Category: body

Eating the right amount

October 29, 2006 | 6 comments

I momentarily marveled this morning at our son’s ability to stop eating when he’s had enough food. He’s always been able to say no to over eating. He can have a whole plate of food before him, take a few

What is beauty?

October 27, 2006 | No comments yet

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~Kahlil Gibran Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic. ~Rosalind Russell I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~Author Unknown You don’t

Blanket of belief

October 20, 2006 | 1 comment

One day before last Christmas I was wrapping some presents for the family in my wife’s sewing room. I heard intruding footsteps coming down the hallway, so in desperation to protect the anonymity of my yet unwrapped gifts I threw

Smaller portions of food

October 15, 2006 | 4 comments

My wife, Kathy, recently started buying bread in smaller loaves. The kids and I looked at the miniature sandwich slices and complained about their tiny size. Kathy pointed out that when she was a kid, all bread slices were that

Shaping up from within

October 15, 2006 | No comments yet

I haven’t read Victoria Moran’s book “Fit from within,” but I like some of the ideas she has to share on losing weight without diets by integrating a spiritual component. She wrote in part: The people I know who maintain