Category: Learn to Cook
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Pre-XC-Ski Lower Sugar Power Breakfast
Doing the sugar research I’ve been doing lately has made me look a lot more closely at my own sugar intake. In the last piece, I wrote about cutting sugar completely for a week from the coffee I look forward to every morning. That week just ended yesterday. More about that soon.
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Coffee Without Sugar – Why and Ugh So Far
Whoa, there have been times in my life I sucked down way more sugar than I needed and sure paid a heavy – well over 200 pound – price for it. Not too long ago, even though my weight has remained stable in the mid-160’s for decades, I was still dumping almost 2 tablespoons of…
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Living the Moment Pure Winter Magic
Got home from the rink about 9:30 Saturday morning just as light snowflakes started to fall. “C’mon, man. Move!”, I told myself, sometimes quite out loud, while I changed into bike clothes in what seemed like slow motion. But then I pushed out – “finally, ya’ big…” and the flakes were floating fat as cornflakes,…
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Westborough Bike & Pedestrian Committee Progress
What I like most about being on the Westborough BPAC (Bike & Pedestrian Advisory Committee) is getting the kind of things done we reported to our Board of Selectmen last night. First, our charge: Improve bike and pedestrian safety and accessibility in town. Build multi-use trails. Here’s where we are since our progress report last…
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Mindful Eating: The Key to a Meaningful Diet
First, I think when people hear or speak the word “diet”, they mean one intended to promote weight loss, though diet in its pure sense is what we as individuals eat regularly. Everyone has a diet, whether it’s healthy or not, and some of those diets are more targeted than others. A gluten-free diet is one specifically…
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Ugh! Antidote
Yep, that’s what I had way too much of right before going to bed after coming home from a trip at 2am yesterday morning. Still, even though I felt like a toad when I got up not too much after I finally went to bed, I got right back into my regular exercise routine with…
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One Word About a Late Night Big Meal Right Before Bed
Just one word to describe how my body and head feel after eating a big meal late at night right before bed:
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Sleep Benefits: More Than Just Vanity
Like you, I’m sure, I’ve heard that “You need to get more sleep” line for years. And like you too, I’m just as certain, I blew off that advice for decades thinking I was doing myself and others a much better service by powering through being tired. Recently, though, I’ve looked at sleep very differently.…