This was such a stressful week! I've been plannign a trip with my little sister and mum for month, but when I double checked that I had the time off f... Read more
My main motivation is my children. I want to be there with them as they grow up. I want to be youthful and strong enough to fully engage in activiti... Read more
Note: this is interesting. I learned something. I had posted a LANGUAGE warning here, for use of bad language in this post. But then when I went t... Read more
Saturday I missed the workout as my arms just hurt to bad from the and my upper back from long tern slouching is catching up to me since I sot more of... Read more
Here are my goals for this summer challenge:
1. I WILL learn to quit eating before I am completely 'stuffed.'
2. I WILL lose at least 5 lbs.... Read more
Howdy Spark Buddies,
I seem to be sabotaging myself lately....I make it the 164 range and then proceed to eat sweets not just one but way to many... Read more
Random thought #1: Oh yeah! True Blood is back, baby! I'm always sad when a show I love ends for the season, but True Blood last night went a looo... Read more
Okay I fell off my wagon train this weekend with my eating. One bad moment can lead to other bad moments. I had no light days and no normal diet day... Read more
Lately, we have had quite a bit of rain where I live, and the temperatures have not been the norm for June in WV. I was doing pretty well with my foo... Read more
1. To make it out of the obese range on the BMI chart (169 pounds).
2. To eat out much less (once a week at most).
3. To exercise 6 days a week... Read more
I'm coming up on a year with SparkPeople, and I'm very close to my original goal. Lately, I've been finding the communities and blog posts on the site... Read more
Success is not a race, be patient.
Success leads to success.
Success is always a work in progress.
Success doesn't come to you--you go to it.
... Read more
Happy Monday all! Grab a cup of joe, this may be a long one. If you guys haven't figured out, I am a big Vikings football fun. Huge. It's really quite... Read more
Yesterday I turned 27. Every year on my birthday I reflect on the events of the past year and set goals for the year ahead. My reflection of my 26th... Read more
Yesterday was a very nice day, rain cleared out late morning and it turned into a beautiful day, the sun was shining when I got out of church. DD did... Read more
Alright, so I've joined the Smokin Summer Body Challenge and I'm thinking about what I want to accomplish from it... which is a shorter term goal that... Read more
I have been married for about 5 weeks now, and I’m enjoying every minute. I had a lot of expectations of what being married would be like. Some of tho... Read more
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
~ Moha... Read more
It was an absolutely fantastic day for a race~ beautiful blue skies, the sun shining brightly, my dear hubby by my side giving me his support on his s... Read more
I am in Weight Watchers, my meeting was about the Power foods , I know what they are , but learning on why they are important , so did grocery... Read more
What a great weekend! Not much happened, but I'm working on actively seeking more positive things in my life, and this weekend bore that out. A couple... Read more
So I am taking our 4 year old to "mommy and me" swim class tonight. I didn't know until last night that I was doing it. The class (the only class avai... Read more
Well, here it is. I'm 36 - stand 5'3 - overweight - hitting 190.5 lbs. I haven't been physically active in about 3 years, until today! I made a pro... Read more
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I think the biggest reason I have been struggling to stay on track is I keep comparing where I am to where I was, then I feel defeated and giv... Read more
Over the past few years things could definitely have gone better. I've been letting myself go since I was about sixteen and I've cared little about my... Read more
About 9:00 last night, thunder rolled around in the sky for several minutes non-stop. I wasn't expecting rain at all. It rained almost all night lon... Read more
Well we had kind of a bad start to the weekend but ended well. We got some 24 hour stomach bug but by saturday night all was good. We did a lot around... Read more
I had a very trying weekend I had to drive to Denver to the airport and back from where I live it is like a 4 1/2 hour drive. We were picking up my yo... Read more
Wow, stayed on Atkins for almost 2 weeks and was doing okay, lost a few pounds, but can't take the lack of carbs. I felt pretty good at first but the... Read more
"Since Christ is no longer on earth, he wants his body, the church, to reveal his suffering in its suffering. Since we are his body, our sufferings ar... Read more
"Once I accept the fact that
I have to follow a healthy eating plan
for life, dieting will be easier."
Dr. Beck shared some guidelines for a... Read more
It has definitely been a long time since I have spent much time here. An occasional check in but other than that, not much.
A lot has happened s... Read more
I just can’t seem to get my head around it lately. I had a great weekend but I gained yet another pound. I know how I’m gaining, why, but I just can... Read more
Well, I have a full week. My pepper tree in the back yard has at least 100 hot peppers on it now so I need to harvest now so they will continue to pr... Read more
Going into my third week of waiting for the blisters on the back of my heels to...well, heal. I'd hoped it was far enough along to try for a good wal... Read more
Isaiah 43:2 WEB
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk throug... Read more
