Getting back on track

So, I’ve strayed from my plans for the past few weeks and I need to regain my focus and determination. I get frustrated easily with making changes and some hip pain really got me down, but I’m getting back on track here. I’m not sure if the pain was caused by over stretching in yoga

Busy busy and how to slow down!

Life just gets so darn busy. I want to see what it’s like to live the simple life and really connect to my passions, but it’s just so darn hard! I am trying to make little changes and tweaking and tweaking and then tweaking some more. I’m definitely struggling with seeing myself alcohol free forever.

Sugar and weight loss

I remember back in my teens I decided to go sugar free and I was relentlessly reading labels and would eat no white flower or sugar. I lost so much weight doing this. It sounds simple, but it takes a lot of effort to do it. There is sugar in everything! I’ve been thinking about

If I did not have to work what would I spend my time doing?

This is a question I ponder often. Because my husband is 15 years my senior and at retirement age I often battle with this question. I run a very successful service-based business (real estate), and my retirement age, if typical, is still 15 years away. However, we have built enough in savings that I could

Things I’m doing because I’m sober

To keep the perspective fresh I want to document things I’ve done over the month of January that I would not have done if I was not sober. 1. I did 23 workouts! Yep! I did. 23 days of 31 I was physically improving myself. I did 6 yoga classes, 6 gym workouts with weights

The mind is a tricky thing!

Last night hubby and I went to a concert to see an old Favorite band, Styx. We did it alcohol free. As I was on the way there I thought about all the 100’s and probably 1000’s of times we’ve gone to events and concerts over the years and this would be count for my

San Diego trip and a fail at the end!

Well, it got the best of me. Hubby and I made it through the whole event alcohol free until I opened my mouth last night. It was finally over and we took a cab to the beach area. And there was wine everywhere, the sun was setting and the musician was playing. Everyone was sitting

Starting week 4 sober

So, I’m feeling pretty good so far. Honestly I feel like a different person for the most part. I haven’t been bothered at all so far by the wine o clock time frame that was haunting me for so long. It is like the switch is just off and I don’t care about it anymore.

Healthy broccoli soup

I thought I’d share a family favorite for some healthy broccoli soup! if you like broccoli you’ll love this. My son loves it and he isn’t too fond of steamed broccoli. The ingredients are simple: Ingredients: broccoli, potato, broth, onion, salt and pepper. Serve with some cheese. We added turkey bacon on top. I cooked

Skin improvement

It’s the dawn of day 17 and I noticed this morning how much my skin has improved already. I was finding myself with sore blemishes on my chest area and also was picking several spots on my legs due to anxiety (created by my drinking) and I was really a mess by the end of