Reading Martha Beck’s SO FAR method of weight loss strategies and they resonate. S = stop, just stop. For when you’re making a bad choice, have just made one. STOP.
O = Open, meaning breathe. Stretch, look away, soften the eyes. Yawn. Let the shoulders drop. (For me this means I find my Tai Chi root, [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by jaxie
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I’m not often impressed, but I’ve read some blogs on this site lately that blow me away, they’re so articulate! Wow! I’m in good company.
I walk over 2 hours each day… my goal is to ramp up the intensity. Walking faster, with more motion. Running a little, on a suddenly clicking knee. Counting steps, then minutes [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2009 by jaxie
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OK - now for the second half. I’ve plateau-ed for 6 months, now I’m moving on.
Taking advantage of the long light filled days, coming back to my blog, tracking, getting up extra early for a longer walk, wanting to run, walking - jogging at the beach evenings and mornings, tracking what I’m eating online.
Evenings and weekends [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by jaxie
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In the 60’s I hiked. Backpacked in the mountains, cross-country and downhill skied in the winter, rode my bike in between.
In the 70s, making very little money as a school librarian, and ran. I started with a half mile, then a mile, then two. Quit smoking for good. I ran every day, I ran when [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2009 by jaxie
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2009 hasn’t been fun yet. I feel like the people with overinflated egos and super-entitlement issues are crowding me out. Like big balloons, there’s no room for me. To breathe. I’m unhappy, unmoored. I was doing so well last year, but now… not.
Desperation from the Marketing folks. In the food labeling world, Marketing is on one side and [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2009 by jaxie
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