What I'm Reading This Week #3

Happy Friday you sexy beasts.  We're firmly into the third full week of the new year.  I hope it's treating you well and I hope our fellow snow lovers (all six of you) are getting plenty of the white stuff to play in because I know we're not.  😢  We got in our two strength sessions this week like I planned.  One with 10 lb dumbbells and one with bands.  It was quite disheartening how heavy 10 lbs felt when I was used to lifting 15-20's for so long.  I know I'll get back there but I have a hand injury that doesn't like me very much during or after those sessions.  Wanna know how I injured myself?  

Ready for it?

Putting on a GLOVE!  Yep.  I'm apparently at the age where you put on a pleather glove and if your ring catches just right inside as you plunge your hand in, it will eff your connecting finger tendon right the hell up!  

Now let's plunge into:

3 Ways to Stick With Your New Year's Resolution  (This is about the time motivation starts to wane for those who made them.)

Is Stevia Bad for You? What Experts Say About This Sugar Substitute  (I made myself giggle when in the article it said "what does stevia taste like?" and my brain without skipping a beat said "shit.")

Weight Loss Meals Substitutions That Taste Amazing  (Yum, these sound delicious and I need to get out of this food rut!)

3 Common Habits a Physical Therapist Is Begging You To Stop Immediately for the Sake of Your Knees (Get yer clamshell on)

The Number of Calories Burned Shoveling Snow and How to Do It Safely   (I love shoveling snow but also be careful doing it.  Lots of people have cardiac events while/after doing it, especially in January.)

Treatments and Home Remedies for Dry Nose Relief (As soon as the heat comes on for the year, it's Aquaphor time for me.  Especially if we're going on long drives in the winter, the heat from the defroster kills my nasal passages for a week or more.)

Practicing This Feeling Could Actually Help You Live Longer, Says a Neuroscientist (I remember on a diet board (not SP) the first person on the board that day would start a 5 gratefuls post so we could all start our morning with gratitude.  It was always a nice post to start the day.)

A Quick, 10-Minute Ab Workout for People With Back Pain  (I can always use a workout to support my back, that's for sure!)

Former Miss Canada Siera Bearchell speaks out on pageants and body shaming  (Um, this is seriously disturbing, disgusting and our world is friggin' EFFED UP if a woman who looks like this can be called fat by loser no life trolls who slink out from under their bridge to the 'safety' of the internet.)

Companies spy on your email with invisible images – here’s how to stop them  (Ugh, eff off big brother!)

The Mr Shared This Absolute CRINGEFEST of an interview  (If you suffer from second hand embarrassment, just skip it.  I couldn't even finish it after the pies, I was wrecked but someone else may enjoy it. 😳)

Lisa Marie Presley's Memorial Service is Sunday.  In case anyone was a fan of Lisa's like I am, her memorial service is Sunday morning and will live streamed from Graceland at 9:50amCST but I would try connecting around 9:30am in case there are any issues.

I'm sure we'll toss around the idea of taking the big tree down but I'm not committing to it.  No one will ever be over here again this time of year so as long as we don't want the space back then meh.  I'd like to maybe go on a drive or something.  One of my resolutions especially after being basically housebound all last year is to get out more even if we don't have anywhere specific in mind.  I think that would help our mental health.  Also, need to season my pie irons so we can go to the park and make campfire apple pies like we were going to do in early 2022 and never got around to.  (Supposing I can ever keep a fire going long enough.  Yeesh.) 

Anything going on in your neck of the woods this weekend?

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