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January 7, 2010
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
 Leave a comment Stop! Don’t do it! I know it’s the “new year,” that ritualistic period whereby we become fixated on ridding ourselves of that sluggish, bloated, overloaded blob-like feeling in which we wrapped ourselves for the previous two months. Whipped up by cartons of cookies and bags of breadstuffs; flavored by truckloads of turkey with gravy, ham [...] December 17, 2009
The next morning, I raced downstairs, not knowing what to expect. I surveyed the living room. Nothing. Then the obvious became apparent: “He was an eccentric geezer who cashed in his penny jar, that’s all.” I started to exit when I noticed a simple envelope adorned with an embossed snowflake and a monogrammed “S.C.” Slitting it open, I pulled out a handwritten note on parchment: “Henceforth, you will realize how fortunate you truly are. Your life is full even when it seems not. Enjoy your blessings. Thanks for the [...] December 10, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Lifestyle, Motivation, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Looking for something to help wind down at the end of a hard day clogging your arteries with Monster Pies? How about the McNuggetini? This festive drink (?) consists of a chocolate milkshake mixed with vodka, rimmed with barbecue sauce, and garnished with half a chicken nugget. “Hey bar-keep! Gimme a double will [...] November 23, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Nutrition, Wellness
2 comments Although food is definitely a means by which we celebrate good fortune, I must note that nowhere is “stuffing oneself until sick” listed as a tradition. Quite the contrary, I would go so far as to say that uncomfortable, pained, hyper-expanded feeling that follows so many Thanksgiving celebrations actually detracts from the appreciative sense of gratitude one would hope to experience. Maybe, that’s one tradition we can drop this [...] November 11, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Motivation, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Watch what you say, it could become your life. Therefore, when we say, “I’ve lost my motivation,” it presupposes that motivation is some foreign entity residing in a distant land. Yet, we are the source of our [...] October 29, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Motivation, Recovery, Self-Help, Wellness
4 comments Positive thinking is not blind, naive, magical wishing. I cannot rub a crystal ball, site solemnly my affirmations, and assume that all will go exactly as I foresee. It does not materialize nirvana. What it does is gives me a stake in my own outcomes; so my life becomes mine, for better or [...] October 21, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Children, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Nutrition, Weight loss, Wellness
2 comments When I’m bored, I want to eat. When I’m sad, I eat. When I’m angry — you got it. You know, there are people who, when they’re bored, they read a book? When they’re sad, they call a friend; and when they’re angry, they take a walk. There’s a clinical term for that kind of personality: it’s called [...] October 15, 2009
At the end of the line up, the inn has two dispensing machines that provide two different types of cold cereal. In the front of each dispenser, there is a picture of the box from which they come. I presume they do this so you can tell which cereal is which. However, at first blush, the decision to the health-conscious appears obvious. Note use of the word, [...] October 7, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Commentary, Life Experiences, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Motivation, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Weight loss, Wellness
4 comments People, please, can we take a breath? Let’s slow down long enough to step back from the brink and move distant from the precipice of righteous anger. Let’s put the “go-ahead-cross-this-line” bravado on the back burner long enough to hear what someone has to say before we puff up, poke our finger in his chest, and give him the piece of mind we think he [...] September 30, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Life Experiences, Mental Health, Motivation, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Oh yes, once in a while, something great does cross my computer screen, and it’s worth telling others about. The RULES FOR BEING HUMAN, by Cherie Carter-Scott, fits that bill, consisting of ten brilliant lessons on how to manage your time on Planet [...] September 23, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Personal Experiences, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
2 comments From the moment she entered the jet, I could tell she did not want to be there. In addition to apologizing each time her overloaded “Big Brown Bag” banged someone in an aisle seat, she was having difficulty navigating her excessive size down the skeletal-sized aisle. I knew the other passengers were thinking, “I hope she [...] September 16, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Lifestyle, Medical, Nutrition, Weight loss, Wellness
2 comments Due to the long lifespan of people and the rigors of the diet, studies of calorie restriction in humans are ongoing and have yet to show that people live longer. Nonetheless, thousands of individuals now follow calorie restriction diets, hoping to discover what Ponce de Leon did [...] September 8, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Motivation, Recovery, Self-Help, Wellness
Leave a comment “I realized things weren’t going to get any better until I made them better. I’m tired of feeling bad all the time. I felt like I was trapped. I was always angry. I was ruining my relationships. It was just time. Any of the above; all of the above, you name [...] September 3, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Self-Help, Spirituality, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Most of our stream of consciousness flowing between our ears is emotionally neutral. However, periodically, for better or worse, we draw a thought from the current and focus on it. The longer we drill, the more emotional the thought. Emotions drive change. Change affects our future. So, put two and two together and one can see that thoughts actually do manifest themselves as our [...] August 26, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Children, Diet, Family, Habit Change, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Motivation
