Fitness Check In Day 77: Yoga to Quell the Stress

As I have mentioned in the previous motivational video, I was proud to have been walking a mile a few times a week until I fell in the bathtub and bruised my back. I have been in pain off and on, but two days after I fell, I walked a mile and then a few … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 77: Yoga to Quell the Stress

The Golden Moments of Life

Today I finally got to see The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship – Special Edition of 20/20 on ABC that I recorded in November of last year. It was a great behind the scenes look at how the girls were cast, interviews with the creators, bloopers, plus past clips of interviews from … Continue reading The Golden Moments of Life

Fitness Check In Day 75

Although today has been a rough day physically and mentally, I am ending my day with some positives that happened over the past few days. Firstly I did have my colonoscopy on Friday which let me tell you was rough. The prep sucked and the hunger pangs since my appointment was in the afternoon were … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 75

Calm the Chaos: Things You Can Do to Alleviate Stress

There are times that we have a LOT going on in our lives. From things like health issues, mounting medical bills or bills in general, cost of living, increasing rent prices, to school work, relationships, family squabbles or taking care of family, job stress...you get the idea. So how do we deal with it all? … Continue reading Calm the Chaos: Things You Can Do to Alleviate Stress

Fitness Check In Day 72: Another Colonoscopy

So last Thursday I had my appointment with the Gastroenterologist who explained the results to me. She confirmed that the high level of calprotectin which signals intestinal inflammation, does indeed point to Crohn's Disease, but she told me she's not 100 percent convinced because my last two colonoscopies did not show anything other than mild … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 72: Another Colonoscopy

Fitness Check In Day 71

Lately, it's been a hit or miss as far as the energy I have, so when I do have the energy, I try to do all the errands I can or tackle things I have had to put on the back burner. Yesterday, I was on fire with all the energy I had and I … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 71

The Struggle to Deal with Tough Days

As I mentioned in previous posts, these past few months have been a struggle. The most recent issue I was dealing with was the Barrett's Esophagus that came up in the labs from the endoscopy. Then I had blood and stools tests done to check my vitamins levels and to see if I have C-Diff … Continue reading The Struggle to Deal with Tough Days

Fitness Check In Day 70: Nostalgic Walking Meditation

On Friday, the lens of my glasses popped out and it was too late to get to the Optometrist's office and I couldn't fix them so I had to use my old glasses which sucked because everything is blurry, (dark for some reason.) Not sure if this was the sole cause or if the intestinal … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 70: Nostalgic Walking Meditation

Fitness Check In Day 69: Taking Advantage of the Energy

The past few days have been interesting to say the least. Last Friday I left after work and went downtown to do a little Christmas shopping, then with heavy cumbersome bags (heavy for me is anything between 5 and 10 pounds) I walked over to Trader Joe's to get some cocoa powder I needed to … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 69: Taking Advantage of the Energy

Affirmations, Do They Work?

You attract what you put out. This is the core principle of The Law of Attraction, which is basically if you think positive, good things will happen and if you think negative, negative things will happen. This concept became popular by Rhonda Brynes documentary film, then book "The Secret." "This Sucks", "God I hate this … Continue reading Affirmations, Do They Work?