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Obesity and bullying
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 13 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/life-video/video-does -obesity-create-bullies/ar ticle2313547/?from=2434353 Here's a link to a short video clip about the relationship between obesity and bullying . . . it's an interv... Read more
Why exercise may not lead to weight loss . . .
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 21 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health/fitness/exerci se/fitness-research/why-ex ercise-may-not-lead-to-wei ght-loss/article2430017/ This was a recent article in the Globe and Mail, and I found it confirms my own e... Read more
Three Years on Spark People!!
Saturday, May 12, 2012 14 comments 
Hard to believe . . . and it slipped past me . . . but May 10 marked my third straight year here on S... Read more
OINK CITY!!
Thursday, May 10, 2012 17 comments DH calorie count for today: 2231!! Normal Shreddies type breakfast, with sugar and milk and coffee with sugar and a big orange. And: that was without eating supper other than a granola bar. So it was lunch, right? Oink oink oink... Read more
What I Didn't Eat Today!
Wednesday, May 09, 2012 18 comments I got up this morning and looked in the fridge and didn't eat the chocolate mousse cake left over from DH's birthday April 29. Ewwwwww. Time to throw it out, really. (He's not eating it either: but he IS fitting into his size 34 waist jeans, ... Read more
Delicious But I've Had Enough
Sunday, May 06, 2012 22 comments Last evening I was eating a bowl of airpopped popcorn with a drizzle of warmed lowfat peanut butter. All planned, tracked, within my calorie range. And: with at least a cup left in the bowl I realized: "This is delicious but I've had e... Read more
Really Getting Up My Nose!!
Friday, May 04, 2012 22 comments When someone, or something, bothers me I often use the expression, "That's really getting up my nose!" Who knew that I was anticipating the latest weight-loss craze: nasal-gastric tube feeding. This is definitely a development that fu... Read more
My Third Place
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 16 comments Do you have a "third place"? A place where you always feel welcome and accepted? Where there are no particular demands place upon you by anyone but you yourself? Where you can be social or silent, depending upon your mood? Most of us hav... Read more
What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
Sunday, April 29, 2012 17 comments Check out this link: 23 and 1/2 hours. www.youtube.com/watch?v= aUaInS6HIGo The medicine is exercise. Not tri-athalons, necessarily: just walking will do it. If you spend 23.5 hours a day being inactive . . . ... Read more
Comfort is Highly Overrated
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 21 comments How often do we hear people say, "I'm just not comfortable with that." Meaning, it's not happening. I can't be expected to do it. Because nobody can expect me to tolerate discomfort, right? Not any discomfort at all. Ever. Would you ... Read more
It's Not Fair . . . .
Sunday, April 22, 2012 17 comments . . . another persistent sabotaging thought that I must persistently resist. (Because if it's not FAIR, then of course I should just give up, right? And revert to my "natural" weight of about 230. Right? That would be fair!!) TUF... Read more
Tracking is too much trouble . . . .
Saturday, April 21, 2012 16 comments . . . . a persistent sabotaging thought that I must persistently confront. I do track my nutrition every day. Including those random spoonfuls of peanut butter (what a whack o' calories!). I do track my exercise . . . which just rem... Read more
Charlie is a Fatloser!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 24 comments A year ago our vet told me that our beloved golden retriever, Charlie, was significantly overweight. He was having problems with the skin breaking down on his elbows. She said it was because he was so heavy he was essentially slamming himself ... Read more
Runners: are you a ferret or a dog?
Monday, April 16, 2012 10 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health/fitness/exerci se/fitness-research/why-hu mans-are-wired-to-run-and- ferrets-are-not/article2401720/ The Toronto Globe and Mail has a most interesting article today about how... 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 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 Last Page » |
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