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	<title>wafflesatnoon.com &#187; Self Help</title>
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		<title>The OCD Spreadsheet Diet</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2012/01/31/the-ocd-spreadsheet-diet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m Mr. Spreadsheet, so this weight loss tip is chock-full of bias. On the other hand, it has worked for me, so perhaps it can work for you.
My first big weight loss epiphany occurred 10 years ago. I was about 40 pounds overweight and knew it was time to do something. I&#8217;m of the opinion that if you&#8217;re going to do something as important and daunting as losing weight, you have to do it full-throttle. You&#8217;re either all-in or you&#8217;re off the wagon. That&#8217;s how I see it. So what I did then, and continue to do now whenever I feel I need to re-focus, is to keep a spreadsheet of everything related to weight-loss. Such items include:
Calories
I firmly believe that&#8217;s it&#8217;s a lot easier to avoid a couple of hundred extra calories than to burn them off later. Have you ever seen how long it takes to burn 100 ...]]></description>
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		<title>7 Reasons Why Being Bald Rocks</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2011/12/14/7-reasons-why-being-bald-rocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re considering the move to the dark side of hair style &#8211; and just want to shave it all off? I&#8217;ve been shaving my head to bald perfection for years, and I&#8217;d never go back. Shaving my head brought me a sense of youthful confidence I hadn&#8217;t felt since my early 20s. It erased signs of age that hair can bring to older guys, and brought a a new wave of women ogling my new-found dome.
And I&#8217;m not talking about a bald-ish buzz cut here. We&#8217;re talking baby-bottom baldness achieved with a razor to rid one&#8217;s head of all traces of hair. And that&#8217;s the only way to rock the bald look, going all-in with your chips and throwing your gauntlet in the hairless ring. If you&#8217;re on the fence, consider these 7 good reasons why being bald rocks.
No More Bad Hair Days
You won&#8217;t wake up with &#8220;bed head&#8221; nor will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Meth Use Symptoms: Avoiding Your Own Addiction</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2011/09/27/meth-use-symptoms-avoiding-your-own-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article here on wafflestanoon.com a few years ago about spotting signs of meth use. The response to that article, even three years later, has been overwhelming. It&#8217;s gratifying to get the emails that I do, but also disheartening to see that so many people are still living with users of this horrible drug. I&#8217;ve tried to answer as many emails as I can on this issue, but there is one piece of advice that I&#8217;ve given so often, that I thought it might be time to just write it once for everyone to read, and it happened to me. This is when the loved one of a meth user becomes obsessed with trying to prove or cure the addiction.

In my own case, my wife always categorically denied her use &#8211; even though it was painfully obvious that she was high or crashing. To quote the 1999 film ...]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Attract Younger Women</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2010/01/09/10-ways-to-attract-younger-women/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2010/01/09/10-ways-to-attract-younger-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re a 35+ year old guy, looking to date younger women? Well, you&#8217;ve found the right place. I&#8217;m a 41 year old man, and I&#8217;ll give you 10 ways to attract younger women. How young? 30&#8230; 25&#8230; 20.. 18? That&#8217;s up to you. But I tell you it IS possible to attract women of any age. And it all boils down to one idea:
Women don&#8217;t really care how old you are as long as you LOOK young.

My current girlfriend is a beautiful 18 year old. That&#8217;s right &#8211; she&#8217;s 23 years younger than me. I can say without a doubt that if I looked 41, she wouldn&#8217;t have even considered talking to me. I get carded regularly for clubs and alcohol. People are shocked to see my age, and I&#8217;ve passed for my mid-20&#8242;s quite easily. Am I just lucky in the gene department, or are there things that I ...]]></description>
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		<title>Adding In Your Head the Easy Way</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2009/01/13/adding-in-your-head-the-easy-way/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2009/01/13/adding-in-your-head-the-easy-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were taught in school to add from right to left, but adding left to right is much easier! Take the following math problem.





