Last week, I wasn’t feeling well.  I had a case of nausea that progressed into full blown fatigue by that afternoon.  I tried sleeping it off, but it’s hard when you have two kids that are home with you and a husband that is out of town.  I did the best I could on getting [...]

Men and women vary differently in symptoms of a heart attack.  As many of you know, my sister, Brandi passed away of a heart attack at the age of twenty-nine.  Heart attacks are the leading cause of death among women ages 24 – 45.  The symptoms are not usually chest pain or pain in the [...]

It’s 8:45 PM, Central Standard time and I have eaten 1,755 calories.  I’m still hungry, so I may have to indulge in a tasty celery stalk to hold me over until morning.  I only got in a one mile run, today, so I have gone over my planned caloric intake by 155 calories. I found [...]

I hadn’t planned on getting on the scale again for another two weeks, but I broke down and had to do it, this morning.  I can tell that I have put on a few pounds and I feel a little flabby since I haven’t worked out really well in two weeks.  Sure enough, the scale [...]

My family and I set off on a short Fourth of July vacation to Canton, Michigan to visit my brother-in-law.  It’s a nine hour road trip from Nashville.  I started out with the best intentions.  “I don’t want to gain any weight on this trip, I’ll be happy to just maintain” is what I told [...]