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Revising my resolution
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Revising my resolution

“No. Don’t lose any more weight.” Continue reading Revising my resolution

A challenging chore avoided
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A challenging chore avoided

Meal planning. My husband and I have VERY different tastes and dietary considerations. Continue reading A challenging chore avoided

Bloganuary Post January 1, 2023
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Bloganuary Post January 1, 2023

I’ve come to believe that achievements are really the culmination of taking baby steps and developing new, tiny habits. Continue reading Bloganuary Post January 1, 2023

Thankful for Grace
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Thankful for Grace

Continue reading Thankful for Grace

Everything changes. Again.
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Everything changes. Again.

In 2001, I weighed over two hundred pounds. … It only took me two years to reach my goal. Am I just slow-learner or do I suffer from attention deficit issues? Maybe both?  Continue reading Everything changes. Again.

Healthy Habit #5: Two lessons about plate geometry, just in time for Thanksgiving
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Healthy Habit #5: Two lessons about plate geometry, just in time for Thanksgiving

Rebooting my Healthy Habits series for the COVID generation. Continue reading Healthy Habit #5: Two lessons about plate geometry, just in time for Thanksgiving

Quarantine Diary 6: Five things, vanity edition
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Quarantine Diary 6: Five things, vanity edition

Six weeks of no aesthetic services has made me realize just how high-maintenance I have become. Sure, I miss my … Continue reading Quarantine Diary 6: Five things, vanity edition

Quarantine Diary 3: WW taught me how to survive a pandemic without gaining 30 pounds
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Quarantine Diary 3: WW taught me how to survive a pandemic without gaining 30 pounds

Full disclosure: I’ve been in and out of WW (formerly Weight Watchers) since the sixties when I joined my mother’s … Continue reading Quarantine Diary 3: WW taught me how to survive a pandemic without gaining 30 pounds

Breakfast solutions with less dairy and fewer eggs
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Breakfast solutions with less dairy and fewer eggs

A few months ago, my Nurse Practitioner and I determined that a three-day bellyache was the result of an intolerance … Continue reading Breakfast solutions with less dairy and fewer eggs

Intolerant? Me? No way!
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Intolerant? Me? No way!

A few months ago, I suffered a bellyache that confined me to the couch with a heating pad for three … Continue reading Intolerant? Me? No way!

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