It’s Friday and time for weight check #3. As I type this I know the food I should be eating is a salad for lunch. I want to eat chips instead. For me eating better is often a meal by meal battle to eat what […]

Life lesson to overcome hard things. Challenges can be emotional or physical. We tell ourselves stories that may or not be true. Modify your story, your physical or emotional circumstance to overcome. Weight journey.

Moms of special needs families need self love and care too. Our weight can cause us issues. Journey with me in life lessons as we try to get healthier and smarter.

Did summer go by as quickly for you as it did for me? Are you happy with what you did and didn’t do? We started off with a bang in June with a large family reunion in Southern Utah near Zion National Park. It continued […]

Okay, its truth time. With the stress of our impending move that never seems to happen, I am guilty of stress and comfort eating. I’ve also been guilty of eating way too late in the evening.  I haven’t been getting enough sleep and I’ve certainly […]

I’m one in a hundred (or rather three hundred twenty). Are you too? I have a little fear of heights (Acrophobia)–mixed with a good sized bit of Basophobia (fear of falling). More specifically, it’s the fear of falling to my death from a height. According […]

Where I’ve been with mommy self-care… In past posts, most of the mommy self-care I’ve talked a lot about relate to doctor’s appointments.  I’ve been pretty good about getting my annual skin checks, mammograms, well-women visits, vision and physical appointments.  I’ve gotten my teeth cleaned […]

I saw my primary care doctor recently for an infection I had.  I have a tendency to get this type of infection. She looked at my lab work and we talked for a bit.  I’ve previously been anemic (usually during a pregnancy), I’ve had thinning […]

Did you ever watch GI Joe cartoons as a kid?  I’m a child of the 80’s and I loved to watch GI Joe every afternoon.  Every cartoon would end with some type of lesson or moral message and the phrase, “And knowing is half the […]

I confess, I’m putting off more housework while I write this blog. I at least have the dishwasher running while I write, but I have laundry to do and the piles of papers on my dining table and the stuff to clear away from the […]