Intuitively eating, intuitively living

Everything seemed intuitive today. I slept well, then got up for some quiet time before DH awakes. My normal habit is to drink a couple of glasses of hot water, but I wasn’t thirsty, so I waited until later. Food wasn’t on my mind either, so I promised myself I’d eat whenever I got hungry.
DH [...]

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Goal Check-In Aug 30

Goal Period: approximately Aug 7 – Aug 24
Write one or more lists of shoulds and energy-draining activities
Take 1-10 positive actions daily
Eat and taste consciously every eating experience   
After my first week on these goals, I find that I’ve forgotten to taste my food nearly every time. I do think about shoulds and energy-draining activities, but I’m not [...]

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Keeping up a good mood

Feeling good about myself is the most important tool I have to keep working on my goals. Not a false, denial, happy-bunny kind of feel-good, but a rational, I-know-who-I-am feel-good.
Looking at my photos the other day and not seeing any change on the scale kinda brought me down. Then I started looking for ways that [...]

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Taking action

Yesterday I took action towards my new habits. After not being able to figure out why I got stuck on the sofa last night, I decided that it didn’t matter much why, but it matters if I take action, so I did.
When I got home, I was sleepy, due to a short night, so I [...]

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Energy-draining Activities

Last night I was drained of energy. After my first day back at work following vacation, I came home tired. During work, I had my usual 3 p.m. low, which I generally counter by eating. This time I tried not eating. At 2 p.m., I had a piece of candy (Red Hots by Schimpff’s in [...]

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Goals for Aug 26 – Sept 15

It’s not about food. This principle I’m taking very seriously this week. Therefore, my eating goals will not change from eating consciously and intuitively, but my other goals will follow a new path.
Das Abenteuer Motivation is a self-improvement program from a German Psychologist, Nicole Fritze. You can read more about her program, if you read [...]

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Goal Check-In

Results from my Goal Period: approximately Aug 7 – Aug 24
Thinking Goals
Choose every day to do things that make me feel happy. Did a good job of both doing things and reminding myself to do things that make me happy.
Spend half an hour alone in contemplation. Maybe only 1-5 times did I do this specifically, [...]

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Lessening Hunger

Now that jet lag is almost behind me, I notice that I’m significantly less hungry than before my trip. Only it leans a little towards the not hungry due to emotions side. Or maybe it’s still the jet lag speaking.
Yesterday I skipped breakfast, then ate a good lunch. In the evening, I ate about half [...]

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Help me find an exercise product

When I was in the US lately, there was an infomercial that promotes some exercise program. Can you help me figure out the name of the product? If you recognize the product I’m talking about, please let me know by either leaving a comment or send me an email. Email at livingrainbowcolor @ yahoo.com (scrunch [...]

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Positively Happy

I’m back home now, vacation is almost over.
The theme of this vacation was to give myself closure on some old family issues and give my daughter a sense of what it was like to grow up in the South. It was hugely successful, with many wonderful experiences, and I did get the closure I desired.
Random [...]

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