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Tag Archives: quit smoking
The Addictions
2020 without doubt has been a very challenging year to say the least. With COVID 19 always hanging in the shadows of every corner of my life I now find myself stuck in a corner. Giving up a gym membership … Continue reading
Posted in diabesity, fitness, food, health, mindfulness, minimalist, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, walking
Tagged aging, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, fitness, food, health, life, minimalist, moments, positive thinking, quit smoking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss
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A Whole Life
Slowly and carefully I am taking small steps towards going from a Whole 30 diet to a Whole 30 Lifestyle. I suppose you can say I am trying to create a Whole Lifestyle. With new born excitement about not just … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, art, awards, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diet, emergency, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, MAC, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, prepared, primal, quit smoking, roses, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, natural health, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, the whole 30, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, well being, whole 30, whole life, work
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Three Whole Years – Smoke Free – Happy Easter
It is Easter Sunday, the day us Christians celebrate the resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ, but today is also a very personal celebration day for me as well. It was just three years ago that I made the decision … Continue reading
Posted in diabesity, diet, finances, fitness, food, health, life, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, primal, quit smoking, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, vaping
Tagged debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, finances, fitness, health, life, minimalist, moments, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking
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Career Survival – Constant Act of Recreating One’s Self
As I move into a new year and continue to take the silent vow of simplicity I once again find myself filled with staying busy. My career choice leads me in directions where the act of “recreating oneself”, is a … Continue reading
Posted in debt, diet, family, finances, fitness, food, growing up, health, life, minimalist, prepared, quit smoking, simple living, work
Tagged aging, body building, debt, exercise, family, finances, fitness, food, growing up, health, life, minimalist, now, positive thinking, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, walking
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More Change
It is the morning after a historical Presidential election and based on the numbers it appears that more people favored Donald Trump over Hilary Clinton. Does this really mean anything? Americans have lost faith in its Federal Government a long … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, food, health, life, marriage, mindfulness, minimalist, Oregon, primal, quit smoking, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, work
Tagged adventure, aging, blogging, body building, campaign, debt, diabesity, diabetes, election, exercise, family, finances, fitness, food, growing up, health, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, now, Oregon, positive thinking, president, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss, work
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The Morning Person
It’s 5:00 AM this Saturday morning and while most folks are still sleeping here I am sitting  in my kitchen waiting for the world to awaken. This is my time to experience the silence of the world in my little … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, minimalist, paleo, photography, primal, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, walking, work
Tagged aging, body building, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss, work
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Diabesity Challenge Day #29 – A Worried Mind and Retirement Responsibilities
Why am I up at 3:00 AM? I only slept 6 1/2 hours and I am wide awake. It’s Mom. That wonderful women who raised me in ways that certainly can be questionable as far as parenting is concerned. After … Continue reading
Posted in body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, food, growing up, health, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, minimalist, paleo, primal, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, walking, work
Tagged aging, body building, broke, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, food, frugal, growing up, health, life, minimalist, moments, paleo, parents, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, responsibility, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss
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Good Health is Simple Living
I have been writing a lot of posts lately about my own health and my challenges with Type II Diabetes. I tag these posts with “minimalism and simple living” tags. The reason I do this is that I feel one … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, body building, diabesity, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, roses, simple living, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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It’s all About Image
When we think about self it really all comes down to image. There is not one of us who doesn’t look at ourselves in the mirror and make judgements about what we see. Those judgements we make correlate to what … Continue reading
Posted in art, family, fun, growing up, health, life, minimalist, simple living
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, image, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, mirror, moments, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, self, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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I Will Break These Chains That Bind Me
It has been two years since I started this mission to get back in good health. I quit smoking, started working out and changed my diet to eating from nature. In the last several months I have made some changes … Continue reading
Posted in body building, fitness, health, primal, type II diabetes, walking
Tagged aging, body building, diabetes, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, health, life, nature, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking
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