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Friday July 18, 2014 · 8:50 AM PDT

2014/07/18 · 08:50

Having a ten-year-old computer? All kinds of fun.

So let's talk about exercise. I actually am one of those rare people who loves it. Years before I actually lost weight, I exercised anyway. I don't know if the way I feel equates to the elusive "runner's high" I hear about, but I love the way I feel when I do. How about you?

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Friday July 11, 2014 · 8:07 AM PDT

2014/07/11 · 08:07

So summer is here, and there are plenty of lovely walks through your neighborhood. But motivation is melting away in the heat. What do you do to overcome your apathy?

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Friday July 04, 2014 · 10:28 AM PDT

2014/07/04 · 10:28

Working much overtime this week and dealing with intense stress, so please, feel free to talk amongst yourselves. Sorry. I just can't handle coming up with a full diary today!

The Weekly Weigh-In: Sunshine, Strength, Being Well

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Friday June 20, 2014 · 8:05 AM PDT

2014/06/20 · 08:05

Summer Solstice approaches, the days are full of light and heat, and we work towards greater health and well-being. For some, that involves looking at our diets and re-evaluating our needs. Or maybe you're considering a fitness event for the first time. Whatever you're up to, let's talk about it.

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Friday June 06, 2014 · 7:28 AM PDT

2014/06/06 · 07:28

As you lose weight, your body's needs can change too. However, it can be hard to figure out what you need to do or eat. I recently re-assessed my diet and didn't like what I saw, in light of the exercises I do and the food I regularly eat. As well, I realized my food allergies were taking me down several notches, as I haven't been getting nearly enough calcium.

Speaking of food allergies, I had a bad attack as well, so I'm on a short course of prednisone.

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Friday May 30, 2014 · 8:40 AM PDT

2014/05/30 · 08:40

We've made it to another Friday, so that's good news. Hope everyone's had a great week! I picked up some diet books at the library this past week and the title of this diary is so true, it's scary!

Let's look at it all over again below the orange-scented smoke, shall we?

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Friday May 23, 2014 · 8:36 AM PDT

2014/05/23 · 08:36

So once again the Gallup organization spends a significant amount of time telling us Americans that yes, we're still fat, and getting fatter.

I'm not sure that helps anyone but the burgeoning quackery industry in our country, from the supplement pushers to the "demonize one element of our diets" people.

How are you doing?

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Friday May 09, 2014 · 8:12 AM PDT

2014/05/09 · 08:12

"Make sure you go to one food pantry at the beginning of the month so you can come to this one in the middle of the month. It helps."

That was the advice I got at one point in my life when I needed help getting enough food. Obesity is not necessarily "just a choice." I am very lucky that now I tend to have (barely) enough income to get groceries, and food security enough that I don't feel the need to just eat while there is food, because it might run out tomorrow.

Not everyone is so lucky. Nor do I have any health conditions or take any medications that make it near-impossible to lose unhealthy weight. What advice or help would we have, as a group, for someone in those situations?

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Friday May 02, 2014 · 8:23 AM PDT

2014/05/02 · 08:23

Once Upon a Time, yogurt was supposed to be a SuperFood. People in the '70s, a dark and strange time in our country, had home yogurt makers that we later used when our birds got colds as heaters, for example. But yogurt turned into just another food, one that now many diet books warn about for its sugar content, ironically enough. This seems to happen regularly. A new food is discovered somewhere (quinoa! Acai!) and suddenly takes over the shelves at the supermarket until it's revealed to be just another fad, and often a bad-tasting one at that.

What's your experience with SuperFoods?

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Sunday April 27, 2014 · 2:10 PM PDT

2014/04/27 · 14:10

It's a busy Sunday. My allergies are flaring up like crazy, the birds are wandering around causing trouble, and I have a lot of errands to do.

First, to the library, to drop off a few books. After that, it's time to go pick up the husband's diabetes prescription at the pharmacy.

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Friday April 18, 2014 · 9:57 AM PDT

2014/04/18 · 09:57

It's been unquestioned authority for years. Most of the people in the National Weight Control Registry do it. Almost all diets recommend it. Yet there are those who say the correlation of eating breakfast to losing weight is not causation.

In other words, eating breakfast or not has nothing to do with successful weight loss or maintenance.

But what do you think? What's your experience with breakfast?

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Friday April 11, 2014 · 8:02 AM PDT

2014/04/11 · 08:02

I thought I'd open things up today to a broader discussion of health and well-being. Health is more than exercise and eating right, after all. It sometimes involves medications, as the diabetics (types 1 and 2) can tell us. But it also involves the things we do to feed our souls, to keep ourselves on track, and to make sure we can keep on going when the shadows seem overwhelmingly dark.

What are your health-boosting activities?

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