Joseph A. Darmiento

A warm Summer day just wouldn’t feel complete without a sweet treat to top off that barbecue.
But if you’re not careful, those icy calories — not to mention the fat — can add up to more than just a refreshing snack.
To help you navigate the frozen treats you’re likely to encounter this Memorial Day weekend and beyond, we asked Elisa Zied R.D., C.D.N, author of “Nutrition At Your Fingertips” and Samantha Heller, R.D., C.D.N., author of “Get Smart,” to offer their tips for how to make that splurge a little smarter.
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Have you ever laughed till you cried, then felt like a nap? It turns out indulging in some night-time hilarity makes our bodies produce more melatonin, the hormone our brains release when slumber overtakes us. Japanese researchers subjected a group of nursing mothers to an 87-minute “non-humorous weather information DVD.” The other group of nursing women watched Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times.”
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In the privacy of our minds, we all talk to ourselves — an inner monologue that might seem rather pointless. As one scientific paper on self-talk asks: “What can we tell ourselves that we don’t already know?” But as that study and others go on to show, the act of giving ourselves mental messages can help us learn and perform at our best. Researchers have identified the most effective forms of self-talk, collected here — so that the next time you talk to yourself, you know exactly what you should say.

Self-talk isn’t just motivational messages like “You can do it!” or “Almost there,” although this internal cheering section can give us confidence. A review of more than two dozen studies, published last year in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, found that there’s another kind of mental message that is even more useful, called “instructional self-talk.” This is the kind of running commentary we engage in when we’re carrying out a difficult task, especially one that’s unfamiliar to us. Think about when you were first learning to drive. Your self-talk might have gone something like this: “Foot on the gas pedal, hands on the wheel, slow down for the curve here, now put your blinker on…”

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Trying to slim down and feeling frustrated?

If you’re giving it your all but the number on the scale still isn’t budging, you may be sabotaging yourself in spite of your best intentions.

Here are a dozen dieting don’ts to help save your weight-loss efforts.

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Well it look likes a tempo run did me in again. The tempo run is when you pick up the speed for a good portion of the miles during the run. There’s something about speed that my calves just don’t like. There’s many possibilities why, lack of hydration, potassium or warm-ups before the run. So I’ll try to adjust as always and move forward.18 weeks until my first Marathon, so there’s plenty of time.
Its funny, as soon as I pull a muscle I’m ready to pig-out, which I have been doing a little to much lately. I did lose 2 lbs with this weeks weigh-in, but I would like to lose another 10. No pressure though, the important thing is to keep on moving. Today I hit the gym with my youngest son Nicolas for the first time. Which was awesome. These damn kids just keep getting older. Thank god I’m not though. (I heard that!). In a couple of days I’ll reevaluate and if the calf needs more time I wont argue. Well maybe just a little bit.

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I’m sitting in my car in New London waiting to take the Ferry back to Orient Point after an awesome long weekend in Newport RI. with my chicky Romance , Relaxation and Running. I did have the best Run scenic wise and for self reflection at the Cliff Walk. The picture above was my starting point. It speaks for itself. 5:30 am may have been snoring time back in the day, but now it was my special time with my thoughts, the pumping of the heart and of course the power of the spirit.

The weather couldn’t have been any more perfect, but then again if it rained I would have said the same thing. Perfect is what you make of it. the trail was mostly paved,with some scary rocky parts here and there. Those were the parts that’s forced me to slow down and look in wonder at the awesome scenery. A reminder, how in everyday life I need to stop and look in wonder.

This is a awesome example of light at the end of the tunnel. That’s what I thought when I was running it.

Everyone knows that feeling of tingling on the back of their necks, when things seem to all meet at one positive gratifying point. This was mine, and it lasted 6 miles long.

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