Category Archives: Terveys

Health.

Week 4 begins

Posted on Mon, 10 March 2008 by Mel Green

I’m calling Feb. 18 this year the start of my fat loss program this year, & as that was a Monday & so is today, that makes this the first day of my 4th week. I don’t know that I’m … Continue reading →

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A progress report

Posted on Mon, 10 March 2008 by Mel Green

Restart & progress since February 18. I started up again on getting exercise again just two & a half weeks ago, on Monday, February 18, doing about 30 minutes dancing with my iPod each morning before I went to work. … Continue reading →

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My nutritional approach (state of my art)

Posted on Mon, 10 March 2008 by Mel Green

Originally written for my Burn the Fat Inner Circle progress journal. My nutritional approach History. On December 21, 2005 (winter solstice), I made the crucial decision to heed the warning brought to me through the grief of my mother’s death … Continue reading →

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Motivation & goals

Posted on Mon, 10 March 2008 by Mel Green

Because one of the keys to motivation with me is keeping track of what I’m learning & doing & also writing about it (hence this blog), & doing so within a community of other people who are doing the same … Continue reading →

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Refresher

Posted on Sat, 8 March 2008 by Mel Green

I started up again on getting exercise again just two & a half weeks ago, on Monday, February 18, doing about 30 minutes each morning before I went to work. Incredible how even that little bitty bit improved things. I … Continue reading →

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Reactivation

Posted on Wed, 5 March 2008 by Mel Green

Reactivation in the sense of getting off my duff & getting active again. Reactivation in the sense of writing this blog again. It’s been nearly a year & a half since I’ve done either with any consistency — not since … Continue reading →

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Lentil soup

Posted on Wed, 9 January 2008 by Mel Green

Lentil soup Some lentil soup I made tonight, with onions, carrots, celery, carrots, pickles, & kale. Recipe Okay, here’s how I cooked it: 2 cups uncooked lentils1 cup brown basmati rice8 cups water1 onion chopped2 carrots chopped2 celery stalks chopped2-3 … Continue reading →

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10,533 meters

Posted on Wed, 5 December 2007 by Mel Green

  My first go at a really long row: 60 minutes, in which I rowed 10,533 meters (that’s 10.5 km, folks) with an average time per 500 meters of 2:50.9. I’ll probably want to give 10,000m rows a few more … Continue reading →

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Skeleton Crew challenge: met

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 by Mel Green

I bought a Concept 2 Model D indoor rower with my Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend last month, & got started using it right away, just in time to participate in Concept 2’s annual Skeleton Crew challenge to row over 31,000 … Continue reading →

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Reset 2

Posted on Wed, 10 October 2007 by Mel Green

S10 test. Chugach Mountains, 10x zoom. The reset continues, with a little help from my PFD. This pic represents part of that: a new camera, a Nikon Coolpix S10, that arrived yesterday — still learning my way around it, obviously, … Continue reading →

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