Wardrobe Weary On a Road Well Traveled
My closet is a ghost town: a myriad of tops and faded jeans all neatly lined up and abandoned. There are very few clothes in my closet that I can actually wear right now, thanks to my stubborn insistence that I not buy another piece of clothing until I drop a size. I live in a [...]
Mojo-a-Gogo
My employer has a pretty cool program called “HealthMatters”. Basically, employees earn a reduction on next year’s insurance deductible by doing certain healthy activities like taking preventive tests and quitting naughty behaviors like smoking, eating too much, and dating jerks. Okay, I’m not sure about the jerk thing…but the rest is true. Every two to [...]
Bloaty, Crampy, Queasy, and Painful
No, I’m not naming dwarfs in some awkwardly inappropriate remake of Snow White. :-) That little ray of sunshine, Mother Nature, has come for a visit…along with her friends: Bloaty, Crampy, Queasy, and Painful. I’m going on 24 hours of gross. I feel hideous. This little visit is particularly awful, so of course last night [...]
The Power of We
38 days ago, in the middle of the Christmas holiday season, I ate 24 coconut petit fours in 24 hours. When I was halfway through the butter toffee, I stopped. I walked to the trash can in tears and tossed it, promising myself I was done with sugar. 28 days ago, I had weaned myself [...]
Imaginary Lap Band – Day 1 is done!
Sweet Jump’in Jesus…what a day! I went to bed Wednesday night all excited about my Imaginary Lap Band experiment. I woke up with my inner Twinkie Worshiping Demon whining before my feet hit the floor. Perhaps I was dreaming about carbs chasing me. I can’t remember. I was fine through my normal morning routine, then [...]