Recently I drove over to a friend's house to drop off my daughter for a sleepover. When I arrived at the door, my friend took one look at me and invited me in for a drink. Apparently it was written all over my face that I had one foot over the ledge. Before I knew it, she had taken in both my daughters, fed my family, and listened without judgement as I spilled a couple of weeks of stress into her lap. It was cathartic and the next day, I was not only grateful that I have a friend like that, but …
What would you do?
"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. " Dalai Lama I sit here and wonder, what the heck am I going to write about? Then it seems, as if out of the blue...something happens that gives me an idea. A small tidbit of something that happened in my life that may (or may not) be of interest to others. Something that others possible may be able to relate to or laugh about. Possibly some tips, pointers or information that may make someones day or world a little brighter. I LOVE the …
Understanding Food Labels and How It Affects YOU
Labels are critical to help you keep track of your things. The same is true of the food labels that appear on every package in North American and there are certain standards that must be followed by law. There are also private systems that have been designed which may contribute to “nutrition confusion”. The Health Check System in Canada which is a Heart and Stroke Foundation comes to mind as one that hasn’t lived up to rigorous enough standards. In the US, there is the Hannaford Guiding …
Dear Women: Burn Your Weight-Loss Resolutions and Start Over (It’s Not Too Late)
My hubby and I are, in many ways, like two peas in a pod. Agreeing in the logic over how weight loss works between genders is not one of them. Lest you think I'm some sort of cheeseburger guzzler, I have actually (in the past) spent months with a nutritionist, obsessively calorie counting to meet someone's magic idea of how many calories a woman should consume, only to not have the scale move one iota. Following that colossal six-week failure of 1200 calories a day, I was …
Ridiculously Simple Ways to Prevent Diabetes
The International Diabetes Federation says the global burden of diabetes will surge from 382 million to 592 million by 2035. That is a lot of people suffering from an often preventable disease. It is also estimated that one in ten people have or will have diabetes worldwide, and the age of onset is getting younger and younger - kids as young as 8 are now being diagnosed with what used to be called "adult onset diabetes." The upside to these dreary statistics is that most of this disaster …
