Did you know your lifestyle plays a major role in how healthy you are? Do you eat vegetables? Wear your seatbelt when driving or even as a passenger in a vehicle? Everything you do plays a role in your health! My score was a 195, which is a B. I'm not that bad and obviously, there are things that I have to change and I'm working on them! The questions asked are not really what you would expect, because as I mentioned, they are more to do with lifestyle choices and thus showing how y...

You know what being an a plane is like; closed quarters, breathing the same air, not being able to move very far! You are anxiously awaiting your destination and once there breathe a sigh of relief but only to be more worried and scared when you hear the news that there was someone on the very flight you were on with a deadly form of TB! I can't imagine being on a airplane, going about your business while unknowingly, there's someone who has a very deadly illness right there beside you! ...

I've been walking as often as I can trying to get back on a routine of regular exercise. I've been doing two 15 minute stints at work on hilly and flat terrain. It helps believe me! Just to take the little breaks and get up off my bum!lol! I usually walk with of my co-workers who are good friends of mine. At home I've been working out on my Performa machine. It really works the hips, thighs and legs and I can see the difference! It's been tough because there are times when I really am...

Because our society is so overweight, not to mention our children who are now following in the adults footsteps by being overweight too, snack vending machines will now offer healthier alternatives to the fat, greasy offerings out there! YoNaturals will be offering healthier choices with their new venture into vending machine land by offering dried fruits, organic mile and vitamin water, instead of candies and soft drinks! I say it’s about time! I'm all for this happening, especia...

The sound of the machine that gives my son his medication the nebulizer It might help him to breathe more easily, it might help to open his lungs after a treatment but it is the sound I hate the most because it reminds me of how unwell he is sometimes. I hate the coughing that comes, that brings on the asthma the weird look in his eyes tells me how sick he's going to be and then I worry it's been happening on and off for the last three weeks today to the doctor again...

I've been doing a bit of research on choosing the right dental plan that will meet my family's needs. I've written before about my own little dramas when it comes to going to the dentist and my baby girl #2 having dental surgery at the tender age of 3. Although I do make sure my children get all of their medical needs taken care of, i.e., vision, medical, dental, it's never as perfect as I would want it to be. Because there never seems to be enough money to take care of everything that...

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 ...