Monthly Archives: May 2014

Guess What’s for Breakfast

If you look in the cupboard tomorrow morning and select a box with food in it, shake some into a bowl and set down to eat, don’t put the box away. Hang onto it for a minute or two, and … Continue reading

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What’s Stopping You from Starting?

Change is hard, because you are used to doing things the old way. Some of those old things are habits, you get up, stumble into the kitchen and put on coffee. After you are ready for work you read the … Continue reading

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And, On a Related Note…

Pardon the intrusion, but today just must be a two-post (at least) day.  Just got done reading an article in the New York Times by Mark Bittman, a long-time favorite mentor of mine. Today Bittman was saying that as we advocate … Continue reading

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Writing a Novel

If I decided to write a novel I could work on it, basically one of two ways. I could drop everything, work exclusively on the novel to the detriment of every other thing in my life, or I could work … Continue reading

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First Meeting of “One Small Change”

During the beginning of the meeting we had two of Karen’s Friday yoga girls show up, Ramon and Kathleen. While Dan was not present, we did Face Time him in so that he could meet them and talk about his … Continue reading

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First Meeting

Our new Support Group, which we call “One Small Change” met yesterday evening.  As one co-host I felt bad that I could not attend, but life happens, and we must adapt. It was decided at the meeting that future meetings … Continue reading

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To Backslide is Human

After Saturday’s trespass back into the world of sugar-eating I took a nap and went to work. My work is sometimes at long, odd hours. This time I went in at midnight and worked until eight AM on Sunday. I … Continue reading

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Sugar High–A Real Phenomenon

Last night, after eating a sugar free dinner of bratwurst, sauteed onions and peppers, cottage cheese and corn on the cob we had desert. Lately that desert would have been something sweetish and natural. Dates, fruits, no sugar added. The … Continue reading

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Government Will Help, Eventually

Our Federal government has it’s critics on both sides of the spectrum, and it has problems for which the criticism is warranted.  One area that is constantly both praised and ridiculed is it’s oversight of foods and drugs. The FDA … Continue reading

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One Small Change is Coming

Life continues, and we drift along in it’s currents. If we are going to change our course, we have to dip a hand into the stream, kick a little bit, do something to resist the pull of life’s events. We must not be … Continue reading

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