You can be cute and fat, but you won’t be healthy. I have spent quite a bit of time in the last 20 years hiding my ‘ass’ets. There have been too big shirts and baggy jeans, stretch pants, sweat pants and skirts with asymmetrical hems. After so many tugs, pulls and spanx I’ve generally been…
Tag: Health
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #4 Slow and Steady
Quick weight loss schemes are like one night stands. I have never taken the grapefruit challenge. Nor have I ever consumed lemon water laced with cayenne pepper for seven days straight. I haven’t taken the soup challenge or the subway diet. I don’t want a ‘cookie’ meal. Nor am I interested in drinking my dinner,…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #1 Authentic Rest is Power
Stop complaining about how tired you are and go to bed. Each week I’ve decided to focus on one habit that I need to focus on in an effort to get my momentum back so that I can lose the next 30 pounds. This week my focus is on rest. I spend a lot of…
10,703 words written (its too early for a title)
its been quite a journey these last 9 days. i’m still committed to finish thought i’m about 5,000 words behind the target. here’s an exert from today’s writing: “I agreed to no pills under duress,” she called to him from the bathroom. “Duress or no, it is a verbal contract that you are bound to.”…
only 42, 647 words to go
i still have no idea what this novel is about…but here’s an exert from today’s writing (warning it has nothing to do with today’s election): Alec’s green eyes met Roxie’s nearly black ones. The look on his face was one of longing and tenderness. Roxie realized this was not a game for him. He was…
nerd girl pep talk (the word is courage)
someone once called me a jackie of all trades. i thought it was a compliment until i began to overanalyze (a past-time of mine) the sentiment. in my life i’ve had opportunity to do many things. i’ve studied abroad, self published books, consulted with major industry and lead. there are a lot of things that…
the word is survival
my mother is a survivor. she is an authentically amazing person. to have her claim you as her own is to be blessed and to never know what it is like to be completely alone in this world. she will feed you. she will clothe you. she will give you shelter and make sure you…
single mothers write poems too
sitting here in the space where no one needs me no one pulls at me no one is asking me for anything sitting here with quiet on an early evening i flirt with the possibility of retiring early down blanket pulled to my ears my head buried in a therapeutic pillow designed to keep my…
Fearfree Living, an Introduction
In our everyday life there is fear. Fear has been grounded into the very fabric of who we are, how we live, how we love. So each decision we make is an effort to protect to keep safe those things that are important – family, self, beliefs, and status. What if there was a way…
if it weren’t for my kids i’d be serving 2 consecutive life sentences (as it stands i’m only serving one)
here in this very beautiful feng shui inspired space she feels slowed down. her days go by so quickly it’s usually evening before she’s had her morning coffee. the lovely purple hues and gray yet not dreary decor matches her moods. if the sound machine were a tad bit louder and the blanket on her…
fearfree living 