Emily Dickinson once wrote, When the Best is gone, I know that other things are not of consequence, The Heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care… I’ve toiled and fretted much this year over my lack of discipline; yet, after six months of striving, discipline remains just beyond my reach. This…
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Cooking With Love
Have you ever heard someone say a meal was “made with love”? Some food just tastes better when its made by someone who loves you, someone who enjoys cooking and painstakingly prepares meals for their loved ones. I feel this happens most often when you eat a delicious meal prepared by someone who as been…
Lessons Learned
Well its been yet another month and I honestly have nothing good or motivating to report about my little diet experiment except for one thing: It was a bad idea! I wanted to try a different eating plan each month to see which ones worked the best. I started with South Beach, then I tried…
Paleo
A quick post to document that I am starting Paleo “lite” today. I’m trying Paleo + dairy (& caffeine). I know it’s not true Paleo but it’s a start. Any Paleo enthusiasts out there with recipes please send them my way!!
What’s Going On??
My blogging was quiet in April. Here is what you missed: Zone diet = royal failure. Short story is that the Zone Diet requires more discipline than I can endure right now so I do not recommend anyone use Zone to start a diet, maybe to maintain a weight or explore new strategies for healthy…
Focus
Discipline requires FOCUS. Focus requires DISCIPLINE. You cannot have one without the other. fo·cus/ˈfōkəs/ Noun: The center of interest or activity. Maximum clarity Converge on a central point Bring into alignment Attention to detail Adjustment Fixed Attention Concentrating interest Point of origin The principal site The part of prominence, usually for emphasis or contrast. Clear…
Conversations with Grace
O to Grace how great a debtor, daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee. I love the hymn Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing. Each line of every verse is so perfectly scripted to speak to my heart in specific seasons. Tonight I was overcome…
Review of my month on South Beach Diet
Hi friends! March is now over and so is my experiment with the South Beach Diet. I followed the diet to the letter for the first half of the month and followed the “spirit” of the diet the second half of the month (meaning I followed the plan with some exceptions). I lost EXACTLY 7…
More Great Tasting Good For You Recipes
This week I don’t have a loss to report but I am still holding steady at -4.6 and I will take it. Its healthier to lose slowly so the fact that I didn’t gain makes me think I am doing the right things to actually keep it off. I only got to exercise a couple…
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