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Setting Goals

1 August 2012

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Setting Goals

Goals. So many of us have some hazy ideas that we refer to as goals, but how many of us accomplish them? How many of us even go so far as to turn them into something solid and truly commit to them? We say things like, “my goal is to lose weight,” or, “my goal [...]

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Review: If My Body is a Temple, Then I Was a Megachurch by Scott Davis (audiobook)

17 September 2011

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Review: If My Body is a Temple, Then I Was a Megachurch by Scott Davis (audiobook)

“For Him to increase in my ministry, I had to decrease in my waistline.” That, in a nutshell, describes comedian Scott Davis’ motivation for losing 132 pounds. In If My Body is a Temple, Then I Was a Megachurch: My journey of losing 132 pounds with no exercise!, Davis describes his journey to a healthy weight [...]

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Taking a Break

16 April 2010

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I spend my time. It seems that I find myself wasting a lot of time on Facebook or in front of the TV (or both simultaneously) or doing other things that drain me emotionally, physically, and spiritually. After reading and contemplating a blog post by Tony Steward, [...]

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Support Ricker Library and a neat new local business

18 March 2010

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Hello to my friends in Central Maine (especially Poland, Maine)! This Saturday (March 20) we have an awesome opportunity to support a great new local business and also support our favorite public library! Square Root Natural Foods is a new natural food store opening at Poland Crossing, where Poland’s Dunkin Donuts is located (the store [...]

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Santa Fe Fajitas

29 December 2009

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My diet died at some point over the past few weeks. Thanksgiving went well, but sometime after that things fell apart. I’m not giving up, though – I’m jumping back on the horse… I took a look at what’s new on the Full Plate Diet web site and they’ve added a lot. I especially like [...]

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Five days down

20 October 2009

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So, how am I doing five days after my commitment to a healthy me? Well… At stage one of the Full Plate Diet, I’m supposed to: Eat more fiber Drink more water – at least 6 glasses a day Stop eating when I no longer feel hungry Yes, I’ve eaten more fiber over the past [...]

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A Great Smoothie

17 February 2006

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I promised some friends from the library last week that I would give them the recipe for an awesome smoothie that I have been drinking, so I decided to post it to my blog. This is based on the recipe for a smoothie called “The Green Gorilla.” 1/2 package frozen spinach 1 very ripe banana [...]

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