tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:01:24 +0000I talk - ALOT. I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things. Since people have more to do with their lives than listen to me, I often find myself having...CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF.http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (tqote)Blogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-2079127055010957691Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:42:00 +00002008-11-13T20:42:49.658-05:00YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- LinkedIn's recently adopted policy of allowing market researchers to survey its members makes it easier to find out who they are and target them for both research and marketing.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/11/finally-find-out-who-linkedin-users-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-1005497600904062400Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:59:00 +00002008-10-16T14:59:45.393-04:00BatchBlue is participating in Blog Action Day this year by partnering with the RI Community Food Bank to raise awareness of the ongoing efforts to fight poverty in Rhode Island. As a part of the effort, we pledge that for every comment posted below we will donate 3 meals to a deserving RI family. No contact information is required, just let us knowread more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/10/fighting-poverty-in-ri-batchblue-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-439798088636253826Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:09:00 +00002008-08-26T14:09:53.695-04:00Is a person’s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/better-to-be-fat-and-fit-than-skinny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-8289604771782566082Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:06:00 +00002008-08-26T14:06:33.213-04:00Anyone with kids knows that getting the kids to develop healthy habits is tough. Tempting junk food and sedentary activities like TV and video games are always looming. So what can parents do to teach the kids healthy habits? Here are a few tricks I’ve used with my kids to ensure that they grow up healthy without making it seem like punishment.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/get-em-when-theyre-young-healthy-habits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-544524979027498600Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:32:00 +00002008-08-25T10:32:10.793-04:00It’s that time of year again. Time for back-to-school shopping and planning! Every circular, every store, every sale includes something about the basics for back to school. Summer may still be in full swing, but consumers have already moved on.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/update-your-lunch-wardrobe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-1552432712739307037Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:17:00 +00002008-08-20T13:17:21.477-04:00Hot Yoga, at least at my center, is one and a half hours of a power vinyasa class in temperatures reaching 95 degrees. Intimidating at first, but addictive and amazing.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/weather-is-warm-but-yoga-is-hot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3239684907625123839Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +00002008-08-20T13:11:59.141-04:00Fun and Easy Ways to Turn Your Family Fitread more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-as-i-say-do-as-i-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-234227178894753540Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:21:00 +00002008-08-10T14:21:34.782-04:00My Prevention Maven Kirsten D. tackles ten ways to relieve stress without relieving your wallet.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/10-great-and-free-ways-to-de-stress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3833013395445881890Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:33:00 +00002008-08-08T01:33:06.491-04:00Preparation, Preparation, Preparation. Try these 5 things to help increase the chance of staying on track for a healthy week. read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/5-ways-to-increase-your-chance-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-4756356658154395507Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:47:00 +00002008-08-06T09:47:49.480-04:00Burn calories by laughing. Really. One woman's story about how in trying to exercise, she ended up in laughter, and quite possibly in better shape.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/laughter-as-exercise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-7944921048960632478Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:09:00 +00002008-08-05T17:09:25.515-04:00Great, well-researched tips for a healthier you!read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/top-10-tips-for-healthy-grocery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-2227519888944052203Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:37:00 +00002008-08-05T00:37:17.651-04:00The best of the week of 7/27 - 8/2. California and LA lead the nation AGAIN in improving the health of its residents...by gentle (read legal) persuasion.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-ban-or-not-to-ban-for-your-own-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3559638184739762754Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-08-04T16:19:15.683-04:00Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/study-most-kids-fast-food-meals-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3889244835024734950Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-08-04T11:55:04.448-04:00One woman tackles the troublesome weight gain that turned her from model-thin to twice her size when her child was born. Years later, she decides to shed what's left; join her for tips & her story as she embarks on a weight loss routine of diet & exercise to get pre-baby fit.read more | digg storyhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/08/from-skinny-to-baby-fat-blues-and-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-8770848846733104152Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:40:00 +00002008-07-28T12:56:50.106-04:00World history has given us Israelis versus Palestinians, Sunnis versus Shiites, Hutus versus Tutsis, Germans versus Jews, and so on...there are too many to name here. But locally, it seems like lately, Red Sox versus Yankees is getting just as