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What Does It Mean to “Act My Age”?
I don’t feel 49. Or almost 50. There are days when I feel 30, 27, 40. Sometimes I feel 9. And when I’m at the office, where I manage social media as a part of the creative department of an ad agency, I...
View ArticleContinuous Effort and Continuous Learning
It’s so easy to let my attention wander and turn my focus to the myriad of things I do for “work.” I’ve always got five or six projects going on and they take up a lot of my free time. Fortunately,...
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Busy is Not a Valid Excuse
The last few weeks have gone by in a blur and I’ve been kind of ignoring my Dropping 40 blog. Busy is one of my excuses though it’s also one I’m changing. If I get distracted, I will bring my attention...
View Article30 Years Later and 40 Pounds Heavier – Now What?
I had an interesting experience the other day that’s still hanging a dark cloud over my head, though I hope to turn it into inspiration. I had a business meeting in the early morning on Wednesday, as...
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Why Does Losing My 4 Feel So HUGE? A Stream-of-Consciousness Post
In about six weeks, I will exit my forties and hit the big 5-0. While no birthday has bothered me since I turned 25, this one’s going to be tough. I can feel it. My 25th was painful because I felt like...
View ArticleHow Exciting! I’m a New Diets-to-Go Brand Ambassador
A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook post that a site called “Diets to Go” was looking for brand ambassadors – people who want to lose weight and were willing to try their plan and review it online. I...
View ArticleSearching for Inspiration for Self-Love – Another Stream of Consciousness Post
I’ve read – over and over – that the first step to losing weight is to love yourself. If you don’t love yourself, you won’t lose weight. Over the past several months, I’ve been watching women I know,...
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In a Rut Rut Rut and Trying Something New
First meal on my first week of Diet to Go plan? Breakfast – Low Carb Option. Great tasting, huge portion and visually appealing, too. I love getting inspiration from people who do the cha-cha. Of...
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My Review of Diet-to-Go
Diet-to-Go Dinner – Chicken Marsala Diet-to-Go is an online diet delivery meal plan. It’s similar to other plans, wherein you sign up for a menu style (vegetarian, low carb or traditional, and a...
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A Change in Focus: Let’s Get Real
When I first started this blog, I was feeling enthusiastic and frightened at the same time. I wanted to lose 40 pounds and I figured I could do it in six months, if I made a concentrated effort. I was...
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Trying the FitBit
For my birthday – yes, it was the big 5-0 – I asked my husband for a FitBit One. It’s a tiny little electronic device that helps you track your movement, including the number of steps you take...
View ArticleA Post-Father’s Day Contemplation
On Father’s Day, my social media accounts are always flooded with pictures of men who are lauded for their support of their children – what they taught them, their jokes, their constant strength,...
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My Diet-to-Go Summer
Sometimes it helps your weight loss effort to have an event that you’re looking forward to attending, like a wedding or a big party. For me, it’s BlogHer2013 in Chicago at the end of July. I’d really...
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Pushing Through Midlife Aches and Pains
Who could resist this guy? My husband and I are both in our early 50s – he’s 51 and I just turned 50 in May – and we’re both amazed at the aches and pains we experience these days. He just finished...
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Taming My Squirrely Brain
My brain can be so squirrely sometimes. (Is squirrely really a word? I’m not sure.) I keep telling myself that I can lose weight with a few minor adjustments. In reality, it’s going to take lots and...
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Driving School Life Lessons for Mom
My son came home from his dad’s last night and informed us that – yet again – the Driver’s Ed instructor had screwed up and he’d missed a driving opportunity. To complete this Phase 1 course, he has...
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Want Something Honestly Good? Let’s All Demand More from Our Food Suppliers
If you pay attention to any media – social or otherwise – you know that consumers are starting to balk at all of the artificial, unhealthy and GMO ingredients in our food. Sure, we want our meals to...
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Walking is the New P90
Since December, I’ve been suffering from piriformis syndrome, a condition that can be roughly described as an ongoing pain in the ass. Basically, the piriformis is a muscle that runs across your rear...
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A Lesson from a New Twitter Friend: You’re a Work of Art in Progress
I have a new friend on Twitter, @TanaBevan. She describers herself as a “Writer. Blogger. Doodler Extraordinaire. Encourager bar none!” That’s one of her fun little doodles —> Since I’m all about...
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Plodding Along, Changing Habits On the Way
They say “Slow and steady wins the race,” and that seems to be my motto for now. A few weeks ago, I posted about walking every day, since I was struggling with my PITA injury. (PITA = Pain in the Ass,...
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