October 27, 2006 — Just 4 Today

Just 4 Today logo Just 4 Today I will * drink 2 liters of water (I’ve drunk 1/3) * take my fiber supplement twice (I’ve taken it once, and it really works to just take it again as soon as I walk in the door after work) * walk 3 miles (I’m very interested in learning some yoga mind/thought tricks) * NOT eat between meals and NOT take seconds (mostly I’m very good about this, but I’ve had a couple of slip-ups)

What are you going to do today? Have you noticed that this is where some of our best conversations happen?


Blog Hopping on a Thursday Night

I found a fun “About” Page at Your Elegant Bed and Bath. From top to bottom, it’s a hoot. I love the date of the post (impossible), the author’s relationship with her cat, the subject assigned the “About” page and (of course) any list of hobbies that includes lots of reading pleases the librarian in me . . . .

At Live Longer, Live Better, Keven has a good idea or goal. The post, Making exercise non-optional he says, “To our ancient ancestors, exercise was in fact, non-optional.” And he goes on to list 5 ways to fake ourselves out and end up getting some exercise everyday. Stop by and take a look — one of his ideas could work for you!

Sir Squishy is back! I stopped by Born Squishy today and there was a new post — the first since the beginning of October. I was starting to fear that he was gone forever, and was thrilled to see yesterday’s post. Well the excitement didn’t stop there — tonight he’s got 3 more posts — including some information about the much anticipated film, Fast Food Nation.[MORE]

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October 26, 2006 — Just 4 Today (With weekly update)

Just 4 Today logoJust 4 Today, I will drink my fiber supplement twice (I’ve drunk it once), walk 3 miles (I walked 3.5 miles yesterday!), drink 2 liters of water (I’ve drunk about 1/3 so far), not eat between meals and not take seconds. And Just Today, I’ll stop and contemplate all the benefits I’ve gotten from working on these goals everyday and how lost I’d be without them.

Update: A week of daily commitments

If it wasn’t for Sunday’s sudden magic-weight gain, I’d have nothing but great things to say about this week. And actually, in spite of that horrible experience, I think things went very well. [MORE]

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