Leave a comment They – whomever “they” are – have erroneously told us that confidence is acquired as the result of years on the planet. Yet, after observing this energetic, welcoming, unabashed toddler, I wonder; maybe self-assurance is our birthright – not the self-doubt with which we saddle [...] August 19, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Family, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Relationships
Leave a comment After two months in the Andes, unable to “take it any more,” and losing all hope of rescue, Parrado and a teammate – adorned merely in jeans, t-shirts, and make-shift shoe shoes – trekked, hiked, crawled, and dragged themselves 70 miles down the mountain, eventually finding help, and rescuing the 16 remaining survivors. I know I was not the only person who pulled from its holster a cell phone. I tapped into it my wife’s number, and left a message telling her how much I love her and what a blessing she is in my [...] August 5, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment I stood on my head today. Well, that’s not exactly accurate. Actually standing on my head would require a level of flexibility and dexterity not possessed by yours truly as my feet cannot even reach that big ol’ noggin of mine. Besides, even if they could, why would I choose to stand on it? It [...] July 15, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Recovery, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Here I sit, having face-time with the perennial decision of any dieter, “Do I or don’t I?” Somebody said that foods made with salt, sugar, and fat are the most irresistible. Why not just call them what they are, “baked goods?” I am practically captive to their doughy gooey pull; Homer strapped to the mast, [...] July 1, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Children, Family, Habit Change, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Motivation, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Dinner had finished so they retired to the living room, leaving the pile of plates and cups in the sink. After all, dishes will wait, your daughter’s potential first steps will not. [...] June 25, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Family, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Sitting at my usual table, at my usual coffee house, at the usual time, I’m not sure I “read” my newspaper, per se. I glance at an article, absorb a few lines, and then give myself the luxury of letting my mind drift. From this process come ideas for speeches or columns. It’s also one [...] June 18, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-Help, Spirituality, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment That’s when it happened. I won’t lie and say the pain vanished. It didn’t – on no, not by a long shot. However, something changed and, for an instant, I found myself in a mental place where, although I could feel discomfort, I also experienced exhilaration because, until this moment, I was never before able to achieve this [...] June 10, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Humor, Inspiration & Motivation, Mental Health, Motivation, Self-Help, Wellness
Leave a comment Just stay off the scale, leave it alone, shut the emotional door behind, and walk into the distance? What a concept. Skip all the fussing and frustrations associated with the ups and downs of my daily weight and lead a normal healthy life? Could that be possible? Can I do [...] May 20, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Recovery, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
2 comments This is not merely an ethereal discussion without real-life implication, similar to “how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.” These terms we toss about: “success,” “failure,” “victory,” “defeat;” manipulate us emotionally; and it is what we feel – far beyond what we think – that drives action. Therefore what we choose to say matters to the highest [...] May 13, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment Who dreamt this up? I mean any diet that requires hot dogs has to be a joke. They – and the ice cream – were probably tossed in simply to prevent one from going bonkers while protectively hunkering over and guarding the three saltine crackers and one miserly [...] May 7, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Humor, Inspiration & Motivation, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Motivation, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment I know what you’re thinking, “There’s a lot of activity but no action.” See! Readin’ you like a book, aren’t I? I saw that [...] April 29, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Diet, Health & Fitness, Inspiration & Motivation, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Motivation, Nutrition, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
Leave a comment My internal recovering perfectionist is intrigued by the very concept of a “perfect day.” What would it be like? For that matter, is it even possible? And, of course, since all things in my life filter through the screen of dieting, my thoughts turned toward, “What would it be like to be perfect on my diet for one [...] April 24, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Attitude, Business Management, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Humor, Inspiration & Motivation, Men's Issues, Motivation, Weight loss
One comment I want to shriek, “Don’t you dare tell me what size I am! I am a professional dieter. I can list the calories, fat, fiber, and sugar content of every food ever invented. Go ahead, test me!” Feeling mall security would not take kindly to a raving maniac in bulging britches, I opt to keep closed my pie [...] April 15, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Habit Change, Humor, Inspiration & Motivation, Motivation, Wellness
2 comments Why not manufacture a scale for uninspired dieters who merely want to feel good, but don’t want to actually change? [...] April 2, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Motivation, Weight loss, Wellness
6 comments We engage in these behaviors because we’re looking for the simplest road to our goal. That’s normal; it’s not like life is so easy that we need to complicate it. However, equally true – and certainly more frustrating – is that the less we adjust, the more unlikely we are to experience positive results. Change requires [...] |
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Health care debate and personal choices
Quoting Cassius, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves…” It’s easy to pronounce and pontificate about what “they” should do, it’s quite another little something to step to the platform, roll up our sleeves, and actually take action. Irrespective of legislation regarding “single payer” or “pre-existing conditions,” we must each make a difference in our own lives by establishing good health as a higher priority in day-to-day [...]