In my previous post I wrote about how our hot water heater sprung a leak and disrupted our lives, and that I got through it. This reminded me of an assignment that my therapist gave me a few months ago. She said, that since I was doing a lot better she wanted me to make READ MORE
Category: Nutrition
Planning Meals Ahead of Time
So I walked into the kitchen, saw the giant bag of chocolate chips on the counter, grabbed a very small bowl, and deposited a handful of the little morsels of goodness into it. Then I started thinking about what to make for supper. Nothing about this story is evidence of a healthy approach to eating. READ MORE
Forests, Nanaimo Bars, and Setting Myself Up for Failure
Allow me to apologize for the lack of posts during the past couple of weeks. I was on vacation. While I alluded to this in previous posts, I didn’t want to announce that we’d be away from our house for that time, even though we did have a house / dog sitter. Anyway, I’m back READ MORE
Yogurt With Matcha and Blueberries
I threw something together for lunch today that turned out to be pretty tasty so I thought I’d share it here. There’s a place to eat at the university where they make a really great matcha latte and I get it with skim milk and no syrup. They steam the milk just right to get READ MORE
Being a Mom Doesn’t Mean I Can Do It All
I usually exercise every morning. I find that I have a better workout and feel better throughout the day if I do it first thing in the morning. If not, I have trouble getting motivated to exercise later in the day so a workout likely won’t happen. There is also evidence that working out at READ MORE
Yes, But How Do You Feel?
I’ve written before about how I’ve had struggles with my weight and that I worked really hard to lose about 25 founds in the second half of 2017. I’ve stayed pretty close to that weight since then and I’m proud of that, but I’m trying to focus on something other than the numbers. When I READ MORE
Dealing With Control Issues
I have control issues. If there’s a problem, I go looking for a solution. When somebody else comes to me with a problem, I often suggest potential solutions, when frankly, they may just want to vent. It’s one of the many things that I’m working on. Just this week my wife was dealing with a READ MORE
The Importance of Self-Compassion and Self-Care
Given the topic of my previous post, I thought I’d bring back something I wrote about several months ago about putting on your oxygen mask first. We each have to take care of ourselves or we can’t take care of anyone or anything else. With that in mind, I that this week I would write READ MORE
Listening to My Body
A few years ago I became a bit obsessive about running. It’s kind a long story that I won’t get into now, but I found running gave me a really great mood. I starting running a 5K almost every week on my treadmill, which was a lot for me. I kept that up for a READ MORE
Getting Back on My Path
A couple of weeks ago I was feeling buried by commitments at work and dealing with some things in my personal life. Then we went to visit some friends out of town which lead to missing a couple of workouts and eating less healthier than usual. This happens to all of us. Things come up READ MORE
