I’d like to share with you all some good news — I have an article published in Technorati. The article is called 7 Diet Tips I Learned from my Skinny Husband. I wrote this post after spending time watching my (yes, skinny) husband eat, and eat, and eat (not all at one meal, obviously). He’s never had a problem with his weight and I came to the conclusion that as a result he must have the key to some holy grail of eating. Never having been defiled by rigid rules of diets, he eats in a way that is in no way emotionally attached to food. He enjoys eating. Thank goodness he likes sweets because look at all the dessert recipes on this site! We’re both vegan which means that we’re picky about our food, but I’ve learned a lot from watching him and I’d like to share those tips with you all. I hope you’ll check out the article on Technorati Lifestyles.
Also, I wanted to let you know that this is going to be a fun week at Namely Marly. I have some new and exciting name interviews coming up this week. I also found a recipe for vegan chocolate ice cream I’ll be sharing with you as well. How fun!
I’m going to leave you with some pictures my husband took recently. My husband is a photographer (you can check out his photography on his site), which means when there’s something interesting, like a spectacular sunset, we’re usually wishing we had the right circumstances to photograph it (no power lines or trees). Recently we saw an amazing sunset after a recent storm. We love living in the downtown area of our suburb where we can ride bikes to the farmers market and the mature trees provide lots of shade. There’s always trade-offs though and having lots of trees (and power lines) does make it difficult to take pictures of the sunset. Sometimes we think we’d like to live in the country, but know we’d miss the convenience of city life. Life is always about choices, don’t you think? This picture is the best that could be done with the circumstances.
The morning after this storm he took this picture of my favorite tree, the bald cypress. (Correction: my husband informs me I took this picture of the bald cypress. Obviously, he’s been showing me a thing or two.) There are two of these trees at the park near our house and they are awe-inspiring after a rain. This deciduous tree has feathery, fern-like leaves. If you’re there at the right time of morning, the droplets of rain cling to the leaves like jewels and the tree glistens from tip to toe.
My best to you all for a wonderful day! Marly
Hey Marly, I read your article on Technorati-very interesting. I think a lot of women can learn from their skinny husbands (smile). I’m skinny too though, and I actually have a lot of Shawn’s habits. In reference to the cookie thing, I don’t say it the way Shawn does, but I regularly grab my Mom’s hand from the cookie jar while she’s grabbing her 3rd of 4th cookie and chide her saying that she will be able to eat a cookie tomorrow. This type of philosophy does seem to work. If only we could all keep it in our minds all of the time!
Pretty photos too. I like the trees in the photo of the sunset. They offset it making it look more special, no?
July 25, 2010
11:50 am
I agree that the trees in the photo at sunset really look nice. It was really a beautiful sunset that evening, so this pic just shows you a glimpse of the rest of the scene, but it’s enough. Are you skinny because you follow these steps or are you just naturally skinny? I don’t know why, but I’m curious. I’m sure the best “diet” advice is just to listen to yourself – something we don’t do often enough. Speaking of which, I’d write more but I’m going to go eat…my salad! (I love salads!!!)
July 25, 2010
2:13 pm
I am looking forward to reading this article. I have bookmarked it so that I can read it in solitude (I’m in a noisy coffee shop and can hardly concentrate). But I wanted to let you know that I mentioned you on my latest blog. You have been such an inspiration and encouragement to me!
July 25, 2010
12:26 pm
Can’t wait to check out your blog…but that’s how I feel all the time. I love noisy coffee shops. Not a place I’d want to stay constantly, but they’re a nice place to visit!
July 25, 2010
2:14 pm
Congratulations on your published article, I can eat till the cows come home without putting on an inch. Much to the annoyance of my wife. There is something magical about sunsets, especially over water.
July 25, 2010
2:34 pm
It looks like both of you are fantastic photographers.
It’s a shame they can’t bottle whatever it is that allows some folks to eat with abandon while the rest of us constantly battle the bulge. Congratulations on the technorati coup!
July 25, 2010
8:36 pm
If we could bottle that up – we’d make millions!
July 26, 2010
11:25 am
Congratulations on your article Marly! Those are really great tips! I’ve really been trying to change my eating habits the last few months. Some of them I’ve already been following like eating more veggies. I constantly tell myself the food will still be there later if I’m hungry. Your husband’s photography is stunning!
July 26, 2010
8:18 pm