Archive for the ‘health’ Category

No more excuses

June 19th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

That’s my new motto.
It’s too hot for a walk. So what? That’s what all those exercise DVDs in the cabinet are for. No more excuses.
The dishes are piling up in the sink and I’ve got six loads of laundry to wash, dry, and put away. SO WHAT? Do a little here [...]

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3 miles a day

June 17th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

That’s all I need.
I used Google Maps Pedometer to find out the distance of the route I walked through the neighborhood across the street today. It’s a gravel road full of ruts and mud holes and it includes some steep hills that force me to make an extra effort that gives my walk that [...]

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Wii-Less

June 16th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Starting today I’m going to be without our Wii and Wii Fit for the next two (or more) weeks. For the last week or so we’ve been getting a “communication error” with the Wii balance board and after calling Technical Support at Nintendo they are having us send in the console and the balance [...]

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How I’m getting off the Yo-Yo for good.

June 14th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I had an email this week from a reader who was concerned about the amount of weight I had reported losing in my first two weeks. She cited the recommendation from health and diet experts that one should not lose more than an average of 2 lbs a week because it can be dangerous [...]

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First Two Weeks Progress Report

June 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Saturday marked the end of my second full week of being “back on the wagon”, eating right and exercising daily. Yesterday was the beginning of my third week and when I stepped onto the Wii fit for a body test, it reported a total of 14.1 lbs total lost for the two weeks. [...]

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