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Unfit Mommy, Fit Daddy

The less said about how poorly I met this week?s fitness goals, the better.  I did not walk enough, did not exercise, ate lots of Christmas cookies, reduced my intake of vegetables, and did not plan my time wisely.  We?ll blame it on the cloudy weather, and although that was, indeed, part of it, I?ll […]

Fit Mommy Friday

What a week! I was out every day so far (driver?s ed, doctor, orthodontist).  With all that excitement, I had no oomph left to exercise.  Besides, my winter walking boots are at the bottom of our huge boot box, and I haven?t yet been motivated to dig them out.   On a positive note,  my doctor […]

Fit Mommy Friday

This was the week of headaches and tummy aches, dentist visits and lots of rain.  We are surviving, not exercising.  Here’s how I did with my fitness goals: Average at least 6000 steps, five days a week.   Probably, although my pedometer was ‘sick’, too, and did not register my steps properly.  Walking a lot every […]

Fit Mommy Friday

A long time ago, I read a fitness book that talked about every day activities as exercise. The author, whose I cannot remember, called such exercise ‘earth gym’.  I like that.  Our ancestors did ‘earth gym’, and most of us do too.  In fact, in a different context I once read that women who do […]

Look Your Best for the Holidays…Naturally

I am 45.  I have lots of grey hair and I’m willing to live with that.  But I’d rather not live with stressed-out skin. In fact, I’ll occasionally check a book out of the library to find quick, simple, healthy beauty tips that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Yesterday one of these beauty […]