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Weekend experiment working!

Well, my weekend experiment is working fabulously! Just had to post a quick note.
I woke up (rather, the kids woke me up). I had already identified specific actions to take:
* Finish Uncle Claus’s birthday project
* Get car inspected
* Run errands: post office, Petco, BJs
* Give kids (and me, thanks to husband) a rest!
I also got [...]

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Sat, August 23 2008 » Persistence, Strategy » Comments Off

A weight loss experiment for the coming weekend

So, in a previous post, I mentioned that weekends were tough for me and I didn’t know why. Most of the typical obvious reasons don’t seem to apply.
BUT…
In rereading that post, I had a flash of insight.

(That’s where flashes of insight actually happen in the brain, in case you wanted to know.)
The key phrase for [...]

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Wed, August 20 2008 » Strategy, Stress eating » 3 Comments

Oh, I got it! was… So what is it about the weekends?

My weekdays and weekends are like night and day health-wise, attitude-wise, energy-wise etc. Why are they such a challenge?!
I used to think it was because being at work was easier to manage than being at home as far as structure, temptation, whatever. Well, that’s not it, because I worked at home last week and did [...]

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Mon, August 18 2008 » Motivation, Persistence » 2 Comments