I’ve had two great days in a row. 34,000 steps yesterday and 31,300 steps today. When I first started cutting lawns with my husband, I wore light weight canvas tennis shoes. I decided to try another shoe recently and I really notice a difference. My feet are not aching like

The dietary supplement industry has recently experienced explosive growth. Herbal remedies, vitamins, weight loss aides, botanical products, and hormones are some of the most popular diet supplements. The “Nutrition Business Journal” has estimated that U.S. sales in this industry

It’s amazing the different muscles I used yesterday landscaping a customer’s garden area around their house. My back of my legs, my shoulders, and my arms are killing me. This has to be what if feels like getting hit by a Mac truck. Because they only wanted use to work

My husband had to work at the hardware store today so mom and I went shopping. She had bought a pair of pants the other day and didn’t try them on. This morning, she tried them on, and they were too short. We took them back and were lucky enough to find another pair that

I just read a comment in my email left by an individual that also has a weight loss blog. I just shook my head and rejected it. Why do people think anyone would want to link to a site that has such unrealistic claims. The individual claimed to have lost 33 pounds in 3 weeks. How

There are grapefruit diets out there. If you are on various medications, be sure and check with your doctor before you proceed with such a diet. This story is an example of the adverse effects.

Studies show that completely banning the foods you love actually causes you to eat more than if you allowed yourself to indulge on occassion. So eat your favorite foods in moderation, and grab healthy snacks like these, which fill you up with a minimum of calories.This will health

These foods were selected and published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. It is a nonprofit group located in Washington, D.C.The foods are: 1. Sweet Potatoes One of the best vegetables you can eat. They’re loaded with carotenoids, vitamin

I can’t resist checking out some of the nutty stuff on Ebay. How about your own personal genie in a bottle? It’s just waiting for you over on Ebay. The listing even plays genie music while you read. I’m sure she could grant a person’s wish for weight loss.

According to Center for Science in the Public Interest located in Washington D.C., there are 10 foods we should never eat. This goes for everyone…not just people who are dieting. 1. Artery Crust Pepperidge Farm Original Flaky Crust Roasted Chicken Pot Pie….has 510

I was reading a post on iportion’s blog which I read regularly. It got me thinking….who am I? In my high school English class,we were required to write a paper about ourselves. My paper was titled, “The Facets of My Life”. It’s strange I can remember

Tuesday was my second day working at the free medical clinic. I did some computer work and had a company fax me an application for patients. The copy machine there is slower than molasses so I take the paperwork to the hospital and use their fancy machine. It spits out copies like

I realize now why I quit keeping a journal of everything I eat. I am a total snack hound. I started keeping track yesterday and am surprised at all the snacking I did. I know I didn’t write down EVERYTHING. My eating habits have digressed into the pool of poor eating. It

My favorite lawnmower which is 15 years old….now has a new look. My husband couldn’t stand watching the wobbly wheels. He replaced them them all this morning….spanking new shiney black wheels. I’m looking forward to trying it out. Today I’m doing volunteer

I knew Friday was a miserable day, but it has to the first time I’ve ever had sunburned eyelids. Today is Sunday, and they still hurt. I guess I’m just going to have to be cool and start wearing sunglasses when I’m outside. Tomorrow is the 4 acre lawn. It’s

It was in the mid 90’s today and humid. We cut 4 lawns today and finished up the hedges at another house. I drank lots of zero calorie flavored water and ice tea. One of our customers gave us home made oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies. My will power was zip and I dove

I was reading some of my old posts and came across this video of Richard Simmons and Drew Carey. I laughed as hard today as I did the first time I saw it. I thought it was worth sharing again. It’s a really cute skit. I’m off to watch it again. …An after-thought—I

Yesterday the weather was perfect. It was in the low 70’s with minimal humidity. A great day for cutting grass. I walked over 24,000 steps pushing the lawnmower. I couldn’t get my light weight one started so I had to use the heavy yardman lawnmower. I was mad at my

I sometimes like to check on ebay to see what people are buying for weight loss. This morning I was checking it out and saw there was a haunted gypsy weight loss ring. The proud owner claims it has had a weight loss spell put on it. What really amazed me more than anything, 7 people

We are back from our lawn cutting today and I’ve got 10,400 steps in already. We cut trees out of hedges today. It sure is a lot of work. I’m such a clutz. I accidentally dropped my hedge trimmers in this moss filled nasty looking pond. My husband had just gone home

Yesterday we did two lawns and I had only walked 8000 steps. I decided to take the dog for a walk after I got home. Actually, she took me for the walk. By the end of the day, I had almost 15,000 steps. I can’t believe I’ve remembered my meds AND my pedometer so many

Today, we stopped for lunch before closing on the house. I wanted my husband to see the resturant I use work at part time. I met a girl in there I hadn’t seen in a few years. She had lost so much weight. She told me she had gastric bypass surgery. To date, she has lost

I can’t believe it, I got on the scale again today and I lost another two pounds. I can see this walking is paying off. Today we had the closing on the house. I went to my house for the last time to make sure I had everything out. I couldn’t believe it when I opened

About 2 weeks ago, I lost my pedometer. I back tracked but had no luck finding it. Today we were cutting grass at one of our regular customers and something silver caught my eye. Low and behold, it was my pedometer. I can’t believe it withstood all the rain we have had.

Yesterday was a long one. I got out of using the riding lawnmower. I’m not sure why I’m so scared to learn to use that thing. He wasn’t able to fix their lawnmower as the belt was too small. He changed the oil filter, spark plug and did other maintenance. The

We are just getting ready to head off to cut those 4 acres. My husband says he is going to teach me how to use the riding lawnmower. He has bought parts to work on their mower so figures I can be cutting while he is doing that. Needless to say, I’m nervous about it. I’ll

The realtor called yesterday morning and said the closing on my house had been postponed until June 7th. I was glad and sad both….what strange feelings to have over a house. I was a little upset at the fact I had already called the gas, lights and water companies to have a

My husband had to work this morning at the hardware store. I decided to surprise him and fix him breakfast. I cooked him some sausage and eggbeaters….I didn’t have enough time for potatoes. I decided to skip that stuff and fixed myself a pan of fresh bella mushrooms.