Although it’s been pretty hot lately, summer is coming to a close. The lawn cutting is slowing down. Instead of having to cut each lawn once a week, its been averaging 10-12 days between cuts. For me, this means finding another form of exercise. My husband will be leaving

No matter what type of diet you are on, the key to reaching your health and fitness goals on schedule is adhering to a well planned menu with appropriate diet meal plans. Here are some tips to help get your started on creating diet meal plans that will keep on track with your weight

A cleansing diet is viewed by many advocates of natural health as one of the best ways to restore the body to a natural state of balance and to rid the body of harmful toxins. Overeating, an unbalanced diet, and the intake of unhealthy and toxic foods and other substances is believed

I like recipes that are easy to make and don’t call for tons of stuff I don’t usually have in the house. I wanted to share this recipe from the Dash Diet. I’m fixing this for lunch today. 1 pound of red potatoes 1 can of red kidney beans drained

Research has shown that a diet high in fiber can help in the fight against heart disease. This type of diet, along with a reduction in fat consumption, can also be an effective way to lose weight and keep it off. High fiber foods are linked to a decrease in the chances for diabetes

I’ve been retired now for over a year and half. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get things done. I remember when I worked, I use to leave for work at 5:30am and get home at 6:30pm. Between my volunteering two days a week and the grass cutting

It would be wonderful if all of the hype were true, wouldn’t it? If we could simply swallow a nice candy-coated pill and watch the weight slide off our bodies we’d be in heaven. America likes the idea of getting more than we pay for. We like the idea of things made overly

I won’t be posting for a few days. We are driving down to Tennessee house hunting. I’m making sure I wear a pair of my cobbie cuddlers. I know I will be doing plenty of walking. I hope I can find something I like. If I don’t….that’s ok too. I’m

My arms and shoulders are still sore…and my right knee is black, blue, and yellow. This didn’t stop me from cutting lawns today. I walked a total of 28,000 steps doing lawns today. I’m surprised how good I feel after all that. I think I can attribute it to my

Friday was a busy day. We were cutting lawns for about 9 hours. Of course, I forgot my pedometer. I didn’t need it to know I had over done it. My knees were hurting so bad, I could hardly walk. I have got to get this weight off before I end up needing knee replacement.

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My online friend Iportion has tagged me. 5 weird or fun things about me. Hmmmm I’m thinking…I’m thinking. 1. I have my two favorite pillows. They are at least 20 years old. When I go on vacation…I take them with me…even on an airplane. They were

I went shopping and bought myself a new reel a couple of weeks ago for my fishing pole. The other day my husband and I were shopping, and decided to buy a new fishing pole. Now that husband has assemblied my new equipment, we’re going fishing today. I’m wondering if

It took us well over 5 hours to cut this customers lawn. It got up to 88 degrees. We had planned to use our riding mower and theirs too. To my dismay, their lawnmower was on the fritz again. My husband tried to get me to use our rider but I chose to use to push mower. I wanted

Life is so fast paced. Although I am retired, I am still so busy. We dine out quite a bit. I was reading over at the Nest. They have some good suggestions on food choices when dining out. I wanted to share them. We are heading out the door already this morning. We’ve got

It’s 6:30 am and it is already 79 degrees F. The high humidity is what makes it so much worse. It is so hard to breathe. I thought the weatherman said it was suppose to break today. I think that has to be the only job you can be wrong so many times and still keep your employment. I