I just came back from my exercise walk routine. I’ve been walking at lunch time this week for 30mins everyday, speed walking, because I can’t get to the gym this week. It’s been doing fine and so as not to lose my interest in working out I make it a point to do it. I walk very quickly (don’t ask me how fast because I don’t have one of those fancy things that check my steps – I should get one!) and I move my arms in a pumping motion and move my hips like a swagger-like motion while I wal...

I’ve come to realize something, eating healthy is expensive. Have you taken a look at prices in the supermarkets lately? Food prices have gone up. Shopping for a family of four, or in my case a family of five has gotten quite expensive, even at the Wal-Mart. I know some people here have sworn off Wal-Mart; hey it’s a free world isn’t it? I haven’t, at least not yet. I shop at other places as well, Super Target, Albertson’s, Publix, Save Rite. I shop at each store for different reas...

So finally, the USDA had decided to come up with more realistic guides to food for the benefit of Americans. There are now, 12, that's 12 food pyramids! Yep, I hear tell that these food pyramids are a lot more versatile and will fit anyone's dietary level. I say good for them. I've downloaded the entire document, all 84 pages! It's in Adobe Acrobat format and will peruse at my own leisure to see what they've come up with. For anyone interested I'm putting the link to the article ...

I’m kinda getting sick of the phrase, “French women don’t get fat”. I mean, why the heck not? Who do they think they are? Now, I have nothing against the French, despite the obvious antagonistic stuff they do from time to time. I like the language a lot, I just love the way they speak. One of my best friends is French, although she’s also, part Jamaican, part Belgian, part Asian. So I have absolutely no malice against the French. But whenever Americans and their weight problems are ...

So I've started exercising again! This time I plan and I hope and my goal is to stick with it. Because as I said, I want this for me. I want this to be a regular part of my life. I also find that working out gives me so much more energy and makes me a lot more alert. And less tired too. This week I've gotten up earlier, got a lot done. I'm less anxious and am able to deal more reasonable with things that gets thrown at me. My toddler loves to work out with me too. Sometimes it's...

I feel like a bad mommy. Bad in the sense that I let my 3 year old down. Very, very bad. I'm not crying yet, but I'm really angry at myself. I finally got her to a dentist this morning. I knew it would not be good news because of the problems with her teeth, big problems. I knew this going in because we gave in to her too much when she wanted to have her bottle in bed. Yes, I said bottle in bed. So now you know what I'm talking about. She has what is commonly called "bottle mouth". ...

I've heard that this can happen but never actually heard anyone dying from their tooth being infected. I know it affects the health and that's why it is so important to have dental care. But for so many who have nothing, it is such a horrible situation! It's horrible that in our country there has to be a choice between deciding whether to eat or go to the doctor, or get your health taken care of . Some people are likely to blame the mother as to why her child die. From what I've r...

Sneezing....so many times.......nose dripping....frustrating.........sniff, sniff....blow...wipe.....{like you really needed to read that uh?!} Eyes are swollen, itchy, red.....rub...rub...rub....til they hurt...hurt...hurt! Headache.....my head hurts! I can barely open my eyes and the sun is coming through my window...glaring at me.....wondering what I"m doing at the computer instead of being out in the sunshine! Allergies.....that's why!!! The SOB is back and it's gott...

Binge computing.....that's when you sit in front of your computer for hours on end, without moving, without physical activities. Who amongst us can say they are not guilty of this? I can honestly say that I have done it, time and again. Just sit there at my desk, at work or home, my eyes glued to the computer screen. That is not good at all. At home my hubby would get on my case, or the kids, cause they do it too, telling us how bad just sitting in one position for more than three hours ...

I had a big smile on my face when I saw this ABC News Good Morning America video report! The foundation of Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana, are making great progress in helping people with spinal chord injury walk again. This video showed the story of a little boy, Chase and also a lady (I forgot her name), who are both walking because of the help they have received from the Reeves foundation. They both didn't live long enough to see this, but I'm sure they would be absolutely ha...

I did the required blood work on Monday. It seemed so long ago that I went for my physical but it was two or three weeks prior to that. I got the call from my doctor that everything was ok! I was glad to hear that the fear I had about being diabetic was for naught. Just because my dad had it doesn’t mean I have to as long as I take good care of myself. My thyroid is fine which good news it is to hear too. At my age you hope to hear that your body is not as bad as you think it is! ...

After taking a shower, a warm one to iron out the kinks in my body and wake me up, I dried off and stepped out onto the mat. I didn’t have the hot water on too much yet my mirrors were quite fuzzy and I could only see the outline of my body and face. I took a closer look and realized you know, if I could only look like that I would be drop dead gorgeous! I’m curvy and all I saw were curves in all the right places!LOL! I didn’t’ see the belly fat, or the cellulites or the rolls in m...

I can't tell you how many times I'm up late because of one reason or another. Most times it's because it's the only time I do get to myself to really unwind and catch up on a few things I need to catch up on. There's peace and quite, or at least the lull of snores throughout my home! After awhile though I'm kaput and it's time for me to catch some Zzzzs. I will admit that I'm a night owl, thus I usually don't go to bed too early. I also am not a morning person, unless I have to be, it ...

I am. I'm feeling quite weird and I'm not sure why. I might just be tired. After all it's late and I'm up again. But that's not it. I feel it and I'm feeling weird. I mentioned to my hubby that I didn't like how I was feeling this evening. He put it down to me over doing it yesterday with cleaning up the kitchen. I'm usually the one on his case a lot about his health if he is taking care of himself or not. He's pretty nonchalant about it. For me I take my health seriously. Except ...