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It's a rough day here at my house. My sweet husband is trying to make it a nice day before Valentine's Sunday and I was up all night with asthma problems. All these cold fronts and drastic weather changes along with my underlying sinus issues have caused all sorts of...

Okay, I've talked to one of the fabulous women in the Mamavation Challenge and she's given me a well-deserved pep talk. She encouraged me not to worry as much about the numbers on the scale and take my measurements. Not thinking I'd be much different, I did what she...

  Back to 215. Ugh. But my measurements are as follows:  arms 13.75", bust 38", waist is 37.5", and hips 46.75".  So I'm up about 0.25" in my arms, bust is the same, DOWN 0.5" in my waist and 1.25" in my hips. Small bump in the road when it comes to the scale, but my...

I'm playing catch up this week. Started out with the sinus stuff (again) and then we got nuts with the anticipation of the "great snow storm" we'd experience here in Central Texas. Now, after our torrential downpour of a whopping 1/2-1 inch of snow, things are melting...

  Whoo! Whoo! It's week two and already I'm down three pounds. Last Monday the Mamavation Move It or Lose It (MILI) challenge began and I had no way to know if I'd even be able to stick with it. Although my exercise routine hasn't established well, I did work out...

I feel like I'm on the high dive, ready to jump in, and everyone is watching. I want to jump. I absolutely want to jump  and feel the cool of the pool, but I'm afraid. "Jump!" Someone yells. "You can do it!" another encourages. "Come on! Move your butt." There always...

I remember well in high school when the rumblings of making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Initially there were protests, angry comments, the typical push-pull of anything new. There were cheers, tears, and fears thrown everywhere, but when it...

Down 1.5 pounds and 1/2" in my waist this week. The Mamavation finalists are announced tonight, right about the time the Golden Globes start (I love award season). What a week! So productive, despite strep and flu hitting our home.  Even if I don't final, I'll try...

Kids are well, I'm back in my routine, and things are on the upswing. I didn't gain 5 pounds through stress eating and I got exercise in each day. Things are good. Now, I've got my head right where it should be, taking better care of myself and making sure I don't get...

I'm always fascinated about how things seem to happen in threes. Three celebrities die in a week to 10 days time, three people announce they are expecting, three pounds down on the scale. Three, to quote Schoolhouse Rock, seems to be a magic number. But right now,...

Here it is-- me putting myself totally out there for the world to see. I've entered a contest on Mamavation where I compete with other mommies to earn the right to participate in a seven week health challenge. The winner gets prizes and simply the pride she's lost...

Think about this. When IHOP (International House of Pancakes) has a simple and fit menu and all the meals on that are "under 600 calories" does it put it into perspective how much you're actually eating when you don't order off the simple and fit choices? I mean, when...