Healthy, Wealthy & Loving Life
#6
 
 
Friday October 3rd will be the first day of the last 90 days in 2008.  What can you achieve in 90 days? I hadn’t given much thought to clutter and how it can affect us in our daily lives until a combination of experiences brought this very concept to my attention. How much time and energy do you waste on clutter?  How often do you walk past a cupboard and think I must get around to tidying that up? 
How often do you look at a yard project and think I will put that on my “to do” list?  How often do you go to get a favorite blouse or shirt from the closet and remember that you still have not replaced the button that came off it last time you wore it last season?  What else have you got that is cluttering your mind or your surroundings?  Think about it does it drain your energy or zap your efficiency? Here is my challenge to you.  In the 90 days that are left between this week and the New year how much energy zapping clutter can you get rid of? Here is what I did.  more>>
 
 
 
Kitchen Corner! 
One of the people I admire who has a mission to make a difference to the health of people in the USA is Bill Phillips. The recipe in today’s newsletter is straight from Bill’s book “Eating For Life.”  I have seen Bill speak on several occasions and discussed with him some of the things he sees as problematic today.  A quote I heard him make in one of the speaking engagements I attended “the biggest addiction in America today is portion size,” is one of my favorites.  Bill’s book “Eating for Life” is one of the recipe books that I keep on my kitchen bookshelf and I refer to for inspiration.  For more information about Bill, check out his website at www.billphillips.com.  At his website  you will be able to find out all about the “transformation challenge” Bill is setting to fulfill his mission of transforming the USA from the most unhealthy nation in the world into the healthiest.  This weeks recipe is for Greek pinwheels more>> 
 
 
 
Beagle Bites
Taking care of basics
Mum does not have a guest writing for her newsletter this week so I was going to have my friend Tuscan feature as a guest in my blog.  Only problem was - Mum forgot the camera to take a picture of us both. So I decided to talk about basic doggy hygiene instead. .  I have mentioned before how I get to walk about 3 ½ miles every day.  Usually, when we get back from the evening walk I get a dental “Greeny” bone to clean my teeth. Greeny’s are very tasty and I get quite excited when I am given one.  I run through the house with it and lay on my bed to eat it more>>
 
 
 
 
 
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Healthy, Wealthy & Loving Life
#7
   
So how did you get on with the challenge I set you?  Did you make a list of 90 things that need doing?  Did anyone get more? Did anyone get less?  If it was difficult to write down 90, can any of the things you have on your list be broken down into more achievable portions.  One example of this on my list of 100 is my closet.  At first I wrote down “clean out closet” and had two sub-categories of “sort old clothes and throw away those that cannot be recycled” and “Take good clothing to organization that can use it.”  I realized that this was a major task and so I broke it down into smaller chunks – Sort through pants; sort through blouses; sort through t-shirts; etc.  I am really inspired by having this list and am actually ahead of the curve.  Of my 100 I have already highlighted (Completed) 17 items some of which I had been procrastinating about since February. I was given the idea of highlighting more>>
 
 
 
Kitchen Corner! 
     I found out something this week that I didn’t know and it really surprised me.  I have recommended using the “Nutritional Facts” printed on food packaging in previous newsletters as a good way to know what we are consuming into our bodies when we eat prepared food.  I usually scan over the Nutritional content and % daily values to make my judgment about a food.
 
   So here’s the thing that surprised me!  more>>
 
 
 
Beagle Bites

    I have had several people ask about my spelling.  Especially the way I spell Mum.  Let me take a sentence or two to answer the critics.  My Mum, Liz, was born and grew up in England and they have funny ways of spelling over there.  They also have some very different meanings for some of the words we all use.  Mum wears a fanny pack when she takes me for a walk.  It has bags to clean up after me, a cell phone, her house keys, and, if I am lucky, some training treats for me if I am good.  If she said she was going to put on a fanny pack in England they would think she was being very rude and vulgar.  Anyway that‘s why  I sometimes spell her “Mum” and at other times “Mom.”

 

    My Mum was a bit excitable this morning (Saturday).  She woke up early (as she usually does) and got all excited because it was raining.  We live in the San Francisco Bay area and haven’t seen rain since April – I think.  Mum did threaten to take me out for my walk while it was still raining but I climbed into bed with my Dad and refused to budge.  more>>

   

 
 
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Healthy, Wealthy & Loving Life
#8
   
Welcome to Issue number 8. In this issue, I am going to talk about how the 100-day challenge is going for me.  I have had plenty of responses by email from those of you doing the 90-day challenge I set but very few people want to post comments.  If you feel confident about posting a comment click on the comment link at the bottom of the page and say what you think about the challenge – or give some of your successes. more>> 
 
 
Nutrition 
 “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results” 
 I have some thoughts about this quote from Einstein that gets used frequently by people in the coaching industry and in many other industries too.  It is usually quoted in the context of moving people to change their behavior or take action to do something.  Well what happens if we look at it from a different angle.  What if we want to get the same results?  Then by using the definition of insanity given by Einstein, would sanity be doing the same thing and expecting the same results?  Are you confused yet?  Want to know where I am going with this?  Let me tell you a story.  Several years ago when I was a the highest weight I have ever been and not happy with myself at all I decided to try a specific diet.  The South Beach Diet.  For those of you who are not familiar with this particular diet it was devised by Dr Ago more>> 
 
 

Kitchen Corner! 

