Category: Healthy Living
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Dog Sledding: Just Short of Magic
Alaskan Adventures Part 2This blog post is one of a multi-part series on Alaskan adventures near Fairbanks. In 2010 the Alaskan Malamute was named the official state dog of Alaska. Slate.com April 2012 One of many excellent recommendations per our VRBO hosts was to book with Just Short of Magic** for a sled dog ride (a.k.a. mushing), a little drive north of…
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Snowshoeing & Other Winter Fun
in Denali National Park
Alaskan Adventures Part 1As I mentioned in part 0 of Alaska adventures, I flew in to Fairbanks around midnight. I got to sleep in the delightfully welcoming cabin (this one booked via VRBO) by about 3am, and yeah, it was in a city called North Pole. (!)* I loved staying at this cabin, and found the hosts helpful and responsive. This post may…
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What to Pack for an Alaskan Winter Adventure
Alaska – Part 0Where one can let the spirit go with joyous abandon, to sense the freedome of the wilderness. -Olaus Murie The first time I remember camping and absolutely loving it, I was twenty-one years old. My significant other and I had scored a great deal on tickets to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula from Minneapolis. As we landed and…
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Pro-tip Tuesday: a Remedy for Sore Muscles Apres-Board/Ski
Food the Wong Way has involved a healthy dose of outdoor activity this winter, including a fair bit of snowboarding and snowshoeing, which historically has been hard on my knees and back. My friend Katherine recently talked me into going with my local German pub Prost on a ski bus, so despite appearing to have…
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How do you get enough sleep, but not enough sleep?
Wellness Wednesday: Week 3 Sleep Goals Recap Well folks, I can officially declare success. Last week I hit the 8 hour target average time for sleep. Hooray. Data Points (according to Fitbit data): All 2016 Average: 7 hr Pre-experiment Week 0: 7h12min (while on vacation, i.e. includes random gluts of sleeping in) Week 1 (1/8-1/14):…
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Mountain Monday: Snowshoe On Mount Rainier
Happy Lunar New Year! Any additional comments on lunar new year from me will be in some other post. I spent all my energy cleaning the house and hosting hot pot Saturday for it, no more juice left for an obligatory entry here for now. Instead, here’s one that started as a video and grew into…
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The problem with competing against yourself..
Wellness Wednesday: Week 2 Recap of Sleep Goals First, let’s make that previous target more specific:* average 8 hrs’ sleep Second, methods: Getting off my phone a bit beforehand, switching to reading a book or staring blankly at the roku tv. Rescheduled watching Vikings to dinnertime. Start reading a book on sleep for more ideas based…
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Wellness Wednesday:
Week 1 Recap on Sleep GoalsIf you google “30 days to better sleep,” you’ll likely get the mix of advice I got when I looked into it. Here was my plan: go with the link that had a listing for every day through 30, and start day 1 on January 5, ticking things off and having a new article to…
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Pro-Tip Tuesday:
How to Fit More Gym Clothes in Your BagDid you make a resolution to get active and work out more this month? Are you feeling frazzled trying to stuff all your exercise clothes in a gym bag so you can work out before your commute home, but kind of favoring that “Old Bag Lady” (or Old Bag Gentleman) look in the process,…
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Wellness Wednesday:
What 2017 Goals Do You Have?Warning to new parents: this post may stir up your rage nerve, as it involves talk of sleep. With the new year comes a feeling of renewed opportunities. Even if you weren’t making up new year’s resolutions, your friends might be talking about theirs and getting you thinking. I also have a few who eschew the…