[CANCER] Thinking about Old Year, New Year, @BeyondChoc and Self Care

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I'm pulling together a few blog posts I've been thinking about writing for a while, expecting each of them to be simple sections - probably with a lot of embedded content, not necessarily deeply profound, maybe waffly, but we'll see ... In some ways cancer has made me rethink a whole lot of things, in many other ways it's just solidified a whole lot of other thoughts ... if life is going to be shorter,…
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#EmptyShelf2016 #59: Why Diets Make Us Fat: the unintended consequences of our obsession with weight loss @sandra_aamodt

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So, over the last few days I've been reading Why Diets Make Us Fat by Sandra Aamodt - in bits and pieces as it's not really a 'read straight through' book, although there's plenty to think about. The blurb says: In the UK, almost two-thirds of adults are overweight. We think we know the answer: cut calories; eat less. We conclude that being fat is a failure of willpower, perhaps supplemented by a quirk of genetics.…
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“Pause Before Eating” with @beyondchoc #Ditchdieting

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Featured image from Buttercream Dreams (Stockport based) Christmas and then New Year is coming up ... for many a time of 'terror' for Christmas parties, and then "the resolutions" (not something I've ever been a fan of - start where you are, don't wait for a random date in the calendar). I've only ever got involved in formal dieting once... and that was Slimming World in 2006 ... originally, I lost 3 stone (though I…
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Be your Own Guru…in the Digital Age (@BeyondChoc)

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In 2009, I went to a 1 day event with 'Beyond Chocolate'. I've been working with their materials ever since, and got more involved this year - including becoming content provider for the Facebook page .. making lots of small changes to attitudes/things doing ... and I could definitely see the influence on Raising Children in a Digital Age (everything in life influences everything else, right...)... so I wrote this little blog post!
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Food Bank Related Stories #ClearAPlate

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Today, I've seen a couple of stories related to food banks, etc. (as a supporter of Trussell Trust) - this video, featured in the Guardian is a very clever mini-play that very cleverly challenges the thinking that 'there's always something that can be made from odds and ends in the cupboard' (well, you could from mine, but that's another topic!) As one of my friends said, the trouble is that these policies are being made…
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