I joined Weight Watchers Freestyle program online 4 weeks ago. After a year, ok years of stress and emotional eating, I had developed some horrible habits – huge portions, eating Fast Food on the Go, and mindlessly shoveling food in. My weight was an an all time high as were my blood pressure and bad […]
Are you Bulu Boxing It? Save On It If Not!
I have always been intrigued by the “BOX” companies. You know, send a monthly box of goodies for a price. Bulu Box is sending me 3 months at no cost to review, can’t wait to try them out. Bulu Box sounds fab as the perfect partner in the pursuit of a healthier you, Bulu Box […]
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month – Keeping Your Lungs Healthy
I lost my brother-in-law to lung cancer 2 years ago this Christmas. It was a huge loss for our family, as Phil was our families rock. I first met Phil when I was about 11 or 12.He was my mentor, my former boss, and in my single days, he invited me on many a family […]
Prevent Falls and Keep Your Parents Safe
Did you June is National Safety Month? Its actually is a bitter sweet month for me. Its the month we celebrate Father’s Day and its also the month we celebrated my Father’s birthday, so I think of him a lot. We said goodbye to my Dad a few years ago. He was a very stubborn […]
Motivational Monday: The Scale My Frenemy
I don’t have a weight loss goal for this month or year, but I know if I exercise and eat clean, the weight will take care of itself. I am not a big scale follower these days, but I do realize weight and body fat is important as an indicator or health. See I can […]
Super Sunday Summary v01.05.14
Here we are in 2014…wow where did last year go. Been a big week, I actually set some goals for the month and decided on my word of the year. Two new giveaways were announced AND lots of news coming up from runDisney. Finally, changes to the blog are coming….if I can commit to getting […]
eMeals to the Rescue of my Menu Rut
Disclosure: I was provided free service from eMeals to try them out in exchange for my thoughts posted on my blog. Please know, all thoughts are my own. I am in a meal funk lately. I am trying to be healthy and eat little to no processed foods and my healthy dinners have become so […]
Walk the Walk – 30 day Fitness Challenge July/August
So we are done with our July – 30 Day Challenge. © Nevit Dilmen [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons HALLELUJAH! Seriously….. I did NOT enjoy that one at all. It was hard and made me cranky. Sure I noticed I got stronger, and my waist is coming back. That is good right? […]
Food Time: Time to Get Serious About my Healthy Eating
After my last physical while I got a pretty good report….. My cholesterol was a tad high – really not bad. All other vitals good, though I could lose some weight. Because of a family heart history combined with my test results my doctor told me to be vigilant about getting my numbers down with […]
Energy Bits – My Review
I was getting some #Inspirational from Ashley of The Pavement Princess and Linz of See Sharp Run on Twitter one night when @EnergyBits joined in the fun. I commented I could use a bit of energy and they offered to give me a sample. Of course I said YES, I LOVE free stuff and have […]