If you are just joining me, you can read about my first day and why I am doing a sugar detox here. I started my day at 5 a.m. and drank a big glass of water while I read my Bible, before heading out to fulfill some mandatory volunteer hours from 6-8:00 a.m. with my […]
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How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 1
I’ve never smoked cigarettes, and I have spent my life avoiding alcohol after growing up with an alcoholic parent. However, there is one addiction that I have held onto tightly since childhood: sugar. I love sugar in pretty much all of its forms: cereals, baked goods, candy, chocolate, etc., and I regularly consume it with […]
10 lbs Won’t Keep Me from Enjoying Summer
Summer weather has finally graced the northern tundra! A couple of weeks ago, I eagerly pulled out my small bin of summer clothes, ready to pull on a pair of shorts for the first time this season. I have a relatively limited wardrobe, so I was thankful to have inherited a few, timeless golf skorts […]
26 Steps to Simplicity: Health
Achieving great health can be simple with a bit of forethought and pro-activity. What good is a lifetime of wealth and achievement if you don’t have the good health to enjoy it? When my husband David and I used to watch House Hunters on HGTV, he would frequently comment on this, noting those of retirement […]
Symptoms and Solutions for Perimenopause
In my previous post, I shared my personal experience of entering into perimenopause. Today, I will give you a more objective, comprehensive list of symptoms and side effects, along with some great resources to help you navigate through “the change.” There are several signs which point to the onset of perimenopause, which was defined in […]
The Secret World of Perimenopause
In the days leading up to your period, do you experience splitting headaches, hot flashes, night sweats, moodiness, or general un-wellness? Do you have an erratic menstrual cycle? Are you hovering around 40 years of age and wondering, what in the world is going on? Yeah, me too. I thought menopause happened in our […]
Praying for Peace in the Midst of Pain
Crohn’s Yesterday, we found out that our son has Crohn’s disease. He’s 10 years old. Too young to face a life sentence, which is essentially what Crohn’s is: an incurable auto-immune disease which attacks the good bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, causing chronic inflammation. During his colonoscopy, his small intestine was so inflamed that the […]
McMuffin or StudMuffin: The Choice is Yours
Today, McDonald’s unfolds a new initiative: the All Day Breakfast Menu. Now, by popular demand, their 27 million daily U.S. customers can enjoy many of their trans fat laden, high sodium and syrup infused breakfast delights any time of the day. I will not be one of them. THE LINE Each morning when I leave […]
Confessions of a Messy Cook (plus a few recipes to try)
This morning, I resolved to get some baking done before the heat of the day made it impossible. On the docket: homemade bread, blueberry muffins, granola bars, and something with zucchini (of which I have a plethora). Now, I know how to maintain an orderly kitchen as I prepare food. First, you fill […]
To Color or Not to Color (On Going Gray)
For the past few weeks, my emerging gray hair has had me considering whether or not to let myself go gray once and for all. I’ve had noticeable gray hair for at least a decade, but only in the past couple of years have I had to resort to coloring it. The other night, I […]