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That was my Facebook status yesterday, and I kept it up as long as I could stand it.  I’m not usually one to follow the crowd, but this particular crowd was wearing pink ribbons, so I obliged. In case you’ve been living in a cave, this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and yesterday I and…

After two days of scrubbing, my fingernails still have a few black stains here and there. Maybe there’s something in the fine print on the Scotts Nature Scapes Color Enhanced Mulch that says use gloves, but I didn’t stop to read it. No, I was just too excited to break into the five bags of…

I had a great reason not to go to the gym this a.m., but instead of allowing Trey to just take my car to his part-time job, I dragged myself out of bed at 5 a.m. so I could drop him off and get to my 6:15 boot camp class on time. I literally stumbled…

I don’t know why this is news, either, but someone keeps funding all this research, so we might as well have a little fun with it. See if you can guess the correct answer: Question: What is the main reason being obese is more expensive for women than men? Is the answer: A. Obese women…

As much as I love rainy days, all this precipitation is starting to get to me a little bit. Actually, it’s getting to other people, and they are starting to get to me, with the crappy and sullen behavior. Must be time to bake cookies. But I won’t, even though it feels like I’m hard-wired…

I caved in and bought my very own kettlebell yesterday. If I had waited until today, there’s no way on God’s green earth I would have done so, because I am seriously sore from yesterday’s workout. We did quite a bit of ab work toward the end of yesterday morning’s workout. Well, Kate the instructor…

I fell off both the vegetarian and the weight-loss wagon last night. And it wasn’t even worth it. We’ve had something like 33 straight days without a drop of rain, a record-setting year for days 90 degrees and above, and a September hotter than July. So when the heavens opened up and the rain fell…

At long last, the halfway mark. It was a tough summer, full of ups and downs, and that’s never good when it comes to the scale. I’d wanted to celebrate the 50-pound point by giving myself a gift of some significance – like eyebrows (permanent makeup) – but a reader agreed I should wait until…

Time was, if you were too fat for your clothes, you either had to wear something of your mother’s or father’s or skip school – anything but wear something obviously too small and too tight. Back in the day, girls would wear coats in the classroom if seams or buttons tore loose on a blouse…

Is he or isn’t he? Folks are still talking about Bill Clinton’s vegetarian turn. For me, it’s Week 6, and the barbecue chicken wings I made for the fam last night were calling my name. Still, not enough to want to take a bit. However, the Red Lobster commercials are wearing me down, emphasis on…