Well, not exactly. But I like to think of our knowledge base as a string of pearls. And I LOVE stumbling upon random "pearls"- little tidbits that really hit home and sink in and create an a-HA moment. I have experienced a few in recent months that I'd like to share with you...
Food Diary Change:
Charlotte wrote a post about her grandmother, who had suffered eating disorders her entire life until she died. Later, Charlotte came across her journals and instead of memories of her life, the journals contained every morsel that went into her grandmother's mouth- every calorie accounted for- until she died. Charlotte was so saddened that there was no mention of the people she loved, her life experiences, and her joys- but rather useless numbers. That day I decided I would stop with the madness that was MY food diary (above left is the "old" food diary-I showed it to a dietician and she nearly fell off her chair). I still keep a journal (above right)- but it's more about my day's activities, and summarizing the calories, but not "7 almonds= 60 calories".
Tying my shoes:
I think it was Tina who posted about "how to tie your shoes". (Correct me if I'm wrong!) You see, if you tie your laces correctly, they should almost NEVER come undone. And you should not need to double-knot them in order for them to stay put. If your shoelaces often come undone (Uh YEAH!!) there is a solution! Another hint that your laces are tied correctly: the bow will sit at a 90 degree angle to your shoe from toe to heel. If it is incorrect, it will flop over at a 45-degree angle and not look "neat". I find it hilarious that for 40-mumble-mumble years, I've been tying my shoes wrong! So now if I fall on my face, I'll just blame it on a crack in the pavement or copious amounts of booze! :-) I've posted a link to a video that I found.
Interpreting "Hunger"
I have read about a zillion books on diet and health. Oh don't get me wrong, I don't retain all of the information, but once in a while something hits home. Just recently I was reading a book that is mostly psychobabble (and doc, I mean that in a very loving way!), but one thing the author said that really hit home involved the difference between emotional hunger and real true stomach hunger: to paraphrase...
- Emotional Hunger comes on like Gang-buster and is the type that makes you think that if you don't get something in your gullet asap, you might just start to eat your own arm.
- Real Hunger comes on more slowly, and builds. But (here's the clincher)... real. hunger. can. wait. Genius. And true.
Recognizing the Booze munchies:
Matt of Kath and Matt fame pointed out something cool not long ago. They had been out to dinner and had some beer and/or wine. They had a lovely, filling meal, then afterwards Kath said she that wanted an ice cream. Matt simply put his hand on her shoulder and said something like "No, it's the wine that wants one". So true.
Photo above...Look at Charlotte [RIP :-( ] and Samantha- ogling our wine...such BOOZE-hounds (uh, well, you know what I mean)I'm sure I'll remember more, but I just wanted to share those today. I'd love to hear any pearls that you've learned. Share with me.
And for the record, I have no idea why the font size goes from HUGE to tiny. I keep changing it back to "normal" but I think this post just has a mind of it's own :-) So at this point, any pearls of wisdom regarding Blogger settings/layout/format would be greatly appreciated :-D
Deb
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Those notes from Charlotte's grandmother made me choke up with tears. Time to have enough support at computer monitors, cell phones and brick and mortar friends tucked across the country to finally rip up our calorie counts and embrace life and activity!
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