As we all know, Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for what we have.
Health. Love. Family. Shelter.
Health.
Last week, my mom sent me an email that really shocked me and made me thankful my family and I are alive and healthy.
She wrote,
“The woman who runs our heart center has terminal brain cancer, just discovered Tuesday. [...]
Those of you who’ve been following my Lifestyle Change posts this month know I set a goal for myself to lose 12 lbs. by today, September 30th.
I’m sad to report, I didn’t make my weight loss goal.
I’m disappointed, but as I’ve mentioned in previous posts on this topic, I’ve been successful in other ways.
I hardly [...]
I’ll be honest, nine days into my LifeStyle Change and I’m not any closer to my weight loss goal of 12 lbs. by the end of this month.
While I’m not losing pounds, YET, I have made significant changes in my diet.
I mean SIGNIFICANT changes!
Upon the advice of Rachael Whelan over at Fit4Life, I have [...]
Never in my life have I eaten Doritos and had them upset my stomach.
Until tonight.
Can you say, yuck-a-roni? As in, ICK!!!
With this being a three-day weekend, I’m taking full advantage of the extra time off to be a total slacker. For the first time since my daughter was an infant (10 years ago, to be [...]
Whew! I survived DAY 3 of my Lifestyle Change and I’m already starting to feel better.
I have to admit food still occupies a fair amount of my thoughts during the day. I did better than yesterday with the I’m hungry feelings though, but mostly because I added more meat to today’s spinach salad. I love the [...]
It’s amazing how much better I feel after I drink one of my homemade fruit smoothies.
I’ve been on vacation this week and almost every day I’ve been making my fruit smoothies in an effort to regain the energy I’ve lost from too much work and poor meal choices.
My smoothies usually consist of equal amounts of [...]
Having recently turned 40, I’m really noticing the effects of age and sitting at a desk all week. While I love working with computers, the lack of physical activity, other than getting up to make photocopies or fax, is slowly but surely wrecking havoc on my body.
When I was in my mid-20s to early 30s I worked [...]