Dr. Weil has some ideas on how to save me some money on organic products.....I don't have to buy everything organic, he says.....Here's what he says....http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/TIP03180/Cheap-Healthy-Eats-Part-3-11-Items-You-Dont-Have-to-Buy-Organic.html

This article about happiness is so cool. http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/why-youre-not-happyI somehow stumbled upon it during an unhappy day. It made me realize that I should lower my expectations more, maybe then I would be happier on a more consistent basis. I think I try too hard for perfection.

luck link

This is an interesting link http://neatorama.cachefly.net/YB/secret-of-luck.htm about luck. Seems to prove that attitude does matter.

power of quotes

Another beliefnet article, this one is nice confirmation for me that quotes do work. I really believe that, have quotes all over the place, in my bedroom, my office, on my computer, etc. Here is the link: http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Emotional-Health/Depression/10-Inspiring-Quotes-for-a-Depressed-Heart.aspx

beliefnet.com is a cool site

What an interesting story, from beliefnet.com's Web site, http://www.beliefnet.com/. This is the link to the article http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/2008/09/Happiness-Lessons-from-Around-the-World.aspx about how one of the writer's traveled to places where people were/are happy and he wrote about them.

whole foods gift card

I get a Whole Food gift card for 25 dollars for Christmas, it's part of my Secret Santa gift, which also includes lots of Fiji water. I get some Bridgewater Chocolates, which are yummy, I know from past experience, but not sure whether to save them for when I want a real treat or give them away to someone who might want them? I'm getting better at being able to leave chocolates hanging around the house without being tempted. I used to have no willpower, but now that I know how good I feel when I don't eat crap (how few headaches I get and how much thinner I am and how much more energy I have), it's easier to resist the tempting foods.

downward slide...

So, I had a little bit of a slide this week. Been eating candy out of the 25 cent machines at work, the machines that spill out a few M&M's, a few almonds (you know these almonds aren't the healthy kind, they probably have lots of crap in them). I need to get back on the horse...I even had red wine last night. Two glasses with dinner and then some guy bought me a third glass, which I almost finished. I haven't had wine in months, but felt like I should treat myself because it's Christmas. We had such a fun day shopping and the bar/restaurant was so hopping with people having holiday celebrations. It was delicious wine in these huge fancy glasses, the bartender at Grant's was treating us nice. But this can't be a regular occurrance. Luckily I don't feel too bad this a.m., but if I ate and drank like this all the time I would be dragging all the time.
I need to get to the health food store today and stock up on healthy foods so I'm not tempted to eat crappy again.