New SparkPeople Nutritional Plan At first I thought it was going to be daunting to use the nutritional guidance of SparkPeople’s site, but I found it was easier to manage and modify that I originally thought. Even though they give…
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Firstly, I'm a mom and wife. Professionally, IT consulting is my job and blogging is the outlet for my passions. I write about things that affect the everyday life of a stay-at-home parent or any parent for that matter such as parenting, relationships, discipline, the media, product reviews, giveaways, social media, food, cooking, gardening and anything else that might come my way.
Day 10: Just joined SparkPeople a FREE weight loss plan site
I just joined SparkPeople after seeing their link on a fellow blogger’s site. It looks like a really cool site and may just be the extra push I need (Oh, and did I mention it’s FREE). After logging in they…
DAY 9: Weigh In Day with a Surprise
It’s day 9. Woo hoo, made it one more day. Today I actually took my little dvd player (which is dying and doesn’t have a working remote anymore) outside so my little girl could play while I exercised. The patio…
Day 8 New Workout & I Feel Great
It’s day 8 and I’m still at it even after a day of rest. Today I started on the Slim in 6 routine with Debbie Seebers of Beach Body. I thought maybe I’d have to break it down into 2…
Day 7: Taking the day off
Today is day 7 of my workout regimen and I think I’m going to rest a bit and recover. Tomorrow I’m going to pick up the pace a bit and do the “Start It Up” video workout from Beach Body’s…
Day 6 of new workout regimen
Yay, it’s Saturday and though I slept in a bit today I did actually do my Great Abs Guaranteed. We had biscuits and gravy for breakfast which isn’t extremely healthy. Oh, well. I’ve done pretty good though staying away from…
Reciprocal results not forthcoming
I know this is not the first post to express disappointment in the U Drop/I Follow or the U Comment/I Follow trend, but it’s a frustration I must share. To commiserate with my blogging compadres I have seen little if…
I think I'm in LOVE. . .
. . . with FireFox! As a dedicated user of all programs Microsoft I finally gave in to the proddings of all my fellow bloggers: USE FIREFOX. After weeks of utter frustration with IE7 crashing every few minutes or when…
7 Minutes Closer
Well, it’s day five of my new workout regimen and I’m seven minutes closer to ripped abs. I’ve definitely felt more energetic even with just a short amount of exercise every day. The afternoon arm workout didn’t materialize yesterday, but…
Do you have enough wind or solar exposure to go Off-Grid?
I found an interesting post on Off Grid Living, a blog about conserving energy and living off the main power grid. They suggested using an online watt estimator based on your locality zip code to estimate whether you have enough…
