I’ve been hoarding links and things to share all month – I better get down to it before the month is over! Why You Should Drink Warm Water and Lemon After I read that article (the comments in particular!) I decided to try it.  Hot water with just lemon?  And no tea or anything else? …
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Life of Pi

January 24th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (6 Comments)

I just finished Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I didn’t know much about this book before I read it, and for that reason I don’t want to share too many details here.  It was nice picking this up and knowing very little about it, simply believing it was going to be good.  I liked …
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OK people, we need to talk about Deep Nutrition.  I wrote briefly about this book last week, but to put it mildly, it’s been shaking things up around here. Project Weight Loss First, Deep Nutrition has changed the direction Project Weight Loss because it has inspired me to start looking beyond calories.  I still believe there …
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Julia Kozerski

September 30th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (0 Comments)

I just finished looking through the photographs of Julia Kozerski, a photographer who captured her 160 pound weight loss in two different photographic projects. The first series of photographs is called Half.  (Warning!  Not safe for work!)  From her statement about this project: We all have at least one attribute about ourselves that causes us …
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In the Flesh

July 19th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (6 Comments)

Want to know where I was last night? Well, photographically speaking – I’m at the bottom of that picture of a really cool sky. Technically speaking, I was at a seminar given by a really cool guy. The best selling author of Thrive and Thrive Fitness, vegan pro Ironman triathlete – none other than Brendan …
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Green Smoothie Revolution

July 18th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (3 Comments)

I’m about to put Green Smoothie Revolution in the library book drop, but thought I’d write a little something about it first. Written by Victoria Boutenko and published in 2009, Green Smoothie Revolution is a fairly quick read. (it’s only about a half inch thick.) The first 1/4 inch is ten short chapters filled with …
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I recently finished Jillian Michaels’ latest book, Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life. This book could also be titled “Unlimited: The Book I Didn’t Know I Needed to Read.” To be honest, I wasn’t really looking for tips on How to Build an Exceptional Life, so while I knew she had a new book …
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Two Awesome Articles

June 25th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (0 Comments)

Psychology Today is one of my current favorite magazines, but it’s published bi-monthly so it feels like an eternity between issues.  I was at their website a couple days ago for a PT fix and got sucked in to two great reads – both well worth sharing. The Secret to Exercising More and Feeling Great …
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A little over a year ago Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point spawned a little side project blog she called Operation Beautiful. It all started with a post-it note that she left on a bathroom mirror – a note that said “You Are Beautiful” after having a not-so-great day feeling pretty crummy about herself. She blogged …
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Born to Read This Book

July 8th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (8 Comments)

This week I finished reading a book that has earned itself the well-deserved honor as my new favorite: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Born to Run is one of those books that has left me feeling sad that it’s over. It’s also one of those books that is going to prevent me from picking …
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