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074 Encouragement

Not long ago at a community event, a friend complimented me on my shape—that I looked muscular (most people tell me how skinny I look; not usually what a guy likes to hear). I believed him. Though not the only motivation, his considerate comment has given me an extra boost to continue push-ups, pull-ups, weightlifting,Continue reading “074 Encouragement”

071 Affliction consecrated for my gain!

I grind my teeth when sleeping if I don’t wear a mouthguard. Call it an affliction (annoyance, really) to wear a mouthguard every night. God consecrated this affliction for my gain because when I wake and remove the mouthguard every morning, I brush my teeth and the mouthguard (for its next use), every morning. MyContinue reading “071 Affliction consecrated for my gain!”

070 What Should I Eat?

Do you ever feel indecisive about choosing what to eat? Yesterday for lunch my wife and I did. Then I had a thought. “I’ll make the rice” I volunteered, trusting later we’d figure on other delicious additives. We did and she did! When I paused from the work task I was completing to check theContinue reading “070 What Should I Eat?”

069 Make A Simple, Small Change

Authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath write, “Two health researchers, Steve Booth-Butterfield and Bill Reger, professors at West Virginia University, were contemplating ways to persuade people to eat a healthier diet . . . “As the two researchers brainstormed, their thoughts kept coming back to milk. Most Americans drink milk, and we all know thatContinue reading “069 Make A Simple, Small Change”

068 Eat Less by Changing the Size of Your Bowl

Did you know there’s a simple way to change how much you eat? Simply change the size of the plate, bowl, and/or cup you use. In their book Switch authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath describe an experiment testing whether “people with bigger buckets [of popcorn would] eat more”. Two groups of participants were givenContinue reading “068 Eat Less by Changing the Size of Your Bowl”

067 *Switch

Eating can be a joyful life experience we have multiple times a day! ” . . . [A]ll things which come out of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart; “Yea, for food and for raiment,Continue reading “067 *Switch”