07-31-08 – Right back on track

When I woke up this morning, I felt lousy.  I was expecting it after last night’s take-out Chinese binge.  I had a real food hangover.  You know how you feel the morning after overeating?  It’s almost like a real hangover.  I gradually felt better throughout the day, and I made it out for an evening [...]

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07-30-08 – I blew it tonight

I guess I have to say that the evil little voice won today’s little battle.  I was saying in last night’s post that the voice was being vocal, and it was even more so today.  I was hungry all day long.  I don’t think it was physical hunger, but rather it was psychological hunger.  2000 [...]

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07-29-08 – Every day’s a little battle

I sometimes feel as though I’m at war with myself.  I don’t mean that in a bad way; I mean it to be positive.  The only person who can work on my health and weight issues is me.  The only person who can make decisions about what I’m going to do or eat is me.  [...]

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07-28-08 – Healthy You Challenge Update

I had a mostly good week this week.  I cheated on my eating plan on Friday night and ended up consuming over 2600 calories, way over my 2000-calorie limit.  But, I got right back on the bandwagon Saturday morning, and I’ve been good ever since.  The really good news this week is I lost 4.5 [...]

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07-27-08 – Another hill climb tonight

I made it all the way up the hill again on my walk tonight.  That’s the third time in the past week that I’ve made it to the top, and it’s gotten just a little bit easier each time.  I’m going to try and make it to the top five times in the coming week.
I [...]

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07-24-08 – Made it up the hill tonight

“What has passed and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for.”
BIG ELK, MAHA CHIEF, from Commonplace Book of Prose, 1830
I’m reading a book entitled Forgive for Good by Dr. Fred Luskin, and that quote leads off one of the chapters.  I like it because it means you cannot control the past; it’s already gone.  [...]

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07-23-08 – A close call

Today has been one of those days in which I feel hungry constantly.  I don’t know why, but I’ve felt hungry all day long.  I keep some whole-grain pretzel sticks in individual snack bags in one of my desk drawers at work.  This afternoon, I came close to attacking that stash for all it was [...]

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Short Film

Here is a link to view a short film that won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.  It only runs about 6 minutes, and it’s very uplifting.  Take a few minutes to watch it.  It’s called “HISTORIA DE UN LETRERO” (The Story of a Sign).

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07-22-08 – Not quite as good today

I think I may have overdone it just a little last night with the walking.  I’ve been a little sore all day today, and tonight, I didn’t go out for a walk at all.  I made the excuse to myself that I was still a little sore and I’ll make up for it tomorrow.  Well, [...]

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Healthy You Challenge Update

I have two major achievements to report this week! First of all, the non-scale achievement -
I live at an apartment complex called “Top of the Hill”. As you may imagine, it’s on the top of a hill. On one of the walking paths, there’s a fairly steep incline (steep for me, that [...]

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