contentious.http://merriam.ab.mec.edu/clasroom/handlett.htmlhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2004/241004distortedmentality.htmhttp://http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/07/random-thoughts-about-violence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3233451491058291415Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:30:00 +00002008-07-01T23:31:38.502-04:00Oh, the kids made me do it. Really. And Peter Shankman. Actually, it started with Lisa Cadan but, I digress.I was perfectly content with LinkedIn. My goal was to add as many people as possible to my little world. I loved it. And I loved linking people (no pun intended) with one another and looking for business opportunities.Then Lisa told me to join Facebook. And I did. And it was good.Then I washttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-atwitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-7160150800659532666Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +00002008-07-01T16:49:38.861-04:00Here’s the thing: the invention of instantaneous and traceable technology (instant messaging, text messaging, email, etc.) is blurring the lines of communication between adults and minors.We all know how impossible it is to read tone in a written message. Anything can be inferred or implied and particularly, if your audience is of a questionable age, well, you can find yourself chum in http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/07/dont-tickle-me-elmo-or-text-me-or-im-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-2021355123933192142Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:07:00 +00002008-06-30T15:08:16.112-04:00Ever have so much to say, that you don’t know where to begin? That, is the story of my life. Not that I am unable to speak it, but more importantly, that I can’t slow my brain down enough to write it, to share it, to capture it all. I have running dialogues, essays, commentaries inside my head 24/7 but 5 seconds in front of a keyboard and I am rendered “speechless.”A few years ago I took some http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-m-here-u-r-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-5035253738987660461Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:04:00 +00002008-06-30T15:07:09.928-04:00I have never lacked for inspiration – only motivation. I am lazy as shit. Seriously, if it weren’t for the fact that I am more interested in repairing my Money Pit of a house than I am working for a living, this would just never get done.George Carlin died this weekend. Shit. Fuck. There are several other words worth inserting here, but for the sake of my mother, I will refrain. (Dad, you can http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/06/joining-circus-is-easy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-8609270615302699120Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:04:00 +00002008-06-30T15:04:44.556-04:00I love my milkman. Well, I don’t actually know him – or her – for that matter, but I do love whoever it is. I can’t believe that anyone ever thought that it was a better idea to go to the store yourself. I mean, how uncivilized! Crazy people and lines and junk all cluttered together…yuck!I think that in this day and age, the pleasure to have the convenience of home delivery is underrated. It’s http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2008/06/got-milk-or-anything-else.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-8794380697434865750Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +00002007-08-07T10:51:19.143-04:00People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing--that's why we recommend it daily.- Zig Ziglar, motivational speakerMotivation is a difficult thing - one day it's there and the next day, well, not so much. It's hard to keep the momentum going when life constantly gets in the way of our plans.Personally, I need accountability. I need to have something planned or scheduledhttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2007/08/motivation-101.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-567829610696675008Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:49:00 +00002007-08-07T10:51:44.840-04:00"Celebrate we will, because life is short but sweet for certain." Dave Matthews Band[In honor of the Dave Matthews Band concert tonight at The Tweeter Center, I thought I would throw a quote or two out there to chew on...so to speak.]"These are the times to remember cause they will not last forever." Billy JoelPeople always remember the bad things, the negative things, the unpleasant, embarassinghttp://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2007/08/celebrate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-4829238126322570563Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:46:00 +00002007-08-07T10:52:06.677-04:00Last year, I was working as the Executive Director of a non-profit trying to raise money for obesity and its resulting diseases, particularly childhood obesity. Plenty of people did not donate because they were sure that if a child was fat, his parents were to blame. And THEY shouldn't have to pay to fix someone else's ignorance or laziness. (These are the same people who think that you can http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2007/08/family-affair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-3846292584705437Tue, 08 May 2007 16:37:00 +00002007-05-08T13:03:02.973-04:00Okay, so much for daily updates on the trials and tribulations of Nutrition Bootcamp. Of course, life got in the way and I spent last week like a gorilla at the zoo with her baby permanently attached to her. Even Thursday, when my daughter accompanied me to work because she still couldn't go back to daycare, she was stuck to me like white on rice.Speaking of rice, and the white hell that is http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2007/05/week-two-day-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32926120.post-8189339516062123379Tue, 01 May 2007 13:59:00 +00002007-05-01T10:14:56.848-04:00So here it is. Last night I began an 8 week program called Nutrition Bootcamp. This is the first day of the rest of my life - or at least the first day of the next 8 weeks of hell. Not because it is a punitive or difficult program per se, but all because of one little caveat...giving up sugar.I love sweets. Not cake or pastries, as much as ice cream, cookies and candy. And sweet things like http://healthyshapes.blogspot.com/2007/05/day-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tqote)0