Well, I’ve done it. I did what I usually don’t do and publicly signed up for a weight-related challenge: The Biggest Loser Blog Edition.
I usually avoid these things because (a) I don’t like to fail publicly and (b) I assume it will be too much pressure and will demotivate me, or worse.
However, I am having [...]
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Mon, September 22 2008 » Everything else » 6 Comments
I rode 10 miles on my bike yesterday and again today. I forgot how much I hate the exercise bike. At least a real bike is outside. #
And it’s amazing how much padded bike shorts help. Not that you’d think I need any more padding. #
And I read on one tri blog that she shoots [...]
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Sun, September 21 2008 » Everything else » No Comments
I don’t know, but some days, pie still seems like a pretty good answer.
I found Jen Lancaster’s book Such a Pretty Fat (and her blog) via Elastic Waist. Her blog gave me a some good chuckles, so I decided to give it a read to take a break from all the Very Serious Stuff I [...]
Tags: books, exercise
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Sun, September 21 2008 » Everything else, Humor, Stress eating » 4 Comments
How exciting!
If you remember, I experimented with a visual food diary for a day and thought it was interesting, but not very practical — who has that kind of time!
Then, I saw the original article referenced on LifeHacker. I posted a comment asking how to automate it. I got an answer and just tried it [...]
Tags: food diary
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Sat, September 20 2008 » Useful tools » No Comments
“Scientists have found a fat-based hormone that causes the body’s fat cells to make “homemade fat”” http://tinyurl.com/4gr2ez #
Same article also refers to fat as “a soup”. #
I think those scientists have a fetish for good homecooked meals. And I know the thought of soup right now turns me off… #
Are you more likely to be [...]
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Fri, September 19 2008 » Everything else » No Comments
Five essential weight loss foods from LifeHacker.
I was eating one of them when I discovered the post!
Mmmmmm.
Tags: yummy food
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Fri, September 19 2008 » Useful tools » 2 Comments
Wow, I have about 9 posts in draft form — so many ideas, not enough time! Will catch up this weekend.
Anyway, I want to talk about snacks. I have been a host mom here in the US for young women in their late teens to mid twenties from different countries for the past five years. [...]
Tags: snacks
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Fri, September 19 2008 » Strategy » 2 Comments
My husband has a fan following among the preschool boy set for his rep of eating bugs. #
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Thu, September 18 2008 » Everything else » 2 Comments
This is a serious, and personal, post.
Several years ago, my sister sent her husband and teenage son to the store. She then got in the bathtub, put the barrel of a shotgun in her mouth, and shot herself to death. She was 42. She left a husband and four sons, three sisters and a brother.
She [...]
Tags: suicide prevention
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Thu, September 18 2008 » Everything else » 5 Comments
Um, stopping blogging about exercise to go, uh, exercise. #
Hmm. http://tinyurl.com/49gwvl Ornish refers to taking fish body oils. As opposed to fish ??? oils? #
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Wed, September 17 2008 » Everything else » No Comments