Tag Archives: miscellaneous

Finding a Work/Life Balance – FINALLY!

Posted on January 27, 2020 by gwenacious

I’ve lived all the lives of a mom it seems. I’ve been a full-time working mom, a stay-at-home-mom and now I’m a part-time work-from-home mom. If you’d asked me 3 months ago if I wanted to keep being a stay-at-home-mom … Continue reading →

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Thinking back & Going forward

Posted on October 29, 2019 by gwenacious

Yesterday was my first child’s 14th birthday. It got me thinking about what I was doing 14 years ago and where I was in my journey. Right before that pregnancy I’d gained back the weight from my most successful weight … Continue reading →

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Differences – how changing your mind can change it all

Posted on July 14, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s amazing the amount of change that can happen in just a couple weeks. After changing my thinking about the responsibility I have for myself and family concerning food choices from a burden to an opportunity, more than weight loss … Continue reading →

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Mommy: Food Monitor

Posted on June 26, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s been plenty hard enough to battle my own weight issues for the past few decades. For some reason it never occurred to me that I’d have to do most of the “work” for my children’s struggles as well. Call … Continue reading →

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Happy (?) New Year

Posted on January 1, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s the first of the month… and a Monday… AND the start of the New Year… what a day to begin a journey! I can only imagine the thousands (upon thousands) of people who just started a new diet or … Continue reading →

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Changes to Come

Posted on August 16, 2017 by gwenacious

I think I’m freaking out FOR my husband’s sake right now (maybe even more than he is currently). We’re fresh from the required class prior to a bariatric procedure. I’m having the classic (immature) response when someone tells you “you … Continue reading →

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The Keto Train Chugs On

Posted on July 19, 2017 by gwenacious

So my last post was rather a bummer, but I wanted to be honest and needed to vent. It actually ended up getting worse (the tunnel gets darker before the light). Not being full fat Keto (see here why) just … Continue reading →

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Efforts for Exercise (when motherhood gets in the way)

Posted on June 2, 2017 by gwenacious

There were too many options for the title of this post… “What I Had To Do To Exercise Today”, “Whatever Works for a Workout”, “When Mommyhood Messes up your Exercise”, “Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do”, “What Must Be Done”… and … Continue reading →

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Weighing In

Posted on May 30, 2017 by gwenacious

Today marks 5 weeks completed on the Keto diet. Well, as it turns out, really 1 week *actually* meeting my macros. What do I mean? Well, I made a big discovery a little late in the game and it therefore messes up … Continue reading →

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Improvement

Posted on May 24, 2017 by gwenacious

Mood, spirits, scale, you name it… improved. I had a rough time for the last week between my “whoosh” and this week’s official weigh-in. I finally decided to see the big picture, realize that although my husband lost 21 lbs … Continue reading →

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