Oh dear… I didn’t do my exercise first thing this morning, and as always happens, my motivation is waning! var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-9648738-1″); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

Breakfast 2 slices toast on Ezekiel Sesame bread, with ~1 tsp Earth Balance, ~1 tbsp (or a little less) fresh ground peanut butter, and 1/2 sliced banana on each piece of toast plum peach ~1 c red grapes

From The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle by Franklin House, M.D., Stuart A. Seale, M.D., and Ian Blake Newman. Modified only slightly–original recipe calls for parsley as garnish but I left that out. 1 c dry red lentils 5 c water 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp olive oil 1 c onion, chopped 1/2 c celery, thinly [...]

Parents are hard-wired to protect their kids from harm. Are you protecting yours from disease? Feed your kids healthy foods now and you will reduce their risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and cancer later. In the meantime, they’ll also likely experience fewer allergies and ear infections, less asthma and quite possibly less ADHD.   [...]

Low-key 35-min walk around my neighborhood with a friend and her baby. Then, a 10 min ab workout from OnDemand. In all, 45 min, 247 calories, average HR 128, TE 2.7. Great to exercise with a friend! Tomorrow will have to be a harder workout, though. // //

Breakfast 1 peach 1 plum ~1 c red grapes ~3/4 c cherries

A great thing to fool that sweet tooth into thinking it’s getting something bad for you! frozen bananas fresh or frozen strawberries chocolate soymilk Blend in a blender, adding soymilk to desired consistency. var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = [...]

Breakfast two slices of toast, Ezekiel Sesame bread, with ~1 tsp Earth Balance margarine per slice, ~1 tbsp (?) fresh-ground peanut butter (from my local health food store) per slice, and sliced banana (one whole banana between the two slices of toast) plum peach ~1 1/2 c red grapes

Blaise Pascal philosophized that each of us has a God-sized vacuum inside. …He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy]… Ecclesiastes 3:11, Amplified Bible   The research of Harold Koenig of Duke [...]

Running/walking ~50 min in my neighborhood. warm up 5 min run 10 min, walk 2 min, run 10 min, walk 3 min, run 10 min cool down just under 10 min, because I stopped to pull up some morning glories to transplant into my yard. 203 calories, average HR 155, TE 3.1 I was running [...]