Here they come. I’m so excited. “numbers 12, 23, 24, 9, 17….wait they still haven’t called my number. still feeling confident. 2, 15, 30, 11 and 9.” Congratulations! You are the new FLHS varsity cheerleaders.” I hear squeals of happiness. “Will the girls with those numbers please come back into the gym?” Wait! There’s been a …
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He was so Different. Different from the all the college and other guys I had dated up to that point. He was working moving furniture in my office building. He was dark and handsome in a “bad boy” kind of way. We struck up a conversation and I looked forward to seeing him in the building every …
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Greetings and I hope you are enjoying your spring so far. With spring often comes a renewed desire to change your life in some ways. Often it’s to change your eating habits or to lose weight before the summer. This might be especially after this past year, when we may have adopted some less than desirable habits with …
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I have a question for you. And I’d love for you to really stop and think about it before answering. Are you letting the Past keep you stuck? Is a break-up or divorce in your past keeping you from moving forward towards new love? Is a diet you tried before, but didn’t work for you …
Imagine for a minute that you are invited to a potluck dinner at church or at a get-together. You know what kinds of dishes people bring to potluck dinners. Mac and cheese, creamy chicken and rice, baked beans, broccoli casserole, pasta salad, potato salad, etc. Occasionally someone would bring a green salad with lots of …
What have I learned from having COVID-19? It can be a time for an examination of your life. This is what happened. For nine months, I was a fanatic about being careful. Always wearing a mask, limiting time around people. Not having family for Thanksgiving. Using hand sanitizer after every encounter or washing my hands. …
Well, here we go in 2021! Lots has happened in past couple of weeks. You may have thought that in 2021, things were finally going to get a little bit back to normal. Whatever, “normal” means to you. Maybe, you had decided that since it was a new year, you could finally lose the weight …
“You shouldn’t wear that,” said my college boyfriend. And with those words, all my excitement and anticipation were gone. I hadn’t seen him for most of the summer and I was so looking forward to seeing him again. I had bought some new “hot pants” to model for him – like short shorts for those …
‘I’m so frustrated. My pants don’t fit anymore!” Have you said something like this in the last six months? I can’t tell you how many people I know have voiced something like this recently. I get it. Life has been challenging and some of us have gained weight.. Here are some more examples of things …
I was in for a shock! I was putting on some of my jeans for a fall-looking photo shoot and guess what? I could barely pull them up! Had my body changed that much in 6 months? I haven’t worn jeans for months, because of self-isolating and then because of the heat here in Florida, but…… …