Living Sane Archives - Carrie Brown

Podcast with The Ketovangelist

carrie — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:04:23 +0000

If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me when I am going to do another podcast I’d be a wealthy woman by now. So I was thrilled when someone decided that I had enough interesting things to say that it would fill up an hour. The result: Podcast with The Ketovangelist. […]

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Cats: If You Don’t Have One There’s Nothing To See Here

carrie — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:24:37 +0000

This is a tale about happy, healthy cat litter, so if you don’t have a cat(s) or don’t know anyone who does, this post is probably going to be of absolutely no use to you whatsoever. I suspect it will also bore the pants off you. Cats: if you don’t have one there’s nothing to […]

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Context: What You See Is Not Always What You Get

carrie — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:41:36 +0000

Context might be my favorite word these days. Because context has the potential to change everything. And context often saves us from a whole bunch of angst and work. I love anything that does that. Why is context so awesome? Because what you see is not always what you get. After spending the last lifetime […]

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Embrace!

carrie — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 04:20:33 +0000

As I suspect most good – and by ‘good’ I mean mostly conscientious and consistent – bloggers do, I usually feel somewhat obligated to write some kind of New Year post. But for the last many years that sense of obligation has not materialized. On purpose. And you know, that’s not a bad thing, because […]

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My Diet Is Better Than Yours. Or is it?

carrie — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 05:00:39 +0000

You may – like a lot of America – have been enthralled watching the stunning metamorphosis of two of the contestants on My Diet is Better Than Yours, which crowned it’s winner this week. I didn’t watch the series because I’ve been living in a TV-free zone since I was 20-something, but I do hang […]

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STOP

carrie — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 01:19:41 +0000

As the start of a new year approached I started to think about what I wanted it to be like, and then my thoughts turned to resolutions. The resolutions part lasted about 8 minutes, because over the last few years as I have been working out WTF is wrong with me? I had already determined […]

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Stuff for a saner, happier, healthier 2016

carrie — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:00:53 +0000

Woohoo! Merry December! If you are in gift-buying mode this month, here’s some ideas to help make 2016 saner, happier, and healthier for someone that you care about. If you know people who are ready to make some healthy changes, you can get them started on the right path. You could also pass this list along […]

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The Most Important Thing

carrie — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 05:12:08 +0000

Mornin’! I’m back on the couch in front of the fire, steaming mug of coffee at hand. I use the word ‘mug’ loosely because although it looks like a mug, I’ve seen thimbles with a larger capacity. Thus, I am grateful that this beach-side studio comes equipped with a percolator and decent ground coffee. I […]

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Slim ≠ Healthy

carrie — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 04:41:40 +0000

Hey gang, Just a short drive-by while I am working on the next exciting installment of my “WTF is wrong with me? Series”. With any luck that’ll be ready tomorrow. I couldn’t wait to share this little bit of insight though. It’s something that has always secretly irked me because I couldn’t fully get behind […]

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Getting Unstuck

carrie — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:21:35 +0000

Wake up calls or large, unexpected life events – hey, even large and expected life events – have the magical ability to force a human reboot, like doing a CTRL-ALT-DEL on one’s brain. Then again, oftentimes there’s no dramatic incident but a gradually increasing and unsettling sense that you’ve lost your way, are struggling to […]

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The Joys of Splenda. Or not.

carrie — Sun, 31 May 2015 21:30:21 +0000

Hi peeps! I am working on a post all about sweeteners since there is so much confusion out there. In the meantime I just could not wait to share this story from Wildman, who, if you remember, is my buddy who came to Whistler with me to start teaching me how to video. When I […]

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Don’t Smash Your Cookie

carrie — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:40:41 +0000

Many years ago I had a huge Aha! moment while I was reading a story in one of Stephen Covey’s books. The lesson that I learned from it has stayed with me since that day, and I have used it countless times to remind myself to keep things in perspective, especially when things aren’t going the way I had […]

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There Is No Silver Bullet

carrie — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:42:41 +0000

In this crazy, unbalanced world we live in, most people – at least in the “civilized” world – want or expect instant gratification. I can push a button on a website and instantaneously receive a text from them. In New York you can push a button up on Amazon.com and have the stuff delivered to your […]

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Wildman Goes SANE

carrie — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:30:23 +0000

If you spend any appreciable time around me, sooner or later – usually sooner – you’re going to end up eating sane food, or at the very least watching me eat sane food. Sharing a meal with others almost invariably segue-ways into curious questions about why I don’t eat grains or sugar, and why I just […]

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Get Yourself A Pedicure

carrie — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:33:05 +0000

Yesterday was the most glorious day up here in Seattle. Blue, sunny, and warm enough to wear a t-shirt if you were out doing something energetic like leaf-blowing, hiking to a pretty lake, or lugging 30lb tubs of cat litter from your car to the garage. I wasn’t doing any of those things, but if I […]

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The Slippery Slope

carrie — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:42:37 +0000

This will be a short missive – at least, that is my intent as I sit here tip-tapping out the first line. I wanted to pop in for a minute or two and tell you about my week. Not because I think it particularly interesting, but rather because I hope it may, at some point, […]

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The Transformation: Results

carrie — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:08:46 +0000

Hello Chums! If you’ve been following my series – The Transformation – this is probably the post that you’ve been itching for me to write: What doing all those things did for me in 3 months. I wanted to get my blood work done before I wrote this so you would get an idea of […]

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The Transformation: Meal Plan

carrie — Sat, 31 May 2014 22:22:55 +0000

Since the results from my transformation started to become physically apparent I’ve had bucket-loads of requests for more detail on the exact meal plan that got me to where I am. If you haven’t read the series of posts I wrote detailing my journey earlier this year, please note that this meal plan was developed […]

