Archives by Tag 'Mindfulness'
Food Games: Saving The Yummy Bits
My relationship with food is not quite right. Not much of surprise there since I once weighed 396 pounds. I have a good amount of recovery from my dysfunctional relationship with food, but there are still things I do, games I play with my food unconsciously, that cause me problems and are still coming to [...]
Recipe: A Good Morning
On twitter, tirayk said, “Hey! I’m lovin the recipes! Keep’ em comin!”
So, here ya go:
A Good Morning
Ingredients-
Programmable Alarm Clock
Prayer Beads
Exercise Space
Wife
Meditation Cushion
A Good Book
Coffee
For the Programmable Alarm Clock I use my iPhone. I set three alarms, each to go off at 5 minute intervals. I use the Bell Tower, Robot, and Marimba sounds, in [...]
Life As A Tube
Currently being forced to take a break from workouts due to a nasty (and persistent) head cold. So, I’m spending some time introspecting on the path that got me to the point where I would even contemplate doing a 100 push up challenge.
I was reflecting on what it was like to be morbidly obese. I [...]
The Most Often Neglected Portion Of Your Workout
One of the most often neglected portions of a workout is the cool down. I often find myself paying a lot of attention during the warm-up, the slow start, the building to my maximum output for the day, and the slide down the other side. But, the cool down is often just filled with [...]
What are you eating?
When I was 21, at 396 pounds, I honestly didn’t know the answer to that question. I could tell you what the things I ate were called, and could talk about how they tasted, but I had no clue what they actually were. Especially when I was eating them. I had worked myself into (as [...]