Ghosts, the Plague, an old Danish castle at the top of Kolding, with a view of the city. After the visit, we washed off the (artificial) blood from our faces before driving back to Copenhagen. No, we had not been…
Why does such different things as weight and Utopia figure in this headline? Well, I'll return to this later. The Feminist Novel Herland Herland is a utopian novel by American feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, written back in 1915. Yes, a…
Yep, the book is finally out, well, it is out on Tuesday, July 12. This book explains why it is good for women to watch horror: what we learn and why it is adaptive to get terrified, terrorized, even killed…
So, what is my status on the weight game after thirty days of dieting without dieting? The rules were: eat what I want (no special diet or foods, nothing is forbidden) identify my bad habits and change them into good…
Can you lose weight without dieting at all? YES you can. So, here's my game: not to eat too much, but to eat what I want and when I want to. Sounds nice, right? Well, it is. I like it…
I got my first "student" for my weight game. Lyuba wants to lose 17 k, but will try to start - like me - with trying to lose 3 kilos in 30 days. I will make sure she sends me…
Breaking bad habits and making new habits is really difficult, as Charles Duhigg explains in The Power of habit. But it is possible. I wrote about that in an earlier blog entry, day 7, "Jackpot - I discovered my keystone habit."…
When shopping for a long-sleeved blouse (because Bozeman turned out to be cold) I found a shop for outdoors activities and while looking at a trophy of a giant moose, the shop assistent asked me if I wanted to…
It is difficult to lose weight on a conference in the US. Food is everywhere and there are all the participants from the conference to hang out with. It will be interesting to see what the result is when I…
I decided to try working out in the fitness centre in the motel basement. I am at a conference in Bozeman, Montana, and totally jet-lagged. There is no pool, so it's a good thing I know what to do…
