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Tag Archives: Melz history
It’s all just an act… or maybe not
My last trip into the pit — my name for the worst form of depression/despair I sometimes go into — was in November & December 2007. Want to know what it feels like? I’ll try to explain. And also how I get out of it. Continue reading
Posted in depression
Tagged 5-HTP, Christopher Erin Rogers, Flickr, Melz history, NaNoWriMo 2007, the pit
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Blinks
On Facebook, my friend David has been thinking about blinks. He posted a brief little meditation about it a few days ago, & this morning a wonderful short poem called “Blinking” that I wish I could post here but I … Continue reading
Posted in Greens, Nonfiction
Tagged 1962, 1994, blinks, cats, Columbia Falls, creative nonfiction, Dad, Dave, David Cheezem, Eight Lives, Facebook, Green family, Gretchen Legler, Lem the cat, Mark, Melz history, memory, Mer, Mom, Montana, Rozz, UAA, Whylie, writing
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Channel 11 interview, part 2 (the full story)
Once upon a time I was a probationary employee of the Book Cache at Sears Mall. And then they discovered I was… [gasp]… a lesbian! Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics, Ordinance
Tagged Anchorage, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Identity Reports, lgbtq, Melz history, One in 10
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Same-sex marriage: A personal history
Good news from Maine Wednesday: its legislature passed, & its governor signed, a law making it legal for same-sex couples to marry. This makes Maine the 5th state in the U.S., after Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, & Iowa, to grant the … Continue reading
The start of Start Walking
Note: My Start Walking posts can easily be found by clicking on the label Start Walking 2008. Today was the beginning of my workplace’s Start Walking program for this year. This year participants are metaphorically on an expedition up Mount … Continue reading
Baseline: cardio & strength
History. When I made my permanent dietary changes two years ago, I also began exercising pretty consistently. I started with dancing, because I enjoy it. I would simply stick the earbuds of my iPod in my ear, put on a … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged cardio, Concept 2, dancing, grey, Melz history, reset, rowing, strength training, Turbulence Training
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Reactivation
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
Starting points
As I prepare to optimize my diet with John Berardi’s Precision Nutrition & my exercise program with Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training, it seemed useful to review how I got to where I am now. Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Insulin resistance, Nutrition, Start Walking
Tagged blood glucose, books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, Diana Schwarzbein, Melz history, Melz state of my art (health/fitness), precision nutrition, Schwarzbein Principle (book), Turbulence Training, tweaking my diet
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Nutrition or training — which is more important?
Tom Venuto’s Burn the Fat Blog today has some fine advice in answer to the question “Nutrition or training – which is more important?” Venuto writes: The first thing I would say is that you cannot separate nutrition and training. … Continue reading
State of my art 2
On January 27, I wrote a post called “State of my art” (based on a post I wrote to the list LowGlycemicEating@yahoogroups.com) which detailed where I was at on matters dietary at that time. A few weeks later, I’ve added … Continue reading
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), carbohydrates, glycemic index (GI), How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine, Melz history, Melz state of my art (health/fitness), Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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