Motherwise Cracks

My latest diet that I have tried is the Digest Diet. While I like the diet, I didn’t like the fact that 2 weeks after I for my book in the mail, I get a bill saying I was overdue on payment when I didn’t even get one bill yet. I didn’t even get a [...]

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While losing 7 pounds in 13 days would make most people happy, and I am happy, but part of my brain thinks that I should be able to lose 30 pounds in 3 days. Then I stopped to look at how much “bulk” that 7 pounds actually is in fat, like as in butter. When [...]

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Tonight I tried my first Zumba class. It was only $5 which was a lot cheaper than the DVD set I was going to order. And it was fun. I will say nothing about the bag of chocolate chip cookies staring at me from the table next to me. It’s like snacks follow me like [...]

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How sad is it when your goal pants have an elastic waist?  I guess that’s what happens when chocolate is one of your basic food groups. Five pounds down and another 20 to go before I even feel human again, my next goal pants are tucked in the bottom drawer, their elastic inserts waiting to [...]

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The good news is that my son told me that his Mohawk is gone. I hope he got that bold statement out of his system. And speaking of gone, my two girls have gone on a two week vacation to California, but not me. I am busy preparing a presentation that will make me sweat [...]

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I haven’t decided. Just like I haven’t decided if I am going to give up my high fat Greek yogurt or not. My daughter and I have a competition to each lose 10 lbs. before Dec. 16. She would then be at her goal weight and I would be, let’s just say, closer to mine. I [...]

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It only seems appropriate that I finally lose the baby weight I gained when I had my last child. This overwhelming feeling that is was now time crept over me as we drove off from dropping him off at his college dorm room. It also seemed appropriate to try something new, scientific and complicated, so [...]

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My daughter and I attended a baby shower in Chicago this weekend. I have heard wonderful things about the city and of course, Oprah is there. My son wanted me to find this restaurant run by Rick Bayliss. He got addicted to watching his cooking show on PBS and then got me to watch it. [...]

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