Weight Loss

Oh where to start? Dr report: viral gastroenteritis, no food poisoning.  So, some bug caught me and decided to empty out my guts and make me feel bad for about a week. my voice:  could be acid reflux, trying Prilosec for a week and see if it will come back (it hasn’t yet, and it’s…

It seems that day after day we do the same stuff.  Get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, go to bed.  Weekends are full of work too – laundry, cleaning house, reading a book.  Same ‘ol same ‘ol. This weekend I had the chance to take my 10 year old great nephew and…

I didn’t update last week.  I was too busy getting sick. Update first: I’ve lost 5 pounds.  It was all smooth sailing until Sunday.  (more on that coming)  I’m using the new metabolic products from Melaleuca and am thrilled with the results.  If you’re looking for vitamins and products that work, shoot me an email.…

Let’s talk about life changes and how important it is to keep your head above the water line.  Monday I turned 60.  No big deal, just another year.  Well .. apparently not.  Mark Horvath said today “just because you bury toxic waste that doesn’t mean it goes away.”  This whole business of being happy no…

I’ve spent the last week since Wednesday in Fargo for the Misfit Conference 2015.  A group of 150 people, all misfits, gathered together to experience culinary delights, art of all kinds, Shakespeare, speakers and each other.  It was go go go from beginning to end.  This is the 3rd year for the conference and as…

It’s JunqueFest weekend in my town.  It’s sponsored by the Chamber and Iowa Antique Network, hosted at Wilson Brewer Park and three days of fun.  Over 80 vendors set up and sell their junque – architectural salvage, repurposed furniture, yard art, rusty metal, old farm pieces — you name it, it’s there. My job this…

So what do you do when it rains all the time?  I want to ride my bike, but the roads are mushy and it’s raining.  I get up every 45 minutes and walk around the office.  I wear my UP band, and I’m consistently hitting 4,000 steps.  But my goal is 10,000 steps.  I’ll get…

Drew McLellan is a friend and a pretty smart guy.  He’s been on the journey to better health and looks fabulous.  I asked him what he’s doing. He said “I get my 10,000 steps in and eat half the food I order.” Yes, he’s trying to eat better.  But Drew travels for work all the…

My bike came this week.  I ride in the mornings, early.  No one is on the trail.  Each day I travel a little farther.  Yesterday I rode two miles, and conquered a little hill I couldn’t ride up the day before.  There is no “you should do exactly this” in my agenda.  I’m working on…

I’ve been thinking about mirrors.  When I look in the mirror, at any given point, I never look the same.  Some days my hair looks great and then I see myself in a picture and it looks awful.  Other days I see myself in a passing window and wonder who that old woman is.  In…