Make Today Awesome, One Note at a Time
I have found in recent years that I have a love-hate relationship with meal planning. I love having the order of a plan, but I hate making the plan. Though I may not like doing the plan, I have learned that meal planning really does help our budget. So I have learned to keep meal planning simple so we save… Read More
Have you ever had life get so busy that you stop exercising? That’s what happened to me this past winter. Then I just had the hardest time getting back to it. So I decided I would try walking for exercise as my way to get back to a workout routine. Not only was life busy, I also just didn’t… Read More
The smell of brownies baking in the oven is the one smell that will derail my diet in a second. The warm gooey brownies coming out of the oven has me salivating the entire time. I have learned that I can eat brownies because I was able to shift my mindset from cheat meal to a healthy lifestyle. When you… Read More
Have you ever had a winter where all you did was hibernate and eat? This past winter has been one of the worst for me regarding emotional eating. With emotional eating comes extra pounds. Spring arrived and I realized I at my heaviest I have been in over 4 years. So I made a plan to lose 5 pounds. This… Read More
A few years ago, I had just turned 40 and I was looking at the photos, when I saw how much weight I had gained. The song was still playing in my head, Happy Birthday to… and all I could think about was cake and ice cream had gone straight to my hips, gut, thighs and face. It was like… Read More