I’ve been gone for quite some time and am surprised to find that I am still getting visitors to the blog on a fairly regular basis. I’ve been absent for a number of reasons but the short version is that I’ve been going through an extremely painful and challenging period in my life. For the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘attachment’
Confessions of an Absentee Blogger
Posted in Buddhism, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, Buddhism, depression, meditation, suffering, weight loss, Zen on November 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Pride: The Enemy of Progress
Posted in Buddhism, tagged attachment, Buddhism, Pride, technology, understanding on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I started this post, I was sitting in my favorite coffee-house in the world. If you ever have the chance to visit Portland, Maine, you must stop by Bard Coffee. It is the best coffee on the planet served in a great atmosphere by people who are crazy passionate about coffee. I don’t get [...]
Why Couldn’t It Have Been Heroin?
Posted in Mindless Ramblings, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, suffering, weight loss on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When you kick an addiction to cigarettes or drugs or alcohol, you can go through the rest of your life without ever smoking, snorting or shooting your drug of choice. Not so with food. You’ve still got to eat if you want to live. This is quite unfair and it annoys me greatly. You never [...]
The Joy of Writing
Posted in Buddhism, Mindfulness, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, Buddhism, mindfulness, suffering, writing on December 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve said in my previous two posts, I’ve been thinking about attachment a lot lately. As I examine my own thoughts, ideas and attitudes about attachment, I’ve come to realize that a majority of my attachments are to mental concepts and ideas. Sure, I have physical things that I have attachments to but if [...]
Approaching 38
Posted in Buddhism, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, Buddhism, diet, happiness, health, suffering, understanding, weight loss on December 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The title of this post isn’t a reference to my age. I’m not that old yet. It is, however, a reference to my shrinking waistline. Having lost over 60 pounds, I’ve gone from wearing 44 inch jeans down to wearing 38 inch jeans (almost). I found some pants on sale the other day and since [...]
Rounding Third and Heading for Home
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, Buddhism, health, impermanence, weight loss, Zen on December 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As I’ve mentioned here before, I usually weigh myself on two different scales and they are almost ten pounds off from one another. This has caused me some frustration as I try to split the difference between them to get a more accurate picture of where my weight really is. Lately, things seemed to have [...]
The Image of Self
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, Meditation, Weight Loss, tagged attachment, Buddhism, impermanence, meditation, obesity, weight loss, Zen on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As of earlier today, I was considering my “official” weight to be 272 pounds. That’s a few pounds more than one of my scales reads and a few pounds less than the other. Regardless of which scale is right or closer to the truth, the fact is that I have continued to lose weight and [...]
Strong sitting
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, Meditation, Mindfulness, tagged attachment, breathing, Buddhism, impermanence, meditation, mindfulness on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve been sitting, I’ve been trying to remain non-judgmental about whatever thoughts pop into my mind. When I first started meditation, I felt like my mind was a hummingbird that was constantly flying around without rhyme or reason. My thoughts don’t race around as much now as they used and for short periods of time [...]
My current weight
starting weight on 6/30/2010: 330
current weight (as of 12/06/2011): 303
loss: 27 lbsAbout me
I am a (formerly) 330 pound guy from Maine who is exploring Zen and Buddhist practices as a key to living a balanced and healthy life. This blog will serve as a place to record my progress in reaching a healthy weight and lifestyle as well as my thoughts on mindfullness and Buddhist practice.My twitter feed
- Days Like This by Kim Taylor {{Official Music Video}}: youtu.be/xN-hiLXaLTg via @youtube. This is a beautiful song from a beautiful singer 2 days ago
- Avengers Assemble! At the movies with the kids. (@ Regal Brunswick 10 for The Avengers) 4sq.com/J8Cs4v 3 weeks ago
- Treating the kids to some of their favorite pizza. (@ Flipside) 4sq.com/JQzC1I 3 weeks ago
- I just reached Level 2 of the "Pizzaiolo" badge on @foursquare. I’ve checked in at 5 different pizza joints! 4sq.com/JQzC1G 3 weeks ago
- I'm at The Gelato Fiasco (Brunswick, ME) 4sq.com/IixkN4 4 weeks ago
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