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"Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my puppy, Finn. He&amp;#039;s so adorable! He&amp;#039;s a boxer mix and a little over a year old. He&amp;#039;s also in really, really good shape. Sometimes I can&amp;#039;t believe his muscles - they literally bulge out from his legs. In fact, people at the park often tell me how fit he looks! So I figure I should do everything possible to keep him strong and healthy. Almost every morning I take him for a walk through the park\u2026which is good for me as well since it gets in a bit of exercise for both of us. (Only he runs around much more than I do. I&amp;#039;ll have to work on that. Too bad I can&amp;#039;t catch a Frisbee in my mouth like he does. Ha.) Recently, though, he was finicky when it came to eating. I would leave him kibble in the morning before work, only to return at night to a full bowl. It took me a few days to realize why: He doesn&amp;#039;t like to eat alone! He likes to eat when someone&amp;#039;s home. So now we have a ritual: I come home, prepare his food - and mine - and we eat dinner together. Same for breakfast.  Sure, it&amp;#039;s cute, I know. :) But it got me thinking about the downsides of eating alone. For me, it&amp;#039;s the easiest way to binge because no one&amp;#039;s watching what (or how much) I put in my mouth. Plus, I usually graze in front of the television if I have no one to talk with. An evil combo for the waistline! So I&amp;#039;m going to try to eat with company whenever possible - my husband, friends, family, and yes, even my dog. It&amp;#039;ll hold me accountable for what I eat and besides, it&amp;#039;s much more fun to eat with others.  The other cue I want to take from him is how much he eats: He doesn&amp;#039;t linger over a long meal with multiple courses; he just eats what he&amp;#039;s served and that&amp;#039;s it. Munch, munch, done. Sure, he begs for more but that only lasts about a half second because he quickly remembers he&amp;#039;s not getting anything more. I know I can learn from that! I can certainly try to eat only what&amp;#039;s on my plate for dinner and not go back to the fridge again and again for more. I can eat, put my plate away, and then move on to something else entirely...like playing with Finn! I&amp;#039;ll be sure to let you know how this goes. How I was good today: Asked for my salad dressing on the side instead of having it dressed it for me. I still used the whole container but it was a small one. How I was bad today: Two cookies after lunch. Had to have something sweet. 9 What I avoided today: Only had one piece of cake at a co-worker&amp;#039;s birthday party. Easy because the cake was way too sweet but, hey, at least I only had one piece! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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