I had a bit of a dilemma about which recipe to post this week. The weather is getting a little cooler here in the San Francisco Bay Area and I love to cook hearty recipes when that happens.  I finally chose to feature one this week and the other next week so do check on what the girl from England can do with chili and then next week look out for Tuna fish casserole – an old favorite that can be made healthier with a few simple adjustments  more>>
 
 

Beagle Bites

I have taken it on myself to have yet another vital role in my family.  I watch for the time when they are getting too serious about anything and then I distract them.  I am “THE DISTRACTER!”  Maybe I could have a film made about me – you know like Terminator- well maybe not.  So here’s what I do more>> 
 
  
 
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Healthy, Wealthy & Loving Life
#9
   
Welcome to Issue # 9.  Do you ever get one of those weeks where life just seems to happen regardless of all of your planning?  You have so much happening that you cannot remember what was going on two days ago.  Well this past week was like that for me.  The third week of the month is popular with a lot of the organizations I am involved with as the week in which to hold meetings.  So of the five evenings this week I have been at home for one of them and that was dedicated to some financial planning that I scheduled with my husband.  I feel exhausted but at the same time exhilarated by everything, I have achieved this week
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Kitchen Corner! 

Tuna Fish Casserole.  After the weather got cooler last week, we are back to warmer weather in the San Francisco Bay Area with temperatures in the high eighties.  So I haven’t been making the warming, hearty meals this week.  I am still going to share this recipe for a couple of reasons.  My daughter is a student and does not have a large budget or much time for making food or clearing up afterwards.  As a health and wellness coach, if I am working with a client to improve an area of their health I look at all aspects of their life and what factors may influence the ability to implement changes that will serve them.  Money, time, available equipment –whether for fitness or to cook with or whatever it is we are working on, all these factors and more are taken into account. So my reasons for including this recipe despite the warm weather are, a) it is easy, b) it is inexpensive, c) it doesn’t require much equipment to make it, and d) it is quick. more>>

 
 

Beagle Bites

I had a busy week this week.  Mum always has so much going on in the third week of the month and it upsets my routine.  I am a beagle of habit and I don’t like my routine upset.  I get confused.  It is the week end now and that should all be finished with and I should be back to what I know and love next week but, let me tell you a little bit about this week. 
On one of the days my mum hosts a meeting for her friends.  They sit around and talk all evening about goals they are setting and the ones that they have achieved from the previous month.  I used to really like this day because mum creates all these healthy snacks and her friends are very susceptible to my best begging face and they will often slip me a piece of broccoli or another yummy snack.  I never say no!  Unfortunately, I do sometimes over indulge in the snacks and one of them referred to me as “Mr Farty.” 
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Healthy, Wealthy & Loving Life
#10
   
 
Welcome to newsletter #10.  I am amazed at the responses I am getting from people who are subscribed.  Thank you for all of the comments.  If you wish to comment and feel confident about posting what you wish to say I am open to receiving all comments and am pleased that two people chose to respond publicly this week rather than to my personal email.  Thank you Mike and Matt.  Also if you do know of anyone who you think would enjoy reading this newsletter use the "forward to a friend" option at the bottom and share my weekly musings with them. Yesterday was National Make a difference day and this week I have a guest article from Ken Long on how he chooses to make a difference.  I spent yesterday with a wonderful group of people all of us volunteers at the San Jose Book Expo, an event that relies heavily on volunteers to happen.  I had a lot of fun and enjoyed talking to the wonderful people who get enjoyment and relaxation from the books they read and the book groups they belong to. 
How are you getting on with the clutter challenge? more>> 
 
 

Nutrition

Rather than including a recipe this week I wanted to share some information about a great little book that was recommended to me.  I have been showing this little book to people I have been meeting and they are as pleased with it as I am. Eat This Not That by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding, ISBN 1-59486-854-9 is a very useful tool.  It is especially useful if you find yourself eating corporate lunches several days a week.  My observation is that in most areas where there are a number of places that people from work need a lunch time meal, fast food joints spring up overnight to provide food for the workers. more>>

 
 

Beagle Bites

Life has been very quiet for me this week.  I am trying very hard to do my job as “The Distracter” when ever I can.  I do have a second job that I take very seriously.  I am CFO of the Ainsworth Gardening and Horticulture venture.  I am not sure if mum has mentioned very much about how she likes to grow her own vegetables.  She spends about an hour a day in the back yard and through the growing season the family and many of our friends benefit from the organic produce grown there.  As I said, my job is CFO or Chief Fertilizing Officer more>> 
 
 
Creativity is Not Enough - 3 Ways to Make a Difference
By Ken Long
 
Do you enjoy the sudden rush from having a new idea? Do your toes curl with excitement when you see new possibilities? Does your heart pound at the emergence of a new insight?

So what? What do you do with the energy? It has to go someplace or it will quickly dissipate. Don't get left holding an empty bag.

Children bounce from idea to idea with boundless energy. we admire their creativity and playfulness and try to recapture that enthusiasm when we are being creative at work and in our businesses. But children don't pay rent or have mortgages or deal with insurance or irate bosses or traffic. They don't have the same energy sinkholes that drain our emotions. They don't have to deliver to a deadline or meet a bottom line. more>>
 
  
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