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The Transformation: Rejuvenation

carrie — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:30:42 +0000

Don’t tell anyone, but I think I left this topic until last because rejuvenation has been {by far} the hardest part of my transformation to get my head around. My whole life I have been running along at breakneck speed, getting stuff done. It’s what I do. I am always busily engaged in something productive. […]

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The Transformation: Consistency and Routines

carrie — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:57:37 +0000

Wait! Don’t go! I know the title of this post is all kinds of boring and probably has you yawning right out of the gate. Either that or you want to scurry away shrieking. But hang in there for just a moment while I persuade you that the contents of this post will cause you to have a […]

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The Transformation: Stress

carrie — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:30:54 +0000

Hello, lovely readers. I hope you have a big mug of Joe and possibly a lovely *SANE snack on hand, and are sitting somewhere comfy. This is a looooooooong read. You may want to grab a blanket in case you need a nap in the middle. Today we’re going to talk about stress, because I am as certain as […]

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The Transformation: Sane Eating

carrie — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:30:56 +0000

When my adrenal glands decided to go on strike at the end of last year I already knew that my eating needed some work. Knowing the right things to do and putting those things into practice can be two very different things, especially if you are chronically stressed and can’t think straight. There’s a difference between sane […]

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The Transformation: Yoga

carrie — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:30:54 +0000

I’ve often wondered about yoga. For the most part, in my little world at least, it has fallen into the category of exercise, so while I was fascinated by it I wasn’t actually going to do it. The hot yoga or Bikram craze was particularly unsettling. Who in their right mind would want to hold their body in strange positions […]

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The Transformation: Eccentric Exercise

carrie — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:30:09 +0000

I am almost as famous for my dislike of exercise as I am for my once-legendary appetite, my adoration of leeks, and my penchant for photographing my feet. I am not sure when I started to dislike exercise so much, and really it’s rather odd given that I took up ballet at the tender age of 2½ (no […]

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The Transformation: Supplements

carrie — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:30:39 +0000

Hello, dear readers. It’s time to talk supplements! Before we get started on the specifics of what I take and why, I want to be clear that I am not making recommendations here. I am simply sharing what I do, why, and how I have found it to be beneficial. Your mileage may vary depending […]

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The Transformation: Sleep

carrie — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:30:10 +0000

If there is one thing I would credit more than anything else with my recent transformation I would say it was sleep. Yep, fixing my insomnia was key. That may not be the key that you were hoping for, but you know me – I have to say it like it is. I say sleep was […]

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A Veritable Transformation

carrie — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:30:55 +0000

I know you know this, but I thought I should just come right out and say it, so you know I am fully aware: I haven’t been doing a lot of cooking lately. I feel a little bit guilty about leaving you mostly recipe-less, but only a little, because I know it’s only a temporary […]

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A Good Chuckle

carrie — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:07:21 +0000

When I started writing this I was sat in a beautiful apartment at a resort in California, having just downed an awful lot of sautéed mushrooms and several scrambled eggs. It was delicious. Prior to my rendezvous with a frying pan and a sharp knife, I was lolling on a sun bed in the warm sunshine and thanking my lucky […]

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Nutritional Data and Serving Sizes for Recipes

carrie — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 02:14:38 +0000

Phew. The last 6 months have been entirely too busy over at the Brown House, and, although I’m not entirely sure it’s wise to admit this out loud, some things just had to fall by the wayside. Knocking it out of the ball park at my day job, writing cookbooks like a crazy woman, re-modeling my kitchen, […]

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The Transformation: Green Tea

carrie — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:02:55 +0000

Hello, from sunny California!!! I am on a little road trip down in the Bay area. Well, to be a little more precise, I am really up in the Napa area – a bit inland, just North of San Francisco, where they grow an awful lot of grapes. No, I am not here to visit wineries and […]

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We Need To Talk. Again.

carrie — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 07:30:09 +0000

Remember when I shared my fatal attraction for Kentucky Fried Chicken? Well, you’re going to have to forgive me, because I am at it again. Sometimes I just have to do it. Every now and then I am simply overcome by a force more powerful than life itself. Or at least more powerful than my ability to resist […]

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Eat More, Exercise Less, Live Better and Lose Weight!

carrie — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:25:45 +0000

2013 is going to go out with one heck of a BANG! this year. On December 31st The Bailornator’s new book, The Calorie Myth, will be published by HarperCollins. I am so excited I can barely stand it!!! Even though I’ve already read it, I simply cannot wait for this magnificent tome to be let […]

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A Little Curvy

carrie — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:12:36 +0000

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Right now I am not thin. Yes! That’s right. I am the elephant! Ta da! I had a feeling I’d be taking a stroll down this path once Jonathan and I did our CreativeLive Workshop earlier this week and were broadcast around the world. I was prepared to address it right there on […]

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Two Days of SANEity – Live and Direct!

carrie — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:02:30 +0000

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Something HUGELY exciting is about to happen in the world of SANEity!! Jonathan and I are recording a two-day course for you. A two-day course! Live! We are so excited I can barely contain myself! * * * […]

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Barb’s Journey #1: How It All Began

carrie — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:30:49 +0000

Friends! Meet Barb. Barb is 48, and lives up here in the Pacific Northwest. Barb recently discovered the Calorie Myth / Smarter Science of Slim podcasts, and she is now just under a month into her new *SANE lifestyle. Please give her a very warm welcome! Here’s a little bit of Barb’s story: “I’ve probably been addicted to sugar and starch from […]

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The Skinny On SANE Baked Goods And Other Treats

carrie — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:30:40 +0000

For the past little while it seems all I’ve posted is recipes for baked goodies, desserts, and *SANE versions of all those things we love to eat but hate what they do to us. Consequently, I regularly get asked whether these SANE versions are really SANE, and how much or how many you can really […]

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