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What Happens When You Get Near Goal Weight? SPT
Thursday, January 28, 2016 22 comments susanpeircethompson.com/ blog/ OK, I think this is one of Susan Peirce Thompson's most interesting vlogs yet: a topic dear to the heart of all MAINtainers, namely, "What Happens When You Get Near Goal Weight?" SPT's... Read more
Fascinating Responses: LCHF
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 22 comments No question, lots of people here are experimenting successfully with intermittent fasting and eliminating flour/sugar approaches to dealing with insulin -- all related to the leptin issue. And there's clearly no "one right way" but a whole ... Read more
Insulin and Fasting
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 23 comments www.thestar.com/life/hea lth_wellness/2016/01/25/sc arborough-doctors-book-say s-insulin-makes-you-fat-fa sting-makes-you-thin.html Interesting article in yesterday's Toronto Star focusing on the "intensive diet... Read more
Mild grey day . . .
Monday, January 25, 2016 23 comments That was yesterday's XC ski. Temperatures had risen to -3C, meaning we swapped in blue wax for green: and it was perfect grip and glide. Although I love skiing under dazzling sparkly sunshine through deep blue shadows, a gentle grey day has... Read more
Sparkle Ski
Sunday, January 24, 2016 31 comments Yesterday's XC ski was awesome! it was -19C when we got up: sunny but pretty cold. But the weather forecast (how did we live without smart phones?) was for -8 at 2 pm and still full sunshine. Worth waiting for. So: we got everythin... Read more
Studies in Long-Term Weight Loss: Susan Peirce Thompson, Kelly Brownell, Yoni Freedhoff
Saturday, January 23, 2016 22 comments susanpeircethompson.com/ blog/ There's a string on the At Goal and Maintaining: Transition to Maintenance team page on how hard it is to maintain weight loss. And coincidentally, that's the topic of Susan Peirce Tho... Read more
Presence 4
Friday, January 22, 2016 20 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= NLslB13b7GM So: continuing to riff on Amy Cuddy's "Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenge" -- I'm bringing it to MY biggest challenge, which is weight maintenance . . . ... Read more
Presence 3
Thursday, January 21, 2016 13 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= NLslB13b7GM Continuing with my exploration of the Amy Cuddy 90 minute presentation on Presence, Bringing your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenge -- and potential applications to OUR biggest c... Read more
Presence 2
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 17 comments www.sparkpeople.com/reso urce/videos-detail.asp?vid eo=166 Thanks to Linda for pointing out that Spark trainer Melinda has a short video on the Cuddy "power poses" -- which she suggests are useful for building confide... Read more
Amy Cuddy: Presence!
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 22 comments Lots of us here are familiar with Amy Cuddy's astonishing 2012 TED talk on power posing: it's been viewed 25 million times and is the second-most watched TED talk (so if you haven't seen it . . . it's terrific!!) Amy Cuddy is a young Harvar... Read more
First XC ski: glorious!!
Monday, January 18, 2016 25 comments Yesterday, finally, there was enough snow for our first XC ski of the winter. It was -8 C: not too cold. Gentle wind, gently falling snow from gentle grey sky. The green wax was perfect for grip and glide. It felt like flying. ... Read more
Bright Line Eating, the "Happy" Part
Sunday, January 17, 2016 22 comments Susan Peirce Thompson promotes Bright Line Eating as a way of getting "happy, thin and free". Her most recent vlog (easy to find on a google search, tough to link) speaks to the "happy" part. And I've always been intensely interested in th... Read more
Soggy out there . . .
Saturday, January 16, 2016 15 comments Wah!! The "real winter" has retreated again and it's soggy and rainy and not XC ski-worthy at all today. So: heading to the gym instead. Maybe tomorrow? Sure hope so.... Read more
Real Winter
Thursday, January 14, 2016 33 comments All of a sudden, it's so cold and snowy and wintry here. Which means: I should be able to cross-country ski for the first time this coming weekend! In the meantime, my red and white amaryllis has four blossoms on one stem, and more t... Read more
Emotional Labour
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 28 comments Traditionally, we thought of labour first as physical: cutting down trees, pounding laundry on a rock -- that kind of thing. And next, we saw labour generally shift towards intellectual labour: in a knowledge-based economy, particularly, ... 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 Last Page » |
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