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Old Habits Die… Eventually… I Hope…

We throw around the saying ‘old habits die hard’ not really realising exactly how true that is… I thought I’d been doing better this year with putting my health – mental and physical – first instead of...

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The Biggest Loser Summed Up

I haven’t been able to watch The Biggest Loser for years. I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees how backwards the show really is. And there you have it – The Biggest Loser, the show for everyone who...

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Finally!

For the past week or two, we’ve been trying to figure out what has been wrong with my websites. As it turned out… Well, that’ll bore you, but I think I finally got it figured out. Now I can post again!

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Small Victories

Tonight marks the seventh night of healthier eating. Tonight also marks the night of my first temptation aka urge to binge. I thought about it. I went back and forth. I thought about how much I wanted...

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“What 2000 Calories Looks Like” Video

2000 calories… Both more and less than I thought…

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Diets, Eating Plans, and Semantics

A couple posts ago, I mentioned that I am on a new eating plan. After the last ‘diet’ I went on, I decided that I would never diet again. Most of ‘diet’ is ‘die’, and I’d killed myself in a million...

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The Low Amylose Plan – Part One

I’m only three weeks into my new eating plan, but I still sometimes find myself wondering how I got here. I was so anti-diet, especially after losing my gallbladder thanks to going on a VLCD diet. What...

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Unexpected Events

When I said that I would post Part Two soon, I planned on posting the next day. Unfortunately, the next day saw me rush to the emergency ward, get checked in, and get my appendix out in 26 hours. To...

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7 Things No One Told Me About Appendix Surgery

I should just learn not to promise things. Ever. Some complications have extended my recovery time and have led to me spending more time sleeping than doing anything else. Ugh. Before the promised Part...

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I’m Not Good at This

Maybe if I was, I would have a more engaging blog, eh? Maybe I should have a little more sympathy for myself. I’ve lost this blog about half a dozen times now thanks to bad web hosting (we’ve now...

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Apollo Bay

Recently the Bloke and I had the pleasure of going to Apollo Bay for a few days. It’s an absolutely gorgeous place. If you can get in there a little while before tourist season really starts (like we...

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The 12 Apostles

The Bloke and I saw these while we were staying in Apollo Bay, but I think they call for a gallery all their own…

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The Otway Fly

Another adventure from our time around Apollo Bay…

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Starting Project Life

Earlier this year, I came across this thing called Project Life. I have boxes of photos and an album that I still hadn’t finished after… a few years… As much as I like scrapbooking, doing 12×12 layouts...

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New Year’s Resolutions

Yes, I am thinking about resolutions already on Christmas Eve. I can’t help myself. As much as I love Christmas, I love the clean slate mentality that the New Year provides. And if I’m 10 times more...

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Happy Holidays

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Happy New Year! Welcome 2014

Saying hello to 2014 by saying goodbye to 2013… with music…

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Project Life 2014 & Other Goals

Hello 2014! I know we’re three days in, but it’s still ‘hello’. I meant to make this post earlier, but I have been pretty flat out with everything. I want to start the new year off right, so I have...

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Sugar Is Killing Us

A short and sweet (pardon the pun) video on the dangers of sugar and where it’s taking the United States as a country. “Sugar is Killing Us is a campaign to spread information about the negative...

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More on the Dangers of Sugar

I am a total documentary addict. When I watched the short video on sugar that I posted the day before yesterday and saw some documentaries/special news reports pop into the sidebar, I just had to check...

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