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Today is Food Revolution Day, a day to celebrate and encourage not only healthy eating but also the act of preparing healthy meals with fresh, local ingredients. If you’ve read my post from yesterday then you know that this isn’t something I’m particularly familiar with, but I intend to use the day as an excuse [...]
It occurred to me, as I was stuffing laundry into my state-of-the-art washing machine earlier this week, that I do almost nothing around the house. When I think about my grandmothers – both of them, really, but particularly my mother’s mother who lived in England – and what they had to do to take care [...]
It’s been a crazy few months. Travel. (Fun.) Holidays. (Mostly fun.) New volunteer opportunities. (Exhilarating, exhausting, and fun.) Making changes around here. (Fun. Scary, but fun.) In the midst of all of that fun, it was also our busy season at work, which is not always fun but it’s required and I work with amazingly [...]
We’ve all heard the saying before – one thing leads to another – and I’m seeing evidence of its truth in my own life. Six weeks ago I was tired and uninspired. I had lost a key opportunity with the Junior League because I didn’t receive enough votes from the membership, and that made me [...]
During April, I will be participating in the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge (HAWMC), sponsored by WEGO Health. As part of the challenge, I’ll write each day about the challenges I have in dealing with Type II diabetes. My hope is that my writing will help others who might be dealing with diabetes or another [...]
During April, I will be participating in the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge (HAWMC), sponsored by WEGO Health. As part of the challenge, I’ll write each day about the challenges I have in dealing with Type II diabetes. My hope is that my writing will help others who might be dealing with diabetes or another [...]
It’s been three days so far on my HealthFirst diabetes reduction plan and I have to say that it’s been much easier than I’d anticipated. Other than some mild nausea and weakness on Friday, I really haven’t suffered any feelings of deprivation and have stayed within the 1800 calories a day that I had planned. [...]
“Today I started my diet.” How many times have I said that, written that, felt that? I am reassured by the kind comments and emails I’ve received since my last entry that someone in the world has faith that I can make this work, make things change. Perhaps with enough time, I will stop feeling [...]
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