186
+297
+394





Look at this problem this way&#8230;





100
+200
+300





We can all add that up easily, which is 600. Now we&#8217;re going to move our attention to the middle column and just keep adding to our total&#8230; 600+80 = 680&#8230; 680+90=770&#8230; 770+90=860&#8230; Now we add the right-hand column to that&#8230; 860+6 = 866&#8230; 866+7=873&#8230;873+4=877.
With just a little practice, you&#8217;ll be adding numbers in your head about as quickly as you can add them on paper, and you&#8217;re never really &#8220;carrying&#8221; numbers the old-fashioned way, it&#8217;s more of a running total to which you keep adding numbers. Give it a try.

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		<title>29 Ways To Be Happy</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/07/09/29-ways-to-be-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/07/09/29-ways-to-be-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one  article can teach a person how to be happy. Below are some ways to help you  focus on ways to feel better. If you suffer depression you should seek  professional help.

Be  generous.
Don&#8217;t be  lazy.
Learn to  forgive.
Get plenty of  rest.
Enjoy simple  pleasures.
Take time out for  yourself.
Don&#8217;t focus on  material things.
De-clutter your  house and office.
Don&#8217;t worry about  what others think of you.
Make time for the people who need you most.
Don&#8217;t expect too  much from yourself or others.
Never stop  learning and always remain curious.
Never allow  yourself to feel rushed or in a hurry.
Forget about  always being right, even if you are!
Don&#8217;t take  things, people, or yourself too seriously.
Maintain a  regular schedule, even on the weekends.
Accept criticism  as a favor, even if it is undeserved.
Learn from your  mistakes and then forget about ...]]></description>
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		<title>7 Steps to Debt Reduction</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/10/7-steps-to-debt-reduction/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/10/7-steps-to-debt-reduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting out of debt is a topic dear to my heart. As a younger man I used my credit cards without caution, even when I had the cash on hand to pay for things. Why pay now when you can pay later? I think of the Foghat song, &#8220;Live Now, Pay Later.&#8221;
Well&#8230; later eventually comes.
Fast forward about 10 years and suddenly I found myself tens of thousands of dollars in debt, barely able to even make the minimum payments on my cards. The worst part was that even when I did make the minimum payments, my overall debt still went up every month, even without charging anything new. The finance charges (and occasional late fees) outpaced the miniscule minimum payments.
Getting out of debt will take time, let&#8217;s get that straight. But it will go much faster if you have a plan. Paying a little more than the minimum every month ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Simplest Diet Plan</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/the-simplest-diet-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/the-simplest-diet-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[calories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t see the forest for the trees? Spent countless hours looking for a simple and free weight loss plan? Here is a brief summary of a sensible plan that will ensure weight loss if you follow it, and still provide enough nutrition and calories to keep you satisfied and energetic.
How much to eat
Find out how many calories you need in a day. Unfortunately this is different for everyone, so it will take some time for you to discover the actual number. Use my chart as a starting guide, but eventually you&#8217;ll have to tweak the numbers to fit you. It&#8217;s OK to take an educated guess and go with it for a week or two, then re-evaluate. After you&#8217;ve determined how many calories you need in a day to maintain your weight, you then need to keep that number higher than the amount of calories you consume minus the calories ...]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Calorie Chart</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/daily-calorie-chart/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/daily-calorie-chart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a chart to show how many calories the average, low-activity person should need per day to maintain their weight. To reduce your weight, you will need to reduce your calories.
Everyone is different and these numbers should only be used as a guide. If you are a more active or muscular person, you will need to increase your calories.

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		<title>Handling Verbal Confrontation</title>
		<link>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/handling-verbal-confrontation/</link>
		<comments>http://wafflesatnoon.com/2008/04/09/handling-verbal-confrontation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>waffles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confrontation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been pushed into a fight? Has someone ever just pushed your buttons to the point that you couldn&#8217;t help but fight with them? Most of us have. Well, I know I have. But if you stop and think about it, that&#8217;s really a sign of weakness on our part, and a symbol of control on the other person&#8217;s part &#8211; even if that other person is a child. We&#8217;re letting someone else control our emotions and our actions. And even though many of us think we&#8217;re strong people, when it comes to confrontation, all bets are off. I have news for you&#8230; if you allow someone to make you mad just by the things they say to you, at that moment you&#8217;re the weaker person. Words are just words, and I can&#8217;t believe people let them hurt so much. If a person wants to be mean and ...]]></description>
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