Got up at 6. Got girls dressed for school Sam up and ready. Picked up SAMs friend took them to school dropped them off at 7 30 School had 2 nice char... Read more
It's Day 9 of my active streak and Day 1 of my Bix 7 training! I've actually been training for Bix for a couple of months, but it's been a very relax... Read more
Have you ever had that strange sensation of feeling really lethargic and disinterested in life, but completely restless and keyed up at the same time?... Read more
My husband reported a major health break through !!! His blood pressure has decreased significantly on his last Dr. visit. He says even with... Read more
So, after nearly a month of not losing a single pound, I started to panic. Yes, I have been eating outside of my range, but I've been betting on my av... Read more
Time to tackle Tuesday. I really need to run by the grocery store. I'm incompletely out of veggies, fruits, and soymilk. I live for those things!... Read more
After being without a trainer for the past two months, the gym finally got one who could work on Monday nights. My sister and I met him last night. Se... Read more
After a good night’s sleep, I went for my planned 7km run. It went really great in the beginning, I was keeping a great pace and felt wonderful! But a... Read more
I've realized two major obstacles with achieving a healthier me. Eating right and workout continuously. It not that I can't do either, I just have a h... Read more
Pink and green
100 marbles for 100 pounds to lose pink cup has 7 marbles in it for the 7 pounds I have lost. My goal is to lose 160 pounds
Gr... Read more
Just looked at my Striiv and I've got a total of 20,211 stairs in the last 10 days so I'm over halfway to my goal of climbing Mt. Everest (38,705 stai... Read more
This is a new book by Mark Bittman, the man who wrote "How to Cook Everything" and "How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian". I love the latter! I have fou... Read more
Well, I think winter weather has officially left. We had some frost last week but we're due for our first summer thunderstorm tonight so, it's here. W... Read more
Yay!! I am finally graduating with my bachelors degree this weekend. It has been a long and stressful journey but I made it! Know what I also made? Th... Read more
When I last blogged a few days ago, I was second guessing a goal that I had made for myself, and I could feel myself giving into my fears. Today, I d... Read more
I will not - as usual - complain about my inpersistant writing. The reason I do now is indeed, the same old story I always write about. Sincerely, I t... Read more
It's Monday again. Time to start over. I feel like every Monday is a start over. I wish that wasn't the case. I'm going to try to connect all my good... Read more
Starting last Monday I tracked my food. I prepared ahead of time; the three meals of the day were planned the day before, every calorie counted. Not i... Read more
I haven’t done a lot of running lately, even though I have a half-marathon coming up soon… Work has been stressy, and my hormones were completely out... Read more
It was a good week. I've learned a lot and I'm enjoying this way of eating. It feels very natural to me. I'm not missing the dairy or meat that I r... Read more
Well, I guess I am getting to almost start over on weight loss. I got on the scales on Friday and I have gained back 30 pounds. Mid-life really stin... Read more
A few days ago, my weight dropped to the lowest it had been in seven years. I have very long way to go on this journey, but this weight loss dropped... Read more
I've now climbed the Eiffel Tower 9 days in a row and my SparkStreak is 49 days for exercise. Total Stairs - 18,256 - 47% of the way up Mt. Everest!
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This was not really a good week for me, though there were some good things as well. I feel as though so much happened and put even more on my proverbi... Read more
31:20 I am so stoked! I went to the race with the intent to do 32 minutes and I achieved my goal.
I had some difficulty around mile 2 with a pai... Read more
Bipolar seems to come from a combination of genetic predisposition and some sort of trauma trigger. I never really quite believed this. But now I te... Read more
how much i am like these people!! how much God does for me, and i want more!! how much he does for me, and i forget! i think he has forgotten me! he h... Read more
i read the below today, and it could not have come at a better time. i was amazed. i look at this scripture, and i think... yep. this is me. get my fo... Read more
This week has been...well...not so good. I missed two days of work because of pain. I did force myself to go in today despite waking up in terrible... Read more
This is Day 5 of my streak of doing at least 15 minutes of exercise a day. Today I have been thinking alot about a goal I set for myself earlier in t... Read more
These are some of the crafts I made for Mother's Day gifts
After I took photos I found I was missing black bands on butterfly and bee. Had to fix... Read more
I know it has been a while since I have been on here. I will say that life has kept me busy with my new schedules at work and home. With that said tho... Read more
Chronic pain can make it difficult to get a good night's sleep but restful sleep helps with pain management. Here's how to break the vicious cycle of pain and sleep.
