This post’s based on the 1-3-6 method I blogged about back in Oct 2008.
Current Weight: 83 kg
a) The 1 important outcome is:
Goal: Achieve target weight of 77 kg by 31 Dec 2011
b) The 3 things I can do that increase the probability of achieving the desired outcome:
1- Increase my walking from (approx) 10 minutes to 20 minutes per day.
2- Add a seven minute circuits session (using own body weight) to running-in-the-park sessions.
3- Walk up nine flights of stairs an average of 3 times per day (rolling monthly average.)
This is natural weight training for the legs and really does tone muscle, in my experience.
And now comes the harder part. (Continued)
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One of the great things about books and Amazon.com is reading comments left by other readers who’ve taken the time to post thoughtful feedback!
However, since I don’t know these people I usually feel somewhat detached from their opinions and recommendations.
That’s why I’m very impressed with what entrepreneur Derek Sivers (former owner of cdbaby.com) has done on his personal site. (Continued)
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Five steps in, four steps out
My lips are sealed
but soles are free
to stroke the Earth I know so well
where dreams can soar
and life is more
than rutted ground and nasty stones
that make me frown
and get me down.
Yet, by and by
through nostrils willing,
and heart forgiving
the flow returns
from head to feet,
a hope-filled beat.
- Mark ‘barefoot runner’ McClure
An ode to barefoot running and affirmative nasal breathing;-)
The post’s title is taken from a meditation described in Barbara Ann Brennan’s book, “Hands of Light”.
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(An edited version of this post will be submitted for publication at Jacinta Hin’s “Embrace Transition” FaceBook page.)
One of my favorite novels is the time travel classic, “Replay”, by the late Ken Grimwood.
Here’s an appreciation I wrote over three years ago:
“Would Time Travellers Set Goals?
The plot’s ingeniously simple but the consequences rip and ripple through time and space, affecting many. I’ve read ‘Replay’ several times and, in response to the events of 3/11, feel drawn to do so again.
Why?
Because, in a strange mash up of fact and fiction I found it easy to imagine that my character’s 43 years suddenly ended at 2:46pm, one pleasant Friday in March, 2011. And yet, in the flicker of a dying synapse, I was soon very much alive again. But it was the year 1986 and I’d all of the memories and experiences of the next 25 consciously available… (Continued)
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My friend, Jacinta Hin, recently launched her ‘embrace transition’ fan page on FaceBook.
The 3/11 quake and tsunami was the catalyst for an idea she’s been thinking about for a while.
And now it’s time has come.
http://www.facebook.com/eTransition
Check it out and, if you find value there, please ‘like’ the page and spread the word.
- Mark McClure
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