I was enjoying a gorgeous, sunny Sunday when my daughter asked me if we could run to the library to get a book she wanted. Who am I to say no to reading and homework? That would never happen in my house so we jumped in the car and headed to the library. As always, I saw a table set...
I am fortunate that my youngest child who is still in school-sixth grade, wants to get good grades and it is so important to her that the first thing she does when she comes home is grab a snack and start homework without me asking. A couple of my friends think it is so wonderful because they struggle with...
I’m so frustrated. I have lost my willpower. I was feeling so good working out hard every day, eating healthy, and taking my supplements. My migraines had almost completely stopped. I had so much energy every day and night. I felt like a new person. What happened you ask? Well honestly it started when we had a Hurricane in September....
I was watching television last night when Oprah Winfrey appeared and began speaking on one of those evening entertainment shows. She was saying that when people are not calm it is because they want the moment to be something else, so they get anxious, for example because they don’t have time to answer that phone or they are thinking...
Do you have emotional vampires in your life? You know that one person you have just had contact with and now you feel you need a nap because you are so drained? They are not really interested in anything in your life, and they only contact you to tell you what is going on in their drama filled life. If...
Dealing with Tragedy. Sesame Street has taught us about life lessons for quite some time and now they have taken on another topic teaching us how to destress. There are so many things that stress our children out with the violent weather, the street violence and just the day to day living for kids living in poverty. In this...
So now its been 10 weeks of exercise both walking and weights and I feel great. I knew I needed to begin a fitness program, but I wasn't sure what type of program to begin. I wanted to run, but was told at my weight I would just hurt myself and that it was best to start out slow...
Yes, that is the powerful, positive words that came out of my daughter’s mouth. So I am finishing my degree online and I saved some hard classes for the end. Not sure why I would do that, but I really kept telling myself I was going to study the subject before the class started and then be ready to...
Well it is week 8 and I do not have any earth shattering news as I thought I would during this time. It has been two months now of working out and eating on a meal plan, and while I didn’t lose any weight this week, I didn’t gain any either so I guess that is one good sign. One...
Week 5- Let’s be honest-I have to tell you that Week Five went downhill for me. I am not doing as well as I was. It is all me, I can’t blame it on anyone else, I was feeling great and losing weight: 2-3 lbs a week which is what both my trainer and my doctor’s say is realistic...
