by Patricia Linderman | Feb 8, 2022 | All Posts, Food / Nutrition
In 2013, I had obesity. I suffered from knee pain and varicose veins, and somehow the floor was getting a lot farther away. My blood tests still weren’t so bad, but I knew I was heading down a road of vulnerability to diabetes and other chronic illnesses. I was...
by Patricia Linderman | Dec 3, 2021 | All Posts, Fun and Joy
It’s an awful feeling. For me, it tends to show up as a hollow sensation in my chest, with an ugly flutter of fear. Too much on the list! I notice all-or-nothing, hopeless thoughts. “It’s impossible to catch up. Too much is going on. Things are out...
by Patricia Linderman | Oct 1, 2021 | All Posts, Food / Nutrition, Stress management/ Mindfulness
Over 1600 beers! Can I try them all? As I wrote in August, I allowed myself a “blowout” for my final visit during my husband’s assignment in Brussels. Besides bike riding and healthy seafood and vegetables, I enjoyed plenty of sourdough bread with...
by Patricia Linderman | Sep 3, 2021 | All Posts, Sleep, Stress management/ Mindfulness
A bike has meant joy and freedom to me ever since I got past the training wheels and awkward falls on a gravel driveway (ouch!) on my first bike, Archaeopteryx Eagle Solo. Yes, I was a nerdy, melodramatic kid with a dinosaur phase ? Groceries on my German city bike I...
by Patricia Linderman | Aug 20, 2021 | All Posts, Food / Nutrition, Stress management/ Mindfulness
The short answer: I gain six pounds. About two pounds a week. Steadily and stealthily. Without feeling over-stuffed, without going overboard on any given day — well, except for the day when we went to the unlimited sushi train buffet. And this happened even...
