So I'm starting week four of my lifestyle change and I am down ten pounds, but more importantly I have lost inches off my waist and hips. I feel so motivated right now. I find that even when I am sitting watching television, I am trying to do some type of exercise such as crunches. I am craving healthier foods...
Every Spring Break my daughter proceeds to tell me all the fabulous places her friends are going or how the Jone's family is going to get to have the week off. I usually end up working while she goes to a weekly camp-not a whole lot of fun. Well not this year. I took a week of approved vacation months...
Whether you are a single parent or not, everyone needs to carry emergency information on your person or somewhere easily accessible-preferably in your wallet. I am a strong advocate of this because I have had chronic migraines since the birth of my first child over thirty years ago and when the migraines get really bad, I have a lot of...
I found several articles regarding alkalizing. Studies show that acidity has been linked to pain, excess weight and many other health issues. Fortunately, making your body more alkaline (the opposite of acidic) is easy. Here are 10 ways to alkalize your body for more energy and vitality: Start your day with a large glass of water with the juice...
I’m stressed out and it is negatively affecting the way I single parent right now. My children are everything to me and I know from past experiences that they always pick up on my attitude even if I think I am doing my best to have my ”game face” on. Part of the issue is that I have not been...
It’s a secret shared previously with only a few of my closest friends, but since my unexpected divorce, my daughter has been acting out usually in the form of some type of tantrum. Whether it was refusing to get dressed for school or faking sick because she said she didn’t want to be without me to going into a...
What I want to share with this blog is only you know your body and only you. If you are taking care of yourself while seeing a physician and still you are having health problems then it is time to either stand up and say “hey I need you to hear me on this or find another doctor” one...
It’s been a bit since my last post, but so much has been going on with getting through holidays and through the New Year and I am sure you have been feeling the same pressures. This is the time that many people make New Year’s Resolutions or promises to themselves and we all know how those usually work out-usually forgotten...
I have been fortunate in my life to experienced so many things and have so many possessions when at one time I could fit everything I had in one small hatchback car. Still I have a long way to go with budgeting in my life so that my family’s future will be strong and that is when I began...
It seems that eating dinner around the family table is becoming non-existent. I remember growing up that you had to be home at 6pm for dinner, you stayed outside playing all day- rain or shine, but when that dinner time came, you ran in to wash up and headed to the table. These days when speaking to my friends, they...
