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raincheck's Life List

  2. 1. take control over my daily life
    21 entries . 16 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. daily make a "what I've accomplished today" list + grateful journal
    112 entries . 16 cheers     		2 people
  4. 3. fully respect my needs, emotional or otherwise
    9 entries . 34 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. weight 59.5 Kg (now I'm 67) - my height is 5 feet 4 inches
    6 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. plunge head-first into research
    4 entries . 11 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. exercise daily
    30 entries . 18 cheers     		1,963 people
  8. 7. do 40 push-ups every morning for a month
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  9. 8. meditate daily
    8 entries . 28 cheers     		3,984 people
  10. 9. have a higher opinion of myself
    3 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. change my perception of my life, and make it fabulous!
    4 entries . 10 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. renew my wardrobe completely
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. move to a new house
    2010 resolution . 2 entries . 4 cheers     		21 people
  14. 13. pull myself together, stop making excuses, and LIVE
    5 entries . 40 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. Allow myself to only be treated well by the people I choose to have friendships and relationships with. If they do not, I need to find the courage to move on without them.
    17 entries . 26 cheers     		269 people
  16. 15. Lavish time on making myself as lusciously, sensuously, opulently, outrageously, succulently, exquisitely beautiful as I can possibly be
    23 cheers     		5 people
  17. 16. when something over which I have no control sucks, suck it up and embrace it
    5 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. list 100 things that make me happy
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		174 people
  19. 18. eat healthy
    8 entries . 22 cheers     		3,028 people
  20. 19. get a boyfriend to be proud of
    52 entries . 16 cheers     		2 people
  21. 20. make the most of where I live
    24 cheers     		9 people
  22. 21. list all messages I get from encounters with other people
    12 entries . 3 cheers     		2 people
  23. 22. every time I look up a word on the dictionary, memorize and take a note of it
    10 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. become a good windsurfer
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. learn surfing
    7 cheers     		73 people
  26. 25. get a sailing licence
    7 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. sail across the Atlantic
    7 cheers     		96 people
  28. 27. learn math
    4 cheers     		75 people
  29. 28. go to a gig
    7 cheers     		22 people
  30. 29. go to Ireland again
    4 cheers     		17 people
  31. 30. visit Iceland
    5 cheers     		785 people
  32. 31. visit Scandinavia
    3 cheers     		95 people
  33. 32. visit Patagonia
    4 cheers     		100 people
  34. 33. visit Tibet
    5 cheers     		346 people
  35. 34. cleansweep my physical environment (www.betterme.org/cleansweep.html)
    3 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. cleansweep my well-being (www.betterme.org)
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. cleansweep my relationships (www.betterme.org)
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. list 43 things that i like about myself
    6 entries . 2 cheers     		135 people

How I did it
How to stop binge eating
It took me
15 years
It made me
happier

How I did it: I stopped throwing up. It was that simple. After so many years of binge-eating, purging/throwing up and excessive exercising, I found my balance again and the single most important choice that I made was to stop throwing up, no matter what.OK, I did gain a few pounds, but that's nothing compared to the hell of being addicted to binge-eating. Read how I did it…

Nov 14, 12:37PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to lose 8 pounds
It took me
3 weeks
It made me
pleased

How I did it: Avoided eating junk food and did not eat in-between meals. I tried to eat more proteins instead of carbs and lots of fruit and vegetables, of course.I also was lucky because things run smoothly enough during these 3 weeks, and this allowed me to be more cheerful than usually. I dated a guy, which also was helpful.All in all, this was the result of my willpower and determination, but also of a lucky period of my life. Read how I did it…

May 17, 10:38PM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


How to tOMORROW I'll start exercising for the millionth time, but this time I won't give in!!!
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
happier

How I did it: Started three times a week for 3 weeks, on the 4th week I doubled the effort and swam every day. I tried to keep always the same schedule, and swim always the same number of laps, without pushing it over the top. What makes the difference is swimming itself, not how much or how fast you swim.  Read how I did it…

Dec 08, 2008, 06:54AM PST | 3 comments | 2 cheers


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Recent entries
daily make a "what I've accomplished today" list + grateful journal (read all 112 entries…)
Untitled 7 hours ago

I’m grateful for:
- my beloved parents
- my beloved grandma and all my relatives
- being healthy and strong
- my willpwer
- all the beautiful things that I have in my life
- a guy at the pool who works there and was really nice to me
- swimming: I love it when I experience the flow
- last but not least, Cessie’s message on 43T.

Today I took it easy: I worked a bit in the morning, then went to the pool, had a nap, did my hair, took care of myself.

My grandma is still in hospital. Tomorrow I’m driving 120km to see her and then come back home. I hope she is not in pain. I love her.

Nov 22, 01:51PM PST | 0 comments


pull myself together, stop making excuses, and LIVE (read all 5 entries…)
On hold 1 day ago

At 37 I still feel my life is on hold.
I have got to lose weight, that’s the one single thing that holds me back from living a full life.

Nov 21, 02:03PM PST | 0 comments


have a higher opinion of myself (read all 3 entries…)
Myself in the mirror 1 day ago

I saw myself in a mirror when I was in a shop: I didn’t like what I saw. I saw a dowdy woman, with shabby clothes, messy hair, unflattering eyeglasses, and overweight too.
I really didn’t like what I saw. No wonder I get rejected on a regular basis.

I’m running out of time: I’ll be 40 soon and still I am not happy with myself, the way I look, the oufits I wear, with my figure.

If I do not manage to be beautiful now, I’ll never be.

It’s already late, but not too late.

Nov 21, 10:15AM PST | 0 comments


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