There are not many things in this world that can immediately send me to another time and place. For some it is a song or a smell, but for me, just sometimes, when I place a freshly picked raspberry in my mouth my mind is flooded with memories from the past. All of a suddenContinue reading “Raspberry Time Travel”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
A New Person, New Attitude, and New Goals
Seven and a half months of hard work and change have finally paid off. This morning when I weighed myself I’ve finally hit my goal. My weight is now 178 lbs which means two things, I’ve lost a total of 80 lbs and my BMI is now in the healthy range. See where I wasContinue reading “A New Person, New Attitude, and New Goals”
Aug 13th, 2014 Weigh In
Weigh in for August 13th, 2014: 178.0 lbs
Disappointed but more Determined
Since January 1st, 2014 I’ve been on a journey to change my health. For at least the last 15 years of my life I’ve been obese and have never been in really good shape or had healthy eating habits. I’ve been keeping sort of a journal for myself at My Health Journey if you’re interestedContinue reading “Disappointed but more Determined”
Aug 6th, 2014 Weigh In
Weigh in for August 6th, 2014: 184.0 lbs
Wonderful Customer Service During Vacation
Nova Scotia Canada has been my home for the vast majority of my life. Although in my childhood we did live in a number of different Provinces across the country we settled here when I was about seven years old. Throughout my life I recall hearing about how Maritimers are the friendliest people in theContinue reading “Wonderful Customer Service During Vacation”
2014 Family Vacation
We made it through our big family vacation this year. I figured I’d try to write out a bit of an overview of what we did. There was so much packed into a short time that it could be easy to forget if I don’t get it down somewhere. Day 1 – Traveling Day IContinue reading “2014 Family Vacation”
Home Again
Last post I made near the beginning of our vacation I was pretty optimistic that I would arrive home and be at my goal weight. Things were going well. I was behaving myself when it came to eating, I had gotten out on a run and our daily activities were keeping me going. That didn’tContinue reading “Home Again”
I Know What You’re Talking About
One of our visits to the local zoo my sister noticed the turtles were getting fairly, ummm, friendly with each other. Trying to be subtle about it she comes up to me and says, “Look the turtles are playing leap frog with each other”. My nine year old daughter comes up to me a coupleContinue reading “I Know What You’re Talking About”
Going with the flow
Some of our vacation hasn’t gone exactly as planned, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been great so far. We ended up cancelling our trip into NYC yesterday as everyone felt it was going to be just too much traveling for too little time in the city.This was after we had already started driving. Instead,Continue reading “Going with the flow”
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