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What do I want to do when I retire?
I am looking at a total of 40 months before I join the crowd of retired folks. I remember when I was a kid the question was asked so many times… “What do you want to be when you grow … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, aging, body building, debt, diabesity, diabetes, dreaming, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, positive thinking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, walking, weight loss, work
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Cooking is Caring
One of the skills I learned at an early age that will certainly fuel my life in retirement is cooking. Today, not only do we cook most of our meals but actually eating more than going out. Growing up there … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, cooking, food, fun, gardening, health, life, minimalist, positive thinking, simple living
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Mountains of Tomato’s
The second half of the month of August is always a joy to me. This is the time where my acquired “Square-foot-gardening” skills start to show the rewards of working those raised bed gardens pay off. The heirloom tomato’s are … Continue reading
Posted in america, diet, family, food, frugal, fun, gardening, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, whole food plant based
Tagged exercise, family, food, fun, gardening, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, simple living, vegan, vegetarian
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Mom passed last week
Conscious confirmation to self that all is well Cardio all week and my body weight drops, Weight lifting on the weekend and my body weight goes up. But progressively my body weight is dropping slightly each week as I am … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, positive thinking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, whole food plant based
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Friday Meeting with the Doctor
After reducing my beer intake and adjusting my diner hours I can say that my blood sugar has come down to 116. It was teetering around 150 for ever but I am starting to see the light at the end … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, positive thinking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, whole food plant based
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Seven weeks with Whole Food Plant Based
At 7 weeks progress continues to be made as I have now dipped down to 181 lbs. from the original 196 when I started. I am finally back into my 34″ waist pants. I am feeling fantastic as this Whole … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, body building, diabetes, exercise, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, positive thinking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, whole food plant based
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What I Eat for Breakfast
Breakfast is pretty simple and packed full of energy, vitamins and minerals. I start with Bob’s Red Mill instant oatmeal. It comes in many varieties but I always choose the one with less sugar. I boil some water and pour … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, nature, positive thinking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, weight loss, whole food plant based
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Never too Late to go Vegan
I have 4 weeks under my belt since I made the decision to adopt a Whole Food Plant Based way of eating and I have say that each day seems to get a little better. Initially I dropped a significant … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, positive thinking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, whole food plant based
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Three weeks into the Whole Food Plant Based adventure
It’s been 3 weeks now since I started eating a Whole Food Plant Based diet, which is rapidly becoming a Whole Food Plant Based LIFESTYLE. The first thing I noticed was an incredible increase in energy. I no longer felt … Continue reading
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I have found my way back to a “Healthy Lifestyle”
It was a little more than 12 years ago, and I still remember it clearly. During an annual physical with my physician it was noted that my cholesterol was peaking towards 200. My doctor wrote a prescription for me for … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, body building, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, nature, positive thinking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss
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