management/some-tips-for- banishing-the-five-thieves -of-happiness/article34714621/ A column in the business section of the Globe and Mail takes a look at Joh... Read more
Will a Late Night Snack Make Me Gain Weight?
Monday, April 17, 2017 23 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/he alth/will-a-late-night-sna ck-sabotage-a-weight-loss- regimen/article34629307/ The "conventional" wisdom is "a calorie is a calorie" and it doesn't matter WHEN... Read more
Fake Buddha
Sunday, April 16, 2017 23 comments fakebuddhaquotes.com/pai n-is-inevitable-suffering- is-optional/ "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional". This was an "old saying" referenced in a recent novel I galloped through . . . but although billed as an o... Read more
Size, Shape, Behaviour: Birding Class!
Saturday, April 15, 2017 41 comments How do I tell one bird from another? Beginning birders focus on colour. If it's a red bird, it's a cardinal. But: supposing it' s just a glimpse of red in a bush mostly concealed by foliage: could it be a scarlet tanager? Yes, it was... Read more
Self Sabotage
Friday, April 14, 2017 32 comments Sunrise walking the beach. Listening to the waves. The birds. Snowy plovers, black bellied plovers, ruddy turnstones, willets, brown pelicans. And yes, of course: eavesdropping and people watching too! People who've also got up ear... Read more
Just one of many micromoments today . . . so far!!
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 31 comments 
No, not my picture: I'm not that fast with the camera.
But this morning shortly after dawn I saw a roseate spoonbill flying across the roseat... Read more
Can I Turn Myself Into a More Positive Thinker?
Sunday, April 09, 2017 45 comments www.nytimes.com/2017/04/ 03/well/live/turning-negat ive-thinkers-into-positive -ones.html?_r=1 Apparently I can. (And yes, I think that would be a less intrusive project than trying to turn somebody ELSE into a mo... Read more
What Makes Us Happier
Friday, April 07, 2017 54 comments brightlineeating.com/201 7/04/what-makes-us-happier /?inf_contact_key=2100b018 ff4e43103703a8cfac8acf26f9 201e72d4b89cc4ee36b7e52792cc8b Susan Peirce Thompson's weekly Bright Line Eating vlog introduced me to th... Read more
Is it Harder to Lose Weight When You're Older?
Thursday, April 06, 2017 30 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/he alth/is-it-harder-to-lose- weight-when-youre-older/ar ticle34601990/ Sigh. Yes. Of course we knew that. (And if you google that headline phrase, lots of art... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 Last Page » |
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