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Saturday Hike…

On Saturday, Johnny, Roxie and I took a 7 mile round trip hike along the Appalachian Trail in Botetourt County just north of Roanoke. We chose it from a list of local hikes on roanoke.com. It was called the AT Baby Hike (as in it was just a small chunk of the entire 2,100 mile [...]

Meeting My Goals - #1: Lose 100 Pounds

Well, I haven’t quite lost 100 pounds, but as of today I have officially lost 25 pounds since September! Woo-hoo! I’d say most of that probably comes from the few months before the holidays I spent focusing on healthy eating, then from the beginning of February up until now. It’s so exciting because not only [...]

Diet Fiasco - the Holidays!

With the impending holiday season, my diet plans face many challenges big and small. I am a lover of food. Like, a lot. It’s really difficult for me to say no to foods that I absolutely love. In the last month or two, however, I feel like I have gained a new appreciation for food [...]

Food, Food, Glorious Food (and some other stuff)!

Okay, I’m a food fan. I love food. My crack is food. That makes my quest for a thinner, healthier me a bit of a challenge. So, I’m always on the lookout for healthy food that tastes fantastic. I wanted to share two of these discoveries with you.

The first is a recipe I found on [...]

So, What’s Up?

Okay, I published this post on Sunday, but Johnny messed with the site and lost this post, so here it is again:

Haven’t written in a few days so I thought I’d go ahead and write one tonight. I want to write one about our trip to see Barack Obama speak here in Roanoke, but [...]

A journey to a new me…

Ah, yes. The wonderful world of weight loss. Weight has been something that I have always struggled with. Seemingly everyone in my family (except for a few mutant “I can eat anything I want and lose weight” individuals) is “big boned” or, shall we say, a bit on the hefty side. By 4th or 5th [...]