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Monday Meme and Live Results for my Healthy Weight Loss

Published | By Heather

Happy Monday! Today is 6 full weeks since I have made a stand for Taking Care of Me and undertaking my Healthy Weight Loss Journey. I’ll get to more about that in a minute.

I thought it might be kind of fun to add a Monday Meme each week as it relates to weight loss and health. I find that adding humor and laughter to my day keeps me sane. Soooo….. I thought I would start sharing these in hopes that it will put a smile on your face too. Continue reading →

Healthy Weight Loss: Week 4 Update

Published | By Heather

I have been struggling with my weight for my entire life. It’s one thing to lose weight, it can be a totally different story to have a Healthy Weight Loss. It’s funny because it’s not something I like to talk about. Like if I didn’t talk about it people won’t notice (duh!) and I wouldn’t be so ashamed, lol.

I am still ashamed of how far I had let myself go. I kept saying well once I get through “this crisis”, I will really start eating better. But then along would come the next crisis and another 10 pounds…. vicious circle. Continue reading →

The Empty Nest Journey

Published | By Heather

So, I feel like I am on a bit of a strange journey… and I want to share it with you because I’m sure many of us are on this journey. I’m calling it my Empty Nest Journey.

Now that the holiday is over and we are really full swing into the summer months, many of us are preparing for our kids to go for the first time. Off to college, off to a new job, off to somewhere else!

It’s exciting, and it’s scary, and it fills me with so many questions.

Things like:

Now What?
Where do I want to invest my time?
What things do I enjoy doing for me?
What do I want to do to earn sustainable income?
How can I lose all this weight and get healthy?
In what areas do I want to contribute to society?
What kind of groups, hobbies do I want to enjoy?
Do I want to get a pet?
Where do I want to visit?

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