Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Dear Body (part deux)*

July 10th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

It has been nearly five months since I first penned a letter to you, dear body. It took me three months after that to finally get myself together and focused enough to act on the thoughts I shared with you in that letter. It took me several false starts but I finally got [...]

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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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