Interview with Holly

Friends there are always people a little head of you in life.  They have walked a healthy path longer and more effectively.  I try to study people who have followed a healthy path longer than myself.  My friend, Holly, is one of those people!  I have asked her some questions and asked her to share [...]

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To blog or not to blog

The last couple weeks have been very stressful for me.  I had realized I was not getting enough sleep and something was going to have to go.  When I examined my priorities, I realized that my blogging at 4:30-5:30 a.m. was the easy thing to give up.  I had been so dedicated to journaling  five [...]

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Best birthday gift

  Today my daughter, Candace, aka Candy, turns 11 today. I was thinking about what to give her for her birthday and of course I got introspective, if you have not noticed I do that a lot, and started thinking what would be the best gift I could ever give her. Let her be Candy.  When naming [...]

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Price of success

I lost seventy pounds in nine months six years ago.  People would come in my office at work, close the door, and say, “Okay, exactly what are you doing to lose your weight?”  I would tell them, they would say okay and leave.  My commitment to lose weight at that time was extreme, OCD.  My [...]

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Role model–Self centered?

I grew up a preacher’s daughter and from a very young age was taught to give to others.  In the past, I took this to the extreme and gave away everything I had emotionally and physically.  I had no energy to love myself because I was so busy taking care of other people.  I thought others needed [...]

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My body was telling me

Last week I struggled with my food and exercise.  I really was not sure what was going on, but it did not feel good.       I was      tired      moody      craved carbs      just wanted to sleep (very unlike me)      energy levels very low      felt mildly depressed Today I went to see [...]

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Only one thing

Here is your assignment, yes, you have homework!  Choose ONE habit in your life that is unhealthy and come up with a healthy alternative and start putting it into practice this week.  In the past, I have seen a lot of negative behaviors in my life, got all hyped up, made a list of changes, [...]

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Planning makes choices easier

We had a great weekend.  Little bit of this and a little bit of that but not to much of anything.  I am rested and ready for a new week.  My work and responsibilities provide a structure of how my week will play out  time wise but what I eat, when I exercise, and the [...]

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Your not nice on Thursdays

My husband is one of the kindest people alive.  He puts up with me, that alone should win him an extra jewel in his crown.  After 27 1/2 years (I am proud of that half year, # 27 was a hard one and this  1/2 has been blissful!)  he has learned the best way to [...]

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In the past

My favorite Gold’s Gym t-shirt says, CHANGE YOUR MIND CHANGE YOUR BODY.   If you have had body image issues and/or weight problems you have probably tried to diet over and over again.  I never understood why I would be doing good on a program and then all of a sudden would start sliding back. I really believe [...]

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