I have so many things to be thankful for. Even though I weigh more now than I did last Thanksgiving, I’m back on track and I’m making progress. A healthy lifestyle feels like it’s within reach again. I’ve gone through one of the darkest times in my life and been able to get through it. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
Bliss
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, tagged Buddhism, happiness, meditation, music, Zen on November 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last night I had the opportunity to do something I hadn’t done in almost 20 years. I was able to play with Pan Fried Steel, a community based steel drum band based out of Yarmouth Maine. The high school I attended was fortunate enough to have a steel drum band and I spent countless hours practicing and playing [...]
Progress
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged happiness, health, weight loss on November 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a post the other day, I said that I was equating weight loss with progress. Even though I realize that consistency in eating well, exercising and making healthy choices is a much better gauge of progress, I still tend to focus on the weight. This morning, I finally saw some. After over a week of the [...]
Lunch With a Zen Master
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, death, dinner, happiness, sangha, vegetarianism, Zen on April 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As I said in my last post, my weekend was spent at the Providence Zen Center where I took my five precepts and formally became a member of the school. The Zen Center is a beautiful place and spending time there was a great experience. Sure, I’m sore from all the bowing and odd movements [...]
On A Train
Posted in Family, tagged family, happiness, mindfulness on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m writing this while sitting on a train to Boston. My family from Ohio is up here with us and that means doing touristy things. This and the snowboarding lessons tomorrow are the two big highlights of the trip. Yesterday, we went around Portland and I showed them some of the things that make it [...]
Doing More With Less
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged happiness, health, weight loss on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I stepped on the scale this morning and waited for the flashing numbers to stop jumping up and down. After a few seconds they did and I saw my weight had not yet dropped below the 268 mark. The good thing about the scale is that it displays tenths of pounds so I can see [...]
2010 Thanks for the Memories
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, Mindfulness, Savor, Weight Loss, tagged Buddhism, depression, diet, happiness, health, meditation, mindfulness, Savor, weight loss on January 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What a year! It’s been one full of change for me. The most obvious one is that I started the year at about 320, saw my weight go up to 330 and now I’m down to 269 with more weight loss on the way. Sure, I went into 2010 making a half hearted attempt at [...]
The Power of Bread
Posted in Family, Weight Loss, tagged Baking, Bread, happiness, health, healthy cooking, quinoa, vegetarianism, weight loss on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The other day, we had a friend over for dinner. This is someone who shares my (new) taste in food and I love it when she comes over for dinner since it means I get eat the food I’ve made with someone else. My wife can’t usually eat what I do for a number of [...]
Take This Martha Stewart
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged dinner, happiness, healthy cooking, recipes, vegetarianism, weight loss on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a story on NPR the other night about a recipe called “Pumpkins Stuffed with Everything Good”. It caught my interest for a few minutes but I didn’t think much about it since it really did have a bit of that smarmy NPR edge to it that makes food and recipes out to be [...]
