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Healthy at every size!
Ragen Chastain, dancer and author of ‘Dances With Fat’ — Photograph by Richard Sabel (used with permission of the photographer) I have a good friend, Ragen Chastain, who blogs over at “Dances With...
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Sometimes life gets in the way of living…
Ah… the proverbial path littered with “good intentions”. I know thee well. It’s been about two weeks since I’ve posted. First some housekeeping: I’m still trying to get back into the groove and...
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Start of a new journey…
Well, the worst has officially happened. Well maybe not *THE* worst, as in the worst that can *ever* happen. But at least in terms of living a healthy lifestyle, it has. Hmmm….Actually, if I’m going...
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Getting Healthy is Complicated……so do it one step at a time.
Over the past few months I’ve been overwhelmed. Everything has seemed like this huge massive mountain with the summit miles above, insurmountable. And at times I’ve felt that the sides of that...
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Step by Step…
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to priorities lately. And choices. And stress. And “to do lists”. And how much or how little time we actually have in a given week. And how much control over our...
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Step by, *prioritized*, Step…
There is a time management tool that uses a simple A-B-C method of assigning priorities. While it is intended primarily as a time management tool for the workplace it can easily be adapted for...
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Some Additional Steps to Get Me to My Goal
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the methodology of “getting healthy” and “living healthy”. And why so many people fail at the effort. An’ jus fer der record, I jus used a 14 dollar wurd!...
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My Love-Hate Relationship With Caffeine
No! Don’t! Stop! “No, don’t stop!” Now getcher mind outta tha gutter! I’m talking about “caffeine,” not whatever kinky thing that was flitting through your mind! Caffeine how I love thee! Thou...
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Rejoice in the Little Things for “I’ve been a GOOD boy!”
Here’s a quick recap (my friends can stop laughing now). For those just joining the us, the “joke” is that I have a reputation for *NEVER* telling a story in 10 words when 10 paragraphs will do....
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Setting Goals: You’ve Gotta Do the Math! Ugh!
Ok, first let me state without question that goals are a guideline, not the law. Goals are more like the “Pirate Code” from the Disney movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” than the “Law” as handed down...
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New Pillows! New Pillows! New Pillows!
Yes, I’m a little excited. It’s the little things I tell ya! And it means I can cross an item off my “Check List!“ I’ve been watching the little tracking widget on the FedEx website and I knew that...
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Rejoice and Revel for it has been a good week!
Let the reveling and rejoicing begin! Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh! (doing a chair dance and the circle your fists in the air thingie!) Ok, ok, ’nuff silliness already! This is serious stuff here! I’m...
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Revel and Rejoice in the Little Things…at 4am Ssssnnnzzzz
Ok, confession time, I feel awful right now. As in this second. Right this very minute! Why do I suddenly feel like I’m on the set of Mame and everybody is about to break into a round of “We need a...
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Hey Jenny! I’m baaaaaaacccccccckkkkkk!
This Past Week On the work front: I did a lot of work. It is amazing how hard you have to work before leaving for vacation. And it felt good. I got a lot accomplished. On the personal front: I did a...
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It’s NOT “just” a Diet Coke!
Earlier this week, I was out running a lot errands: dropping off clothes at the cleaners, picking up my mail from my post office box, swinging by Walgreens for some fabric stain remover prewash spray...
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I’ve been a good cowboy!
Brace yourself, this is going to be a short post. Friends that are reading this, can stop laughing. I can be brief if I am tired. And I am. But…. (the snorts of laughter can stop now!) In all...
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Paradigm Shift —“There is no spoon”
I said something remarkable yesterday and it wasn’t until about five minutes later that I realized the import and of what I had said: When I’ve lost the weight… Just so there’s no misunderstanding, and...
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Confessions, Bragging, and Losing Ten Pounds Without Trying
Confessions… Forgive me dear readers for I have sinned. I have been partaking of the chips (well, not whole bags full, I’ve eaten them as part of lunch with a sandwich)… … and of the Chocolate Pecan...
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This. That. and the Other Thang, Over Yonder
Arm Update It hurts. A lot. I can’t use my right arm, wrist or hand until I get the wrist operated on and fixed. Doc Jones, my surgeon, who is a cutie by the way, says that he’ll stick some screws in...
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Quickie post–I’m moving forward again! Woot!
News Flash I went by Jenny Craig yesterday… [drum roll please] And I lost 3.5 lbs last week! I’m back on track and moving forward again! Yay! Happy Dance! Woo Hoo! And now I return you to your...
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Renewed Progress…
Just the Stats, M’am, just the stats… I renewed my fitness efforts just after Thanksgiving and have continued on track since then. Here are the results so far: 7.25 lbs lost 5.25 inches lost...
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Day Three… and itty bitty steps which feel like hiking Mount Rainier
Doing Better – Not perfect but better The photo to the right is one that I took on a trip to Seattle Washington, where I attended the Emerald City Hoedown, which was this year’s IAGLCWDC Annual...
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My Progress So Far and “Focusing on the Positive”
Setting the stage… On June 1st, I kicked off a renewed effort to get in shape and loose weight because my body was (and is) literally hurting when I do simple routine things around the house. And let...
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Quick Status update and a Cool Video
I’ve been a busy boy… …all “off line.” I’ve not been blogging because I’ve been working on setting up things for the coming year. I have decided that 2014 is going to be the “year of me”. Kinda like...
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Heads up Guys! Watch out for the burly construction workers!
I’m doing a major revamp of my blog / website Sorry for the mess but WordPress (where I have my blog) does not have a way to make the changes THEN post them. Changes go live as soon as you clicky...
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