I have finally accepted me as me. I love saying that. Over the past year and a half, lots of personal life crisis' have happened and have put a damp... Read more
Did you know there are competitive memorizers who compete in the World Memory Championships? The record-holder in the "names and faces" event memorize... Read more
Looking to make some adjustments to your summer diet??
Be sure to make adjustments that won't be too "hardcore". Meaning make realistic attainab... Read more
Well, I can't believe that has been since March 2, 2013 that I have logged on and done a blog! I am going to get better at this! I just wanted to wri... Read more
I’m home! And it’s a mess…
In case you missed it, I’ve moved home from school where I’ve been living 4-5 days a week while I got my Master... Read more
This week's blog assignment for the Aspire to Inspire BSG challenge is to list 10 things I will tell my future self. So, here is my list to my future... Read more
Do you know anybody who is in perpetual waiting mode? Waiting for some big AHA moment to shake them to their core so that they suddenly jump into act... Read more
As I read over my last blog I have to smile. I remember that girl that wrote that blog. She was optimistic and energetic. She had a clean slate, a... Read more
I have really enjoyed my 1st week with the Spark Solution! Even though I've been on SP for over 4 years, there are new things I have learned. I love t... Read more
Last week was a busy one for me. I began to earnestly dug in the new book "Spark Solution". If you haven't picked up your copy yet, go ahead. I had... Read more
For the past 3 months I've been training for my first half-marathon. Since I enjoy trail running, I chose to run the Silver State 50/50 trail h... Read more
I have worked at my job for 33 years and I have never done this before ..... I walked to work this morning and then I walked home again this evening.... Read more
I am down another pound! This week has been so busy and I have been so tired that my workouts have not been great, but my weight is going down and I... Read more
I don't know what SparkPeople's policies are on giveaways and stuff so I'm not even going to say what its for, I'm just going to give you the link to... Read more
It has been a busy, busy week. I had my second back injection yesterday, hoping relief will last a it longer. I have my shift today and tomorrow I w... Read more
I am a cranky pants today! I had intended on finishing and posting a review today but I don’t think it would come out very nice so I’m going to defer... Read more
I hate public speaking. This is a fear that I have had to face many times in my current work. I regularly teach trainings with small groups of peopl... Read more
I am very proud to say that yesterday I ran my first 10 miles!! It was not painful, and was really fun actually. I feel great today! Looking forward t... Read more
Yesterday was going great! I ate a healthy breakfast and lunch. I was drinking my water. I was getting things checked off my to-do list. I even we... Read more
I’m tired of myself lately. I make plans and then don’t manage to execute them. I keep trying to make monthly goals, weekly goals, 10 days goals but... Read more
Things are going really well for my daughter and her new GF diet.
For Mothers Day, she helped me make a GF banana nut bread which was AMAZING! E... Read more
Okay so that's a bit of an exaggeration but I blogged right before I left for vacation that I was feeling a bit discouraged that I wasn't seeing any m... Read more
The days leading up to this celebration of motherhood have been a hard heavy dose of feeling lonely, nothing to celebrate type feelings. I have no ch... Read more
Our blog subject this week is how will I be celebrating Mother's Day. We really never have any set plans for Mother's Day. However, since my birthday... Read more
Rough gluten-free day yesterday for my daughter. 39
Yesterday was a party in my daughter's class, so I sent her with some GF treats for her to... Read more
Well, my moderation experiment yesterday turned out not to be with cookies. Instead, I tried a "moderation day" out at the ball park with my son for... Read more
Today will probably be my daughter's hardest "GF-day" since changing to a GF diet. In honor of teacher appreciation week, her class is having a party... Read more
Man, it has been a rough couple of weeks! Good news is that I finished my last final yesterday and turned it in early afternoon. I then proceeded to... Read more
While hubby is going through some really tough complications related to his cancer, his cancer doctor today has some fairly good news in that the bloo... Read more
Did you know your body can only absorb about 20 grams of protein at a time? The rest just goes right on through (lol). So it's much better and more... Read more
Yesterday was a big day of research for me. I thought I sent my daughter to school with a "safe" gluten free lunch, but found out that "whole grain o... Read more
I've been really struggling for blog topics lately and I'll tell you why. I stopped working on my take home exam at 8:45 last night. I only took a br... Read more
Weight Watchers has a simply filling philosophy for folks who do not weigh and measure or are faithfully tacking everything. My leader bought it up t... Read more
So I've been getting pretty spotty about my food logging lately. I know exactly why, too. Since I've been on the 7 fruit and vegetables program, I h... Read more
My 9yr old daughter has been dealing with stomach aches and gas for most of her life. We've been through lots of tests with the doctor - but no relie... Read more
I’ve been beating myself up a lot lately because I’ve been making poor decisions. Yesterday, instead of worrying about the things I didn’t do right,... Read more
I started to simply track the good, the bad and the ugly with this website and my fitbit and mobile weight watchers. With all these tools available,... Read more
Hubby Update: The saga of Bill's illness journey just seems to keep growing, but we are hopeful it will all be dealt with and behind us eventually.... Read more
Summer's not over yet! There's still plenty of time to tone up and bust out that swimsuit for one last hurrah. Get results in just 15 minutes per week with this plan--no excuses!
