Posts by Karen
Day 24 – What Path Would You Have Taken?
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone gave us the roadmap to a perfect life? What would you have done differently? How would your life look if you knew then what you know now? I have been thinking about that a bit lately and this is what I came up with. I don’t have regrets because…
Read MoreDay 23 – Lesson Learned
Today I learned a little lesson I should have considered as I embarked on this journey. As I have mentioned before, I’m practicing a way of eating called intermittent fasting. I eat within an eight hour period, usually about 9AM to 5PM and then I fast for the remaining 16 hours. This allows my digestion…
Read MoreDay 22 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
I promised to keep you apprised of my weight loss journey at the beginning of this blog challenge. As you may recall, I began in earnest on June 24th and every Monday would be the day I would venture onto the scale. So here we are, about a month in and I have lost ten…
Read MoreCurry Scallops & Cilantro Rice
This recipe pairs curry-coated scallops and brown rice seasoned with cilantro, scallions, and lemon. For this recipe, you’ll need 3 cups cooked brown rice. Serve with roasted carrots tossed with cumin and coriander. This recipe pairs curry-coated scallops and brown rice seasoned with cilantro, scallions and lemon. For this recipe, you’ll need 3 cups cooked…
Read MoreDay 21 – How Healthy Is Your Brain?
Every day I look for subjects to discuss in my blog posts and almost always when I look for something, it comes to me. Today, I watched a video from Dr. Daniel Amen, who is one of the leading experts in brain health. Some of what he has to say about Alzheimer’s disease is very…
Read MoreDay 20 – Hot Enough For Ya?
Don’t you just hate when the temperature reaches a balmy 95 degrees with what seems like 100% humidity and someone asks…”hot enough for ya?” I feel like saying, “not yet, could you please set me on fire?” Today was the hottest in recent memory, although in the past several years, we seem to be having…
Read MoreDay Nineteen – What Is Your Morning Routine?
What do you do each morning when you wake up? Do you hear the alarm and turn over to hit the snooze button? Or do you jump out of bed, eager to face the day? If you hit the snooze button a few times, you probably find yourself racing around trying to get yourself together…
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