If you look at people who are successful in almost any field, you'll find a belief that they all share. I learned it from Tony Robbins (you watched his show on Tuesday, right?), and it has made a major difference not just ...
Tag Archive: Tony Robbins
The One Time I'm Going to Encourage You to Watch TV
It may not have a lot to do with running or being vegetarian, but it has everything to with making big changes. And, for that matter, with this blog. A year and three months ago, I went to Tony Robbins' Unleash the Power ...
The First (Unexpected) Lesson from the Liquid Cleanse
A day and a half into my experiment with an all-liquid, water and green-vegetable juice cleanse, I've already learned something huge. It has nothing to do with alkalinity or raw food or how all I want to do right now is eat something (solid, for the love of god). It's just this: Real food is ...
7 Days of Water, Green Vegetable Juice, and Urine Testing: Does It Get Any Better?
Call it post-race blues if you like. It happened after qualifying for Boston, and now it's happening after running my first 50-mile ultramarathon. The story is the same: A planned week off of running turns into two (or three) weeks. And then I get into watching television shows, like the important Bachelorette. ...
Two inspiring books for the new year
New Year's is one of my favorite holidays. Not just because of the festivities; in fact, I prefer to take it easy on New Year's Eve because I really hate the idea of starting a brand new year hungover. For me, New Year's is a time to get inspired, dream big, and make plans for ...
Stu Mittleman: Burning fat (not sugar) for 1000 miles
I make no attempt to hide the fact that I'm a huge Tony Robbins dork. As my first post explains, it was at Tony's Unleash the Power Within seminar where (in addition to walking across ...
The First 50 Days
Please forgive me for posting this picture. I try to include one with every post, nothing really fit, and "50 First Dates" kind of sounds like "The First 50 Days." So I went with it. And who doesn't have a soft spot for funny-voice comedian Adam Sandler? A little over a week ago, an unexpected alarm ...
Help Me Save My Mother!
Ok readers, it's time for me to ask you for a little diet help. But it's not for me; it's for my mom, whom I'm visiting to celebrate Mother's Day, since I was on final exam lockdown last weekend. Mom went to the same Tony Robbins seminar that made me want to give up meat, and Tony had the same spellbinding (brainwashing?) effect on her. ...
The 10-Day Challenge
Happy Friday! First off, I'd like to sincerely thank everyone who has taken time out of their week to read this blog. The number of readers has gone far beyond what I expected for the first week. And I've gotten lots of encouragement and a few useful criticisms, all of which I appreciate greatly. I'll ...
From Lamb Ragout to Spring Veggie Whole-Wheat Pasta
When I tried going vegetarian a year ago, it lasted about a week. I had been reading a lot of Douglas Hofstadter and Richard Dawkins in the weeks leading up to the attempt, and for the first time it occurred to me that the food on my plate each night had ...
