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Spring Green!
Monday, April 07, 2014 28 comments Birthday inventory: I'm 63 today and updated my Spark Page accordingly. Wearing the spring green leather jacket I bought to celebrate 62 (with pale blue blouse, navy pencil skirt, green/navy/white silk scarf, navy pumps). Updated my Spark Pag... Read more
Post-Winter Hands
Sunday, April 06, 2014 21 comments It's been a terribly long winter here, and there are still mounds of snow outside my window. So "post-winter" is optimistic since there's no clear evidence winter is exiting any time soon! My hands have suffered the most. Here are thr... Read more
Exercise Motivation
Friday, April 04, 2014 16 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/life-video/video-fitn ess-basics-how-this-traine r-gets-motivated-to-hit-th e-gym/article17787812/ A short video that explains convincingly how one personal trainer increases her ow... Read more
Does Eating Healthy Cost More?
Wednesday, April 02, 2014 23 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/life-video/video-ctv- windsor-a-cheaper-healthie r-way-to-eat/article17749716/ This link says it doesn't cost more money. But: it probably does cost more time, to prepare foods from s... Read more
Smoothie??
Monday, March 31, 2014 22 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/fi tness/to-smoothie-or-not-t o-smoothie-whats-the-best- food-before-a-training-run /article17716777/ Vegan DD is a big fan of smoothies . . . generally with a... Read more
Too Thin Riskier Than Too Fat?
Sunday, March 30, 2014 54 comments life.nationalpost.com/20 14/03/28/being-skinny-may- be-riskier-for-health-than -obesity-canadian-research ers-suggest/ Well, there's a headline we'd all love to read. But most of us here are familiar with t... Read more
Persian Pumpkin Soup
Saturday, March 29, 2014 21 comments An experimental morning! Weeks ago I'd clipped a recipe out of the newspaper for a Persian chicken entrée, mostly because the spice mixture intrigued me: primarily turmeric, cinnamon and cardamom. With fresh herbs sprinkled on afterwards; pars... Read more
I am enough, I have enough:TINAJANE76 shout out
Thursday, March 27, 2014 20 comments 
www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individu al.asp?blog_id=5657258 TINAJANE76 has written a terrific blog, "I am enough". No compl... Read more
Learning to Cook
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 20 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/food-and-wine/food-tr ends/why-you-should-cook-w ith-kids-not-just-for-them /article17642745/ Only 25% of Canadians eat at least one "meal made from scratch" (love that expression) ... Read more
Canada's Food Guide: Making Us Fat
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 13 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/he alth/why-canadas-food-guid e-needs-a-dose-of-up-to-da te-reality/article17618278/ If we eat according to Canada's Food Guide we're probably getting 3,300 calor... Read more
Cancer Isn't a Battle
Monday, March 24, 2014 23 comments I've recently received my "five year all clear" mammogram: and my goodness I'm grateful. I know this means that my chances of recurrence statistically have dropped quite significantly. But although I'm grateful, I don't take credit f... Read more
24 Hours of Happiness?
Friday, March 21, 2014 15 comments 24hoursofhappiness.com/ Who knew? Don't have 24 hours to listen but sure like the first part of this!!... Read more
Happiness: Filling the Second Half of the Glass!
Thursday, March 20, 2014 17 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/he alth/the-glass-really-is-h alf-full/article17574947/ Martin Seligman's work in happiness psychology has interested me for a long time. This article outlines the ... Read more
Membership Card to the Secret Society
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 25 comments OK then, one of the rewards for sustaining the "gonna" through the "don't hafta wanna"? As in, I'm gonna stick with the program, even when I don't wanna, because after all I don't hafta wanna, I just have to . . . keep on keeping on? I... 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 Last Page » |
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