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Dear (Food) Diary and my amnesia problem

Sanjay Gupta (CNN) knows he had seven peanut M&Ms on July 22nd. Like me, he suffers from food amnesia if he doesn’t write down what he eats. (Remind me sometime to tell you about the study I signed up for in college that was designed to test a new type of anesthetic designed to cause [...]

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Tue, August 12 2008 » Motivation, Persistence, Strategy » No Comments

Four fundamental exercise truths

Many years of yo-yo dieting haven’t been for naught. I have learned a few things about myself along the way.
Here are my four fundamental exercise truths:

If I exercise, the food follows. And I don’t mean I eat a bunch afterwards. I mean, when I exercise, my eating gets in line with little additional effort. When [...]

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Tue, August 12 2008 » Motivation, Persistence » No Comments

This is the life. Except for…

Welcome to http://theonelastthing.com. I’m Alexia.
Why am I starting this blog?
Because…
Except for one thing, I have it all. I am living my dream.
I found and married my soulmate and we have several great kids. It’s a little spooky sometimes how very alike he and I are, even though we are from different continents. Our kids are [...]

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Sun, August 10 2008 » Motivation » 7 Comments