Stanford Article on New Year’s Resolutions: Losing Weight

January 12, 2010

Stanford University’s January 7 Inside Stanford Medicine newsletter had an interesting article on achieving three common New Year’s Resolutions, including losing weight.
From the article:
“A paper in the Journal of Clinical Psychology showed that people who made resolutions were 10 times more successful at changing their behavior than those who wanted to make a change [...]

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Book #2 Chosen: Tongue by Kyung Ran Jo

January 11, 2010

I picked up Tongue by Kyung Ran Jo at the San Francisco Airport when we were there for six hours last week. I know getting new books kind of defeats the purpose of the challenge, but I like reading Korean authors, and I knew I would finish the good good pig quickly, so I bought [...]

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Back From Jamaica and Weight Loss Update

January 11, 2010

After getting stuck overnight in Charlotte, I am finally back from Jamaica. Although I technically should have weighed myself last Friday, I did it as soon as I got home today since I didn’t have access to a scale while traveling. In the first week (plus three days), I lost 0.7 pounds. Not quite a [...]

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Quick Update – Still in Jamaica

January 7, 2010

Just a quick update. I am in Jamaica and the internet connection here is WAY too slow to do much of anything. I finished the good good pig on the plane and I have my review about half written, as well as a Jamaica travelogue in progress for my travel blog. I’m probably eating more [...]

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Challenge Update: Lose a Book and a Pound a Week

January 2, 2010

Stephen finally made the case for me posting my weight, so I have reluctantly posted my starting weight over in the right hand column. Yikes! He correctly points out that posting my weight makes the number more real to me and probably makes it more interesting for people to follow my challenge. So there it [...]

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Book #1 Chosen: the good good pig by Sy Mongomery

January 1, 2010

The book I have chosen for the week of January 1-7, 2010, is the good good pig by Sy Montgomery. Because I am still scanning in book titles to get a starting total, I just grabbed the closest book. No, I didn’t choose it to be funny. Here is the description/review from Publisher’s Weekly I [...]

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2010 Challenge: Lose a Pound and a Book Each Week

December 31, 2009

Last week, I watched Julie & Julia with my Mom. Aside from the fact that it is a terrific movie with wonderful performances, it was inspiring as well. I haven’t been very good about blogging on a regular basis, and having a challenge is the kind of thing that keeps me motivated, so I decided [...]

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My Dog is an Art Thief

December 14, 2009

We used to have pet rats, and they are known for stealing things. They would take whatever they could get their tiny little hands on and hide it away behind the books on our bookshelf (after nibbling hundreds of little bites in the edges of the pages). But I have never had a dog that [...]

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Holiday Shopping on Etsy

December 2, 2009

Since I am pretty good with keeping secrets, I can’t share all the presents that I have bought on Etsy with you. I don’t want to give away any surprises. But I can share some of my favorite Etsy finds. It is my favorite place to find unique gifts. I love it because the money [...]

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Attack of the Killer… Cat?

December 2, 2009

I was walking Chiqui last night and checked my email on my phone. I had a wishlist notification from Bookmooch so I stopped for a moment to mooch the book. Just as I clicked the mooch button, a black cat shot out of the darkness and attacked Chiqui. I fumbled with my phone while I [...]

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