A Girl in the Real World

We recently went to Florida for a family vacation with my mom and sister. My mom turned 60 and what she wanted to do was go to the beach. S...

New years always means RESOLUTIONS! You know the age old typical resolutions. This is THE year we are going to get lean and clean up our di...

You know those weekends when you get to lay around in your PJ's and do nothing? This was not one of those kind of weekends. I've be...

Well, nothing really. A whole lot of nothing. Not that I'm complaining. Not even a little bit. After the whirlwind that was December, I...

Nearly every time I prepare this breakfast at work, a co-worker asks me what I'm making. They say it smells good or looks good. So, I t...

It is always smart to get a good solid eight hours of sleep when you plan on skipping your usual morning coffee...for the first time...in y...

So...I am back on the wagon.   Fore the last few years I've been coasting, quite content, at my current weight. But since the start...

Jeremy and I have both been slacking. With our fitness. We've been self-indulgent for a good long time now...eating whatever we want, d...

1. I stayed up too late last night reading {Defiant by Pamela Clare}. Even after I put the book aside I had a really hard time finding sleep...

1. Asparagus is really good with hummus. 2. How to pronounce Quinoa {Keen-wa} 3. Eating healthy costs a lot of money. 4...

"Tomorrow is my 24th birthday. If anyone has had a worse case of the blahs, I'd like to know. I don't think my blah's have ...

Right now, as I sit here writing this blog, my jeans are feeling snug around my tummy. I can't allow myself to put the blinders on and p...

I know I've been posting some 'before/after' pictures lately. And I realized that some of y'all might not have been reading ...

1. It seems that somehow I have held the PMS monster at bay. This would be 'hell week' as I affectionately call the week leading up ...

Back when I was on Weight Watchers one of the most helpful things I learned was how to eyeball a serving size. WW compared a serving size wi...