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No Frills
Here’s my weekly no frills progress report (okay, who are we kidding? Of course, there will be frills!) I’m happy to report another 1.5 pounds gone! That makes 4 pounds total. Walked Monday through Friday with Kaki. I’ve added my weighted vest to my walking attire to burn more calories. The vest has weights you can add or subtract. I have 20 pounds in the vest now. (Think Ghostbusters and the StayPuft marshmellow man) Monday, Wednesday and Saturday I did the exercises that Tyler at WellStrong Fitness emailed for me to do. ( Except the push-ups. I’m obsessed with being able to do push-ups so I do them more. Right…
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Quick and Easy Ways to Ease Stress for All Ages!!
The right amount of stress can be very motivating. It can encourage you to get things done at work, at school, and at home that you would otherwise put off. However, the stress in many people’s lives isn’t this kind of stress. In today’s world, stress is pervasive and persistent, and it’s destroying our health. If we don’t learn how to manage stress, we can suffer from lower immune function, and decreased cognitive abilities, and chronic stress can even cause adolescents to develop coronary heart disease later in life. Destressing takes a little work, but it doesn’t take as much work as you might think. Here are a few quick…
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GRRRRRR…..
Today was one of THOSE GRRRRRR days. Where you come home frustrated and mad. It took everything I had not to buy the 1 pound bag of Peanut Butter M&M’s and eat ‘em all. (For those of you who think I’m kidding…. ummm Serving SIZE equals CONTAINER size!! This goes double for M&M’s!) Instead, I bought the (normal) single-size bag. I ate the first few mindlessly………. realized what I was doing and slowed down and enjoyed the rest of the bag. (btw those bags are tiny!!) Where chocolate was supposed to make everything better, what I think I really need is a punching bag and channel Rocky Balboa! GGGRRRRR!!! Anyway,…
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6 Tips to Help Ease Your Child’s Fear of the Dentist!
Unless you are a dentist, it isn’t likely that you love trips to the dentist. You might even get nervous or anxious with every visit. With that being said, imagine how you feel before each dentist appointment and amplify that. Then you might begin to understand how your child feels for their dental appointments. It is possible to ease those anxious feelings and help your child feel more comfortable at the dentist’s office. You might even find some of these tips working for yourself. The team at The Village Dental Center has compiled a list of tips to help ease your child’s fear of the dentist. Start Young Don’t wait…
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Do a 180!
Yup, just do a 180! My great friend Stephanie in New York sent me the cutest magnet for my fridge! It has two phrases the first “Step away from the fridge there is nothing in here to eat. Put your arms down, put ‘em down! Yea! I want you to do a 180 and walk back to the rice cake immediately!! YEA!” the second is “Oh my goodness I hear the carbs calling your name — ohhh listen listen quietly “ohhh I loovvee you” See? See?? I told you so!. Thank you Steph! How did you know those are the exact arguments that go thru my head every time I…
