healthy and beautiful

In late October, my friend mentioned she was doing a wellness feature, for the month of November, on her blog. She asked if I could guide her, offer tips that kind of thing. I mentioned that our Foodstalking program was taking off and she was in. Done! We agreed I’d stalk her for the month of November (I hope she doesn't regret her decision). With Foodstalking, stalkees send their food logs by 9pm.   By 9am they receive a tip for the day and feedback on their log. Aidan’s first entry on November 1st was from Halloween the night before.   I recall her first tip was “ Sayonara Snickers ” but very quickly her eating and habits improved. She wrote about her month . I chuckled when I read her recap. When she assessed her progress she made it sound a little like she was a little bit of a slacker or somehow didn’t do as well as she should. In my opinion, she had a stellar month that included more cooking, exercise, preplanning, certain supplements, less sugar etc.  Interesting.I...

Lots of changes this year with the family and how this Mom/Trainer will be spending the Christmas Holiday…all good, but different.   It feels weird for me having to adjust to the changes in life and not just for the holidays, but with my hormones.   Thanksgiving month was the start of struggle with marked and increased changes to that which I can only attribute to transitioning into another part of womanhood…OH MY!   I mean really…all at the same time…during the holidays…really, really???   I was already having a bit of a time adjusting to the changes occurring with how the holidays would have to be split up as a Mom of adult kids that have their own new agendas…bitter sweet happiness…but still a big adjustment.   Mixed in with the throws of hot flashes, high anxiety, other personal changes,   irritability due to sleep deprivation, just not feeling like ME…GEEZ…the pumpkin seeds just are not cutting the mustard anymore…lol…and for heaven’s sake watermelon ...