Top Posts: Health & Wellness
Colonoscopy
Yesterday afternoon I had to go and have my Colonoscopy, so I had planned to do some blogging in the morning but that wasn't to be the case as I woke up with a really bad headache and found it too hard to concertraite on much. I did manage to read a ...
Man Enough?
As an American living much of the past two years in Romania, there are very few things I miss. Transylvania, known in the United States more for its vampire lore than for its beautiful land, hospitable villagers, and rich culture, has much to offer ...
How Cutting Meat Cut our Food Bill
It all started about six months ago, when we were starting to try and cut our food bill down. We many books and articles explaining how cutting out meat can save money. It made sense to us, especially when we saw the prices for a pound of organic...
My ADHD story
From the day Ally was born we knew she was a "strong willed" child as a close friend of mine would say. At one year old she cracked a dozen eggs on my coffee table. At two years old she climbed on the counter top while I was changing my four month ...
"I don't want my last breath to be a sigh of relief"
My eldest son is a brilliant young man. He has an IQ of 140, which I believe is above average. He is an amazingly gifted artist and poet (the image on this blog was drawn by him). Many years ago he became addicted to heroin. Since birds of a feather...
Preventative Maintenance for Thanksgiving
Well, it's official. The holiday season is upon us. This is a time of joy and stress, all wrapped up together and stuffed into about six weeks. Are you ready for it? Perhaps some "preventative maintenance" will help you not only survive, but thrive...
Protein Cookie Dough
Here's a recipe for all of the people out there who are on a diet and dream of a health cookie dough! ~1/3 cup natural peanut butter ~1/4 cup honey ~1 scoop chocolate powder ~3 tbsp ground flax ~3 tbsp dark chocolate chips ...
What's Breakfast?
This week for health class we have to count every calorie that enters our mouth. All i can think is: oh boy, here we go. You see, i'm not exactly a big fan of eating breakfast, or lunch. People think i'm crazy, and maybe i am, but i just don't get hungry...
Get down to fighting weight before new years!!
I am not a nutritionist. Or a scientist. Or a dietitian. I'm in no way qualified to design my own diet. However, since most of us define our own weight gain diet with no effort, I feel like I can design a weight loss one if I try. What I want to do ...
The Gratitude List
A piece of my blog over at http://thedailywoman.wordpress.com/ It is a very versatile blog... :) I just read a tweet from a fellow tweeter. I got the impression she was down in the dumps... she said she felt, "out of sorts." I have felt like...