Experiments in Living
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Aug 11th, 2008
Here’s a report of a study worth noting for those who think you have to eat muscle to make muscle.
Fruits and vegetables contain essential vitamins, minerals and fiber that
are key to good health. Now, a newly released study by Agricultural Research
Service (ARS)-funded scientists suggests plant foods also may help preserve
muscle mass in older men and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2008
Photo by Kowitz
Today my humble little blog is celebrating a whole year since its inception. My very first post talks about the issue of time management, and my use of the timer (especially as a tool for limiting the time I spend online!). I rate the Flylady system, but all those emails (10+ per day) [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues, Uncategorized, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Feb 18th, 2008
Giving up meat. As simple as that. Giving up something I don’t really need and want less and less wasn’t really a sacrifice in the conventional sense of the word. I like and prefer vegetarian food, and although when I started to re-assess my life last July during a period of depression, going veggie wasn’t [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits on Jan 22nd, 2008
It’s now two weeks into my “get more exercise” resolution.
Today I walked around the park and went to the gym after work. Despite my comments about going first thing in the morning I seem to be settling in to an after work kind of routine.
Yesterday (Monday) I went to a yoga class.
Sunday, I went to [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Jan 17th, 2008
Due to the really nasty weather I have not been out walking at lunchtime all this week. However, I have been keeping to my resolution to take a full lunch hour each day, currently I am reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Great fast-past action packed thriller, just the thing to take some time [...]
