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No Excuses, Part 2
I am a bit short on time, so this is going to be short and sweet. Last year I posted a blog titled “No Excuses.” In it I included my favorite commercial, one by Nike. Here it is again (even if...
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Loving Our Bodies
Most of you are probably aware of Karl Lagerfeld’s comment a few months ago regarding Adele: The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice....
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Much Ado About Fat
Over the past week I have run across three articles/pieces regarding fat. The first one was one of those slideshow pieces on the Comcast home page titled “RealSimple.com: Know Your Good Fats From Your...
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Random Thoughts From China
So as many of you know, I recently went to China for 3 weeks. Apologies, first off for the lack of blog posts while I was away. I busted my butt to write 6 extra posts, and set the date and time for...
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The “Fat Whisperer” ~ Are You Kidding Me?!
So while I was sitting on a plane to China for 14 straight hours (in economy plus, no less…no chance of sleeping much) I had a chance to catch up on some reading. I like to read a magazine when I...
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GOOP
I have to say that I am very often skeptical of celebrities who try to be an authority on food/nutrition, exercise, or life in general. Too often they know nothing about which they are speaking, and...
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The Obesity Problem…Whose Fault Is It?
Last week in the news the CDC released the results of a study that showed that …by 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, compared to 34 percent now, and 11 percent will be severely obese,...
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Is There a “Set Point?”
I hope some of you got the chance to watch the HBO special titled “The Weight of the Nation,” which aired on Monday and Tuesday nights. If you didn’t get a chance to see it, all four parts are...
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Five (More) Food Myths
I love the Huffington Post’s Healthy Living section. Yes, the Huffington Post is a liberal publication politically. But whether you are conservative, liberal or somewhere in between, the Healthy...
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45 is the New 25
Last year I wrote about Diana Nyad, a 61 YO female swimmer who was attempting to swim 103 miles (expected to take 60+ hours) from Cuba to Key West (see “Going for Greatness at Any Age“). Nyad,...
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Local Things to Do
One of the things I would like to do going forward is to make people aware of local events and things to do…today’s post will be the first of hopefully many highlighting how to keep busy in the...
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Most Expensive Zip Codes and a Little Workout
Recently sold in Atherton, CA with a list price of just under $14M. Listing broker: DeLeon Realty. Today I want to share an article that ran in Forbes a few weeks ago, America’s 500 Most Expensive Zip...
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My First Home
Buying and selling homes has been on my mind of late…having started my real estate career only two weeks ago, you can understand why…and having just closed on a house myself in June, it got me thinking...
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Is Winter the Right Time to Sell Your House?
When is the best time to sell your home? If I ask ten people, odds are nine of them would say “spring.” But do the facts support that? Spring may be the busiest time, but busy doesn’t necessarily...
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Decorating Ideas for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be here in just two weeks. I am not hosting Thanksgiving, so right now I am not freaked out about preparing for it. What does freak me out is that the Christmas season “officially”...
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How to Have “House Beautiful” Bookshelves
I’m laughing at the title of my blog post. As if I know how to have “House Beautiful bookshelves. The truth is, I’m a shelf-styling neophyte. But having recently moved I found myself staring at 6...
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Is the Massachusetts Real Estate Market “Schizophrenic?”
Being new to the real estate business I have been doing my best to read, learn and understand the current market. But how can I expect to understand the real estate market when experienced agents are...
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Most Googled Thanksgiving Recipes
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving…can you give me a “whoop whoop?” I am not hosting and am feeling quite relaxed. So relaxed that I spent part of yesterday putting up Christmas lights. It was 60 degrees, it...
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Should Boston Host the 2024 Summer Olympics?
I read a great piece in the Boston Globe the other day titled “Can We Talk About the 2024 Olympics?” In in Yvonne Abraham discusses the fact that the US Olympic Committee will be making a decision in...
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8 Holiday Gifts You Can Make
I have yet to start my Christmas shopping. My tree is up, but there is not a single wrapped present under it (or unwrapped present hiding in a closet somewhere). Moving less than two months ago and...
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