Writing about life... unrefined.
Every year we vow to shed that holiday weight and pray the diet sticks. We make ourselves crazy trying, losing mental and physical energy the whole time… and by February, we give up and stuff ourselves full of Valentine’s Day cupcakes. Well, maybe not ALL of us. Just us crazier ones. The Quick and Clean [...]
My daughter went back to school this week. She was so excited, she hardly slept the night before. I didn’t either. I’m not sure who was more nervous and excited, her or me. I watched her as she sat quietly, looking out the window on the drive to school. What was going through her mind? [...]
Great news!! Remember when I told you all about my new walking buddy, Striiv? You don’t? Okay, watch the video in my original post about Striiv… then I’ll tell you the great news. I’m waaaiiitinnng. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ You’re back! Okay, so now that you know about the cool little device that makes walking [...]
Did you hear the news? Dieting causes the brain to eat itself!! *Side Note: This explains so much about so many people. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York found that like other parts of the body, hunger-inducing neurons in the brain begin to consume themselves in periods [...]
So… I gained more than five pounds after my trip to Austin. It was more like 5 in Austin… then 5 more for good measure. On top of that, I still had a little under 10 pounds to go to hit my weight goal before gaining those ten. I’ll blame it on all the reuniting celebration [...]
