Joy In The Journey

I am passionate about my journey to live a healthier lifestyle with balance and moderation.  I am also passionate about my mission to help others who want to do the same. If you too are making healthy  changes or have tried in the past then you know first hand that its not always easy to do.  It takes intention, purpose, commitment and heck of a lot of effort.   And it all starts with a DECISON.   I am not a health and fitness expert or a nutition guru.  I am a woman on a mission to be the best version of me that I can be and in the process I have lost weight, become stronger and more fit, mind, body, spirit and soul, I am off all medications for Type 2 Diabetes and High Cholesterol having reversed my diabetes and no longer have high cholesterol. I've lost over 50 pounds and kept it off for over two years because I am living a lifestyle today and not a diet.  I've still got a long way to go, but I'm not in a race because I'm realistic and this is not a passing

Sometimes best laid plans.........have to wait! Had a tickle in my throat the whole way home that turned into a full fledged sore throat last night. The kind that had me up gargling with warm Himalayan salted water twice during the middle of the night. Stuffy head, body aches, chills, a sore neck, pounding head, horribly raw and sore throat and coughing up phlegm are my welcome home from NOLA. Thanks to an early morning shot of NyQuil from my thoughtful beloved I was able to get a few hours sleep this morning. It's only taken the edge off the throat, coughing and exhaustion but I am grateful for any inroad.  Next year in addition to heading over a few days ahead to Indianapolis we are leaving the day after to give us time to absorb and rest! We already got our tickets and are excited to see what the year brings and who else will be joining us in Indy! My body may be reacting to this cold,bug, flu or whatever it is, but my fighting spirit is intact and I

The Hibiscus is one of my all time favorite flowers!!  I love them!  No just because they are so beautiful, but because my mom lovd them and she had the most beautiful hibiscus tree that she would spend hours sitting under either relaxing in the yard after a day working in the garden alongside my dad or years later when she could no longer toil in the garden would sit in her wheelchair keeping daddy company while he worked in the garden. The hibiscus started out as small plant that my sister-in-love Carole and my brother Jack got her for mothers day one year and under my mom and dad's loving and green thumb grew big and strong in the Texas heat. When my mom's fragile and brittle hip began to cause serious issues she was confined to using her wheelchair and on occasion her walker to shift from position or cross small distances.  With the wheelchair she was no longer able to go outside on her own and she could not manage the stairs. So my thoughful brother in no time

I was looking through some photos at the office earlier today and came across a picture of me taken at a work event about three years ago.   I felt like a bucket of cold water had been spashed on me as I stared back into the computer screen at my own face and how unhealthy I looked.  And I had the immediate need to compare. Is the change noticeable, can you really tell that I have lost over 50 pounds, actually more as I did not use the scale back then, and made so many changes over the past three years?   Well, yes and no.  Because some of the changes you can see in the picture taken in 2014 and the picture taken last week.  But what you don't see is the differnce I feel.  And how this joy in the journey has impacted my life in ways I never would have imagined when I said yes to a friend who was sharing with me some things that worked for her three years ago. I can see the weight loss and the phyysical transformation right there in my face, chin and throat. But the chang