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Monthly Life-lutions
Instead of setting way too many New Year’s resolutions and failing at executing them all within the first two weeks, I’m deciding to take a new approach this year. I’m setting 12 life-lutions: goals that I will fully commit to for one month a piece. At the beginning of each month I’ll provide information [...]
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Mood: Happy
Breakfast: Slimfast Optima, Fiji apple, and Quaker Simple Harvest Oatmeal
I can’t live, if living is without _____: YOoooouu!!! And my puppy Scooby. I think Sarcasman might be feeling left out now, so him too.
Sinful holiday treat I fully enjoyed and refuse to feel guilty about: My pseudo-grandma’s cookies that she sent from Indiana.
I’m lovin’ [...]
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Can you believe the end of the year is already here? It has gone by so quickly! In the spirit of the end of a year I present to you a retrospect of Choosing Losing! for 2008. It’s all hyperlinked to the “highlights” of my journey so far for your browsing convenience.
July
On July 27th [...]
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I’m sure some of you are wondering “So how are the diet drugs going?”
In November I met with my doctor and decided to start taking 105 MG of phendimetraz a day. Phendimetraz (also known as Phendimetrazine Tartrate) is a sympathomimetic amine, which is similar to an amphetamine. It is also known as an “anorectic” or [...]
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Mood: Frustrated.
Breakfast: Big biscuit with strawberry jam.
Craving: A hug from Sarcasm when I get home
Highlight of my weekend: Sleeping. Lots of sleeping.
Stressin’: Work deadlines.
Lovin’: That I just won another contest! I love sweeping!
Just another manic Monday? Yup.
Goals of the week: To get out and move! Walk at least 30 minutes a day every day [...]
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I still feel as though I haven’t recovered mentally/emotionally/stress-wise from finals week. That was two weeks ago… I should be basking in the glow of free time, non-required reading, and less stress.
That hasn’t happened though. Tis the season to over commit oneself, no? My holiday party schedule:
December 10th- Sarcasman and I’s Holiday Party for friends
December [...]
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Skin MD e-mailed me and asked me to review their Skin MD Natural + SPF15 Shielding Lotion. My initial reaction: “Yay! Free stuff!”. This excitement was quickly tempered by the conundrum of “what standards will I hold myself to when I review products?” . I thought about it some, visited other bloggers I liked and [...]
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At my LEARN Class this week we reviewed ways to reduce stress. The nutritionist started the class with this quote:
“The events” in life do not cause stress: our thoughts about the events cause stress.
Changing your thoughts can change your stress.” – Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
It’s an interesting concept: we control the stress we experience [...]
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