My Life with the MacBook Air

I tried to go with only Apple Mac Apps and had to end up downloading the MS Office Suit. I am so tied into Outlook, and Word. I did remove OneNote. But overall, I am really enjoying the ease to use the MacBook Air. I am loving the battery life. I am also loving the easier to use ITunes in Mac to back up my IPad and IPhone. I also have gotten so use to all of my Notices coming to me regardless of which device I am using, be it the Mac, IPhone or IPad. Even the Mac lets me know I have a phone call coming it or a Text message.

Now to my weight management progress

About a month ago I read a very good and eye opening book “The Diet Fix”. It is not about another diet plan, or what the eat. It is about getting the correct mindset  for eating correctly and eating to fuel your body. What I love about the book is that it lays out just what is wrong with the diet industry, and the food industry but also what is wrong with our thinking about food, and our own bodies. Most of the issues we have with food begin when we were babies and very young or parents would reward us with food for doing good, or they would give us food to stop us from crying, etc. We are trained to use food for all that troubles us. 

It also goes in to 10 things that will cause us to fail at our plans. Such as being hungry, or forced to eat food we do not like, or removing foods that we love. It also points out that we will fail if we force ourselves to do exercises that we dislike. It also talks about how others; family and friends can cause us to fail at our plans. I also goes into how to change our habits so we can be successful at weight management. And it all comes down to now denying ourselves of the food we love, and not denying ourselves of the fun and enjoyment of celebrating our lives.

It taught me not to stress over a bad, meal, day or even vacations. 

The book has changed my view of my weight management, and I have even lost a few more pounds due to it. The big take away is never allow yourself to be hungry, and never eat until you are stuffed. I explains that we have to fill comfortably full, never hungry and never stuffed.

I do recommend reading the book. 

Two weeks with MacBook

Well I have now been using the MacBook Air for two weeks and I have to say I really love it. The OS is simple and very much like Linux or Unix, and I realize that it is a Unix base under the hood. I have gotten use to navigating around the web pages now and it makes so much sense. I am also very hard hearing and I have hearing aids that connect to bluettooth and they work great with the MacBook. I am enjoying music again. I have also learned how to put music on my IPhone and IPad. Yes, I know I could have with ITunes on Windows but never messed with it and never found a way to do so with the Linux machine I was using. I also love how long the battery last on the MacBook Air, I never got the battery to last much more than a couple hours on my old laptop even when it was new.

While I know that I pay a premium for the Apple products, I now believe it is worth it. I also believe that dedicated hardware and dedicated OS is what makes it works so great.

I also know I will be using Windows some due to a few applications that is windows only and the fact that my wife has a Windows laptop for her sewing applications. But it is hard for me to think that I spend so much time with Windows when there is other OSs that is so much better.