Healthy Weight Week – Excellent Info

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By Terry Orr

Of all the articles that I have read over the years and counsel received - this is probably the best advice one can share!

During Healthy Weight Week, hide your scale, do not peek at a height and weight chart, and avoid body mass index (BMI) calculations. Love yourself, love your body. Change your thinking and focus on these goals:

·        Accept your weight and embrace who you are.

·        Set realistic health guidelines for yourself.

·        Focus on positive lifestyle changes.

·        Appreciate yourself. Create positive relationships with family, friends, and food.

·        Change your thoughts: Erase negative thoughts and begin positive self-talk: "I am beautiful.”

·        Enjoy your eating experience by eating a variety of foods. Do not diet or obsess on food, weight, or calories. Eat when hungry, stop when full.

·        Move your body. Enjoy a hobby or turn up the tunes and dance.

·        Relax. Take time out for yourself.

If you enjoy Healthy Weight Week, don't stop at one week, make lasting lifestyle changes forever! [Source: Shape]

References and Links:

http://www.shape.com/blogs/weight-loss-coach/national-healthy-weight-week-self-satisfaction-key

The 26th annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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By Akindman,

Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry which grew out of a tradition of extemporaneous composition carried on by workers on cattle drives and ranches.  After a day of work, cowboys would gather around a campfire and entertain one another with tall tales and folk songs. Illiteracy was common, so poetic forms were employed to aid memory.

Typical themes of cowboy poetry include:

• Ranch work and those who perform it.
• Western lifestyle;
• Landscape of the American and Canadian West;
• Cowboy values and practices;
• Humorous anecdotes;
• Memories of times and people long gone; and
• Sarcasm regarding modern contraptions and/or ways.

The 28th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions, took place January 30 to February 4, 2012, in Elko, Nevada. Every winter for the last 27 years, cowboys, ranchers, rural and urban people have traveled en masse to this small high desert community, to join with friends, family and others who care about the rural West. Together, they listen to poetry and music, learn about cowboy culture in the U.S. and around the world, experience great art, watch western films, learn a craft, and gather to eat, drink and swap stories.

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Each February, the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering – Texas Cowboy and Cowgirl poets, singers, musicians, and storytellers from all over prepare to converge on Alpine, Texas.  All those invited to participate are working cowboys and cowgirls, ranchers and ranch hands.

Cowboy poetry continues to be written and celebrated today. Baxter Black is probably the most famous, and possibly the most prolific, contemporary cowboy poet. Many cities in the United States and Canada have annual "roundups" dedicated to cowboy poetry. Cowboy Poetry week is celebrated each April in the United States and Canada.

There are other Cowboy/Cowgirl events throughout the US and Canada held at different months of the year.

Interesting Links to follow for more detailed information:

• http://www.alpineavalanche.com/gallery/news/article_8f134740-532c-11e1-9fe4-001871e3ce6c.html
• http://www.cowboypoetry.com/week.htm
• http://www.westernfolklife.org/National-Cowboy-Poetry-Gathering-General-Info/national-cowboy-poetry-gathering-home-page.html
• http://www.elkocva.com/cowboypoetry.shtml
• http://www.montanacowboypoetrygathering.com/
• http://www.azcowboypoets.org/

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