When people typically think of yo-yo dieting, they think of the cyclic process of continually losing and gaining weight. This type of dieting not only is dangerous, but you’ll more than likely never reach and maintain a healthy weight ideal for your body type. Today, I’m going to tell you ...
Read More »Extra-Curricular Activities: Keeping A Healthy Balance
As the leaves begin to shift into another season, so do the lives of those who become actively involved during the school year. Merely if not all seven days of the week are filled on the calendar from early fall until late spring. If you are a shuttle bus mom, ...
Read More »More Than A Band-Aid
Almost a week ago Friday, I went in for a routine procedure; arthroscopic surgery on my right knee. Over a period of two years, the pain in my knee would ebb and flow from a dull burning sensation to an all out sharp stabbing pain, but I honestly didn’t look ...
Read More »Back Talk
Statistics indicate that 80% of people have trouble with their back at some point in life. Our spine affects every aspect of life, but a healthy back is often taken for granted. Being in the second half of my first century (read that 50+ in age), my back talks to ...
Read More »When That Time Comes…Aging Parents
‘Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.’ Proverbs 17:31 (NIV) This past week my mother was admitted to a nursing home. She had been in the hospital, and it was determined she needed regular medical care in order to survive. And this is ...
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