I will be 40 in just over 12 months. I always thought, believed, hoped I would be in better shape and thinner by now. But the truth is I’m not. For the three of you who have been reading my blog for a substantial period of time know that weight has always been an issue [...]
Soda that is. I haven’t had a drink of diet anything since Sunday night. I am a religious soda addict drinker. I would often have multiple sodas open around the house so that I was never too far away from one. But as part of my whole food eating plan–soda and anything artificial is a [...]
It is no secret around these parts that I struggle with weight and want to lost weight. There is this one problem–I absolutely love food. All food. I enjoy it and I love flavors and textures, etc. I love it all. I have worked hard at “dieting” and counting calories and exercising but have yet [...]
I was able to get into the see my doctor’s Nurse Practitioner this afternoon. I now know my issue could be several things–an inner ear infection (I do have some fluid in one ear), vertigo, or something more serious. They took some blood, I peed in a cup and they are scheduling me for a [...]
and it is time that I look hard at my medical history. My dad had a stroke at the age I am now–a mild one–but a stroke nonetheless. It is thought that his condition (don’t remember the name) is hereditary. My dad’s sister died from a brain aneurysm at the age I am now. I [...]
So, I just want to say that I don’t often get sick or feel off. But yesterday I didn’t feel quite myself all day. I really noticed it after I gave the kids the bath yesterday and stood up and got a little light headed. Then it went away but then yesterday late afternoon I [...]
I am running (I use that word extremely loosely to describe what I might be doing this weekend) a 5k. I have never run a 5k. I haven’t run anything since I was in my mid 20′s. I am not in my late 30′s. So, we’ll see what kind of joke this turns out to [...]
I have not written about weight loss in a long time–probably because I have fallen off the bandwagon and there really isn’t loss going on. I have skirted the severity of the issue and it is time that I address with brutal honesty the serious nature of the issues. I am not dying…not any faster [...]
