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My ideal body is the one I had before I started having babies. If I had it once, I can have it again!
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I, too, drink hot herbal beverages at night after I’ve finished logging my calories for the day. The added advantage is that they help make me sleepy for bed.
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It sounds like you're tied down with small children and can't do your exercising until after they've been put down for their naps. Instead, when you’re feeling blue, why not put the kids in the stroller and all of you go for a walk? Go to the playground and you join them on the swings and going down the slide. It will not…
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I just glanced at your food diary for yesterday (didn't go past that, sorry) and my first comment is: your sodium intake seems higher than it needs to be. You are eating a lot of processed foods (i.e. store-bought) and not enough fresh fruits and vegetables. Calories are not the only important things to be counting. Too…
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Fruit. Period.
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Places don't have to be expensive or even posh to fill up your plate with more than food you possibly need for one meal. Most family restaurants in my area put enough calories on my plate for me to feed my whole family. The trick is to assess your plate, decide realistically how much you are going to eat, and separate that…
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We all think that chubby babies are cute. So where does it stop? Rollypolly babies turn into chubby toddlers who became fat preschoolers who are enormous by the time they hit high school. Of course I blame it on parents who find that stuffing their kid's mouth with sweets will keep him from complaining, and I blame it on…
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Hi. I’m Eleanor and I’m also over 50. While my weight has always been within “acceptable” parameters, I am only 5'0" tall and the gaining of a single pound makes a difference in how my clothes fit and how I feel about myself. At the moment I am 10+ pounds overweight and find that it doesn’t come off as easily as it used…
