I love journals. In fact, I can say, I am slightly obsessed with buying journals. I write in one for a few weeks, then I see another pretty journal and buy it and start writing in it. Pretty soon, I have a dozen journals all partially written in and none are filled up. Then, I … Continue reading From the Journal Compilations of Positively Debbie
The first thing you need to do is acknowledge you need to be fit, strong and healthy....Congratulations! You've done it!
I had to write this paper as a final assignment for my nutrition class in NASM nutrition module. I liked how it turned out and wanted to share it here. The struggle with nutrition is real folks. I am sitting in Panera Bread as I write this paper and noticing that my nutrition habits have … Continue reading Nutrition and I
I lost my vision yesterday. I stood on the scales and I had gained back 40 lbs of my 100 weight pound loss. I felt like a failure. I felt weak. I felt depressed, sad and ready to quit. I've been letting myself think that for quite some time - that I am not strong … Continue reading Renewing Vision
The 90 Day Challenge is going strong. I am not making much progress. but I am, at least, maintaining my weight. I'm not really gaining, but I'm not really losing either. Could it be because I keep blowing my nutrition by eating "junk" food - like donuts, cookies and chips? Let us see. Day 15 … Continue reading More 90 Day Challenge – Weeks Three and Four
I started writing about my 90 Day Challenge (which I joined about a month ago and only wrote about the first week). Life got busy. I will now update my progress by writing about Week Two. I ended Week One with a promise to myself to do better. Let's see how I did. Day 8 … Continue reading 90 Day Challenge – Week Two
About three times a year, the fitness center I go to has a 90 Day Challenge and every year since I began my weight loss journey, I sign up for them. The national winner receives $10,000. And the local club winner receives some perks - like their very own locker! I may win someday. I … Continue reading A 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge Journey – Week One
I did not grow up in a religion that follows Lent. I never even knew about Lent until a few years ago. I do, however, like the concept of Lent. An online article, The True Meaning of Lent (http://rcg.org/articles/ttmol.html) described Lent: From Ash Wednesday to Easter, many solemnly mark their foreheads with ash, “fasting” (or abstaining … Continue reading 40 Days of Lent
Been awhile since I wrote a blog post - so this is my Monday night rambling... Kim made Bean, Bacon, Ham and Lentil Soup tonight with cornbread. It was a little heavy on the carbs but for this cold, wintry night it was a bit of really delish comfort food. I didn't realize, until I … Continue reading Wow! Time Flies or 4 Sites of Interest
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