Weight Loss

My mom watches over me. She says things like “Debra, get up and do something.” ” You need to stop working so hard,  Go have some fun.” “Take care of those little kids of ours. Play with them.” Yes, I miss her.  This is my first Mother’s Day without her.  Yet all I have to…

Good Lord, this aging thing isn’t for the weak.  First of all, I firmly believe that taking care of my health – exercising, using Melaleuca products and adapting my diet – is saving my life.  I had the good fortune to inherit the gout gene from both sides of my family.  If you’re not familiar…

The way I figure it I have a good 20 years left to be productive.  It’s a bit sobering to think about.  Normally I wouldn’t let that stop me, much.  This week has been one of contemplation.  My former husband has been diagnosed with cancer and it’s what kicked off all this thinking and wondering…

I travel enough that I have had to figure out how to workout on the road easily.  I know myself well enough to know that I won’t go downstairs to a gym in the hotel consistently.  When the opportunity came to try out the Live Infinitely bands I jumped at the chance.  (I was given…

It’s been a week of thinking .. I’m approaching my busy season and the time of go-go-go.  It’s also spring (thank God) and the weather is bringing in more sunshine and nicer days.  I feel like I’m emerging from the cocoon of winter.  This winter I’ve held my own – not a lot of back…

I’m not home enough to have a dog.  I like them.  They are wonderful pets.  But here’s the thing – if you can’t commit to taking care of them, making them a part of your family, and being responsible for them then you shouldn’t have one.  I know this, and I travel to much and…

Oh boy, working with the public you’re exposed to germs all the time.  I thought I might have escaped the cold season this year.  However, Wednesday morning I was sitting in my office getting ready to go out of town for Leadership Iowa meetings and I started sneezing and my nose was itching and my…

There’s a history of osteoarthritis in both sides of my family, and gout.  Throw in a little rheumatoid arthritis, lots of physical labor, obesity, heart problems and red meat and sugar addictions and the prognosis for a healthy body start to look bleak.  Sounds pretty scary doesn’t it? Well, we really do have a say…