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tweaks

Tweak six: floating onwards!

by Changeonething on February 5, 2008 · 2 comments

in tweak seven, tweaks

Tweak five went okay. I ate as many fruits and vegetables as I could manage.

Continuing some earlier tweaks, I also ate beans almost every day, until Friday.

When I got a bad case of food poisoning!

That kind of did away with the fruits and veg and beans for a few days. Once I started eating again, I am afraid I could only stomach simple carbs and bananas. I actually ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches on white bread.

White bread!

And I don’t mean a nice artisan bread, but soft Arnold white bread.

(I sent someone to buy the white bread, because it is not something I have around.)

But it’s fine. I am almost back to normal, eating some fruits and veg and even tuna.

This week, tweak seven, will be most appropriate for someone who was at an advanced state of dehydration over the weekend: I am going to drink 64 oz. of water per day, every day. More if I do more than a little exercise.

And I am going to count refills of my Sigg bottle, so there’s no question whether I did it or not.

I figure this one is both do-able (for a week when I am not quite 100%) and essential. I have always been a water drinker, but I don’t always have the recommended eight 8-oz. glasses. Seems like a good time to start.

How are you, readers?

How’s your tweaking going?

Is anyone out there?!?!?!?!?!

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How is it going, tweak two?

by Changeonething on January 10, 2008 · 3 comments

in flexibility, tweak two, tweaks

We’re most of the way through the second tweak.

How’s it going?

If you remember, my tweak was to eat beans every day.

Well, I haven’t quite.

Sunday: cannelini beans in soup for dinner

Monday and Tuesday: no beans

Wednesday: pre-packaged Tasty Bite brand Madras Lentils (which actually appears to consist of black lentils and kidney beans) for lunch

Thursday: cuban style black beans for lunch

Monday and Tuesday it just didn’t happen.  I  left it for dinner time and on Monday I felt gassy, sorry to be graphic.  (As I said, beans are nothing new to me, so I don’t assume they were the reason).  Tuesday I just plain forgot.

No worries!  Onwards.  If anything, I have learned it may be best to plan to do something X number of days a week, but not seven.  Too hard.

I hope it is going well for you?   If not, focus on identifying a great idea for next week.

What would make life better?

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Next! What’s your tweak for the week? (January 6)

January 6, 2008

Hello Friends,
Well, this was a short tweak, New Year’s Day coinciding with a Tuesday. If you prefer to start the week on Sundays as I do, you only had to endure it for five days.
In my own case, it was not difficult at all.
Was it worthwhile? Yes, and no.
Since I’d prefer to eat [...]

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A complete life overhaul, it ain’t (but that’s good, right?)

January 2, 2008

I find myself musing on this experience. Renee’s comment, where she declared her first tweak was a task, which she promptly did:
My first tweak was going to be to tackle a long-delayed task every week. I have a number of them, small ones many of them, so I thought I would just pick one [...]

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Are you ready? Let’s go!

December 31, 2007

If you’re new, you might want to first read what this site is about.
I also added some static pages which might help you determine your first “tweak:” the method, rules (don’t let the term fool you), and benefits sections.
What are my goals?
I may not go into too much detail, but I have a pretty